Terry's Trains and Hobbies
Documentation of the Development Process
The intent and purpose behind the website is to give a brick and mortar site that was surviving based on the local economy a web presence. This will allow them to draw more people and then in the future launch a retail site. The site is a simple starting point in which a small company could afford. Of course more work would be put into products and Videos section, but this is just a show for what could be done. When creating the website I looked aat all the requirements of the project and ensured that there was a page or area that included each of the items. When picking the business type I also made sure that each piece could be taken into account.
Defense of the Final Product
Home Page – The home page was built to be a basic site with a video and image if needed. Easy color choices so users are not blasted by extreme colors. The home page and all subsequent pages will have the same color scheme, font, text weight, header, and footer. This will allow the information to be consistent and easy on users
Location Page – This page is simple with a link to google. This will be the stores location. This page could be built up a bit to include a pic of the store front and the street location.
About the Owner – This page has all the font and text as the home page, but includes info about the author. This page also has the form for user submission of emails to the owner. This form is built as a straight forward email based form.
Products – This page has some features built to allow for mobile scrollable area and the scrollable area will be removed if the browser is opened up large enough. This page could be built differently for the picture to text placement to be more uniform.
Video Tutorials – This page contains a vertical list of all videos posted. This provides an easy to navigate site for users as it is just a scrollable area. This site also contains embedded links to youtube where most of the owners videos should be hosted. This will be done to as storage space and easy of use.
Opportunities for Improvement and Growth
When looking at the web page the area that I see would be areas of improvement are the video section and products page. The products page could use a scrollable area, better purchase type page that are commonly used on websites, and links to product pages. The Video page needs a sort, search, and layout that would be better for people seeking help with things. The other thing that would be good for this type of website would be a blog post area or something more integrated with social media. Also if I had more time I would switch the site from html to php to allow for more functionality as well. and of course more structured approach to the sites and utilizing the css more.