Project 2 - idea (updated regularly)

This is the draft of the design of the webpage that i am going to do for Project 2.



Background colour for this draft is too orange and would need to be changed. Some kind of border would also need to be added so that the webpage would look neater and more organised.

Target Audience

The webpage that i am going to do is a webpage for a chinese restaurant in Hobart, called Dragon Palace. Target audience for this website would be tourist and locals who are searching for [chinese] restaurant in hobart. This website would most probably be linked to the Yellow Pages's website as most people would go to yellow pages to search for restaurant. Google is another website that this website should be linked to as many people search through Google too.

Colour

Red and Yellow would be used as the colours for this website as many would relate Red and Yellow (gold) as the 'Chinese colour'. In this way, any visitor who visit this website would be able to associate it with 'Chinese' on his/her first glance.

Problem: I have never used coloured background for web design at all. Have some difficulty, especilly with the buttons. Website would look either too plain or too fanciful. wonder why. Hard to come out with a good design.

Solution: Create the buttons with a coloured background (same as the colour of the background). Trial and Error.

Images

Decided to take the photgraphs of food myself. Do not want to use any images that are online. Why? Because this website may be linked to Yellow Pages and Googles for real advertising purposes. Also, as the designer for this website, I would have a brief idea of how i would like to position the images and what images I would need. Hence, taking my own photographs would be better.

Problem: Most of the images are closeup shots of the food as it makes the food look nicer as the image would be more professional looking. However, due to the closeup, some of the food can't really be recognised easily by others. Also, realised that dishes with more colours (especially green) such as the Mixed Vegetables, looks much better on the webpage.

Solutions: Try and take images with more greens in it. Adjust the colours such that it makes the images of the food look more visible. Try and take the pictures with 'others' in mind (images are supposed to be looked at by people who has never seen the food before). Trial and error!