The results that I received from the survey:
- The favourite colour schemes:
Blue and black- 8 people
Blue and White-8 people
- The favourite 3 categories for the website:
Music, sports and games.
E-zone
I had encountered one problem with the results I got from the surveys. I had to choose between the games page or a gossip page. I choose the games page because I thought that it would attract more people.
We also had to make a decision on what the content of our pages was going to be. The games page was going to include a top ten chart for the Playstation2, and reviews for the top three. The music page was going to include a top ten chart. The sports page was going to have the most; there was going to be football, cricket, rugby union, motor sports, Olympics and a premiership table.
Once all our research was done we had to split the roles in the production of the website. My partner was assigned to collect information on the sports page; he only did this because it was such a huge task. I had to build the website which includes building the homepage and build a page for the other categories. I had to collect information for the games page. and music page.
Execution
The software that I used was macromedia Flash, to use Flash I had to use action script. First I collected the information for the music and games page, I collected it from the official Playstation website; before I took anything from the website I had to ask for permission. I sent them an e-mail to them asking them whether I could use their information.
Next I started to make the background of the website and the navigation. I used the information that I collected to make the background. I wanted the site to look futuristic so the site included a lot of shapes:
The picture on the games page was from www.decepticon-matrix.com, I also sent them an email asking for permission and they replied and allowed me to use it.
I had wanted to include some sort of a video do I created a presentation for the top ten games chart. Most of the pictures were from www.decepticon-matrix.com but the ones that were not I emailed the owner and asked for permission. I named the presentation Exclusive slide show to make it attract attention.
Everything went to plan; I didn’t have to change anything on the original idea. Designing and producing the website was difficult at times especially using the action script got a bit confusing at times.
Evaluation
There were a few problems that I had encountered but they were not major. The problem which took the longest to solve was what software to use to make the website. I tried Word but that was too simple and didn’t have enough components, Macromedia Dream weaver was too complicated so I came to use Flash which I thought was easy to use and had a lot of special effects.
The good point about my sight was that it looked good. This helped to grab attention and not make it look boring. Another good point for this website is that it had good special effects which again made it interesting.
The bad points about the site are that it doesn’t have enough pictures and I think that could have improved the music page a lot. There are good special effects but the lack of does make it a bit plain.
I think that this website has met its target, to be a high-class entertaining website for teenagers.
