Research 1

Evaluation:

URL of website: http://www.hrodc.com/

This is the lousiest website I ever came across. The website left a kind of messy impression for its audience.The title of the website is not big enough.The target audiences of this website are university students.

First, look at the up/down scroll bar of this website, the size of the scroll is so minimum, meaning it’s a very long web page.There's also a left /right scroll bar in some of the web pages. Audiences will find it a hassle to scroll the page in a up/down,left/right direction. The home page of this site is so long and wordy this will takes a longer time to load.

The size of the table cells in the first table is inconsistent thus resulted the table looks messy. The types and sizes of fonts used in this website were inconsistent throughout. In addition, the inconsistent tables’ colours and the background colour do not combine very well. For example, the dull red table cannot mix with the black background colour of the site because both are dark and dull. Also some of the words were hyperlink-ed while some were not.

More than a couple of headings in the navigations bars are too long and cannot be seen. The navigation bars should not be red because as the cursor move to one of the bar, the bar will be highlighted a brighter red but it’s still not contrasting after all. A few web pages of this website consist of two rows of navigations bars and both rows consist almost the same headings, this will lead confusion to the audiences.

Lastly as the home page was scrolled further down there was a huge empty gap in within, this will mislead the audience that it’s the end of the page but in fact is not.

Overall this website is a long, wordy and a misleading one. Audience will find it boring and had a hard time locating the link they want to go or the information they are finding.

What can I apply to my website
If i am going to create a website,I will make sure that i will have a big and outstanding header that will catch the audience's attention. The colours combination in my website should be contrasting. For example, if I have a yellow background thus i will need to make sure my fonts is of a darker colour like black. I will have short navigation headings or even if the heading is long i will make sure it can be seen clearly. The fonts as well as its size must be consistent throughout. Hyperlink be done if necessary. At the end of every webpage, i will state "THE END OF PAGE" so that audience are aware of it.
I will definitely want my website to look neat and presentable allowing everyone to find his/her information within a short period of time.

Rating given: 4/10