Unit 25

To produce a copy for interactive media

• When creating a website or blog you will be wanting to make it look attractive for your target audience because it will help it to get further. This nears that your constraints will depend on what type of audience you are aiming for. For example if you were to make a website for a professional company you aren't going to make it in girly colours with flowers etc... You are going to want to make it look simple, stood out and professional. This can be annoying for designers as most designers have there own style and may think some things look better then others. This means that no ideas can be took and to make it the way they would like it and clean.

• When using a content management system there can be a lot of issues. The main issues you will encounter will be the coding issues because you may or may not understand fully the right coding to use for the software. This can be a huge problem since it would effect the whole website and give you a lot of problems where as if you made a mistake using HTML you would only have to change the small mistake you made in for example Filezilla or WIX. There are a lot of advantages while using content management systems though. The main advantage of using a content management system is that it is if u put the wrong thing in you can easily replace it with the right document which is very easy to do and get used to even if its your first time on using it.

• When making a website it is very important that you keep the same style through out the whole website. This means that the text and colour scheme should stay consistent throughout the design. This means if you use Arial Black on 75% of you pages and Times New Roman on the other 25% your website if going to look very un-proffesional because it will make the website look very un-professional. You must also make sure that you check your grammar, punctuation and spelling before posting anything online as this can make employers think different about whether to employ you or not with the amount of mistakes made. When adding text on your website as the main content it would be a good idea to space it out (add a few of images and maybe links as well). No body wants to read a huge block of text as most people would just find it boring they would like it to stand out so they will get more attracted the the website. When typing your text you are going to want to make it accessible for every one. Im not saying to dumb it down but don't use huge words which no one has heard of etc, this would make them not want to carry on with what they were reading about. It would also be a good idea to add in hyperlinks with your text content. For example if i mentioned my portfolio i could link it from the word portfolio so people could go take an interest in the design and to have a look to know what exactly what the portfolio is about. Along with the grammar and spelling it is very important to include appropriate captions / descriptions to go along with the content.