Changes to my Second Page

It was suggested to my by my teacher that I change the layout of the product list to look more like a currently existing one which she found on the internet, this existing one aligned the text to the left and has the product names highlighted in a different color to make it easier for the audience to identify them. I thought this was a good idea and so I have added it into my work. It was also mentioned that the title of the "where to get" section was quite small which I agree with so I have made that larger and I will edit the font when I am on my edition of Photoshop to a desired font, as I have some that aren't available on the college version, to make it stand out more than it does at the moment. 

It was also suggested to me by my teacher that I might add a tag box to indicate who my model is, maybe with a little caption. I have done this as you can see here but I'm not sure that I like the effect it has and I think it makes it look a little messy and cluttered in that area of the page so I'm not sure that I'm going to keep this alteration.

The last thing that was mentioned to me about my work was that there seems to be a lot of 'dead space' just under the picture but before the product list, and I agree with this. One thought I have had about this but not done yet is to move up the products and at the bottom of the page have a small list of regional offers on some of the products in the list and or other products I think my readers will be interested in. 

This Lesson

This lesson I received feedback on my altered work, where my teacher made a few comments on little bits that I could change from each page, as well as my billboard. I didn't get feedback on my website but I intend to in next Thursday's lesson after I have made a couple of extra changes to it because I wasn't happy with it the way it was today. A couple of the changes she suggested she didn't know if I'd want to do for definite but I will try them out to see if I think they improve the overall aesthetic of my work.

Visual Record of Updates to My Work

Here I have kept a visual diary of changes that I have made to my work, these include picking and altering my website, changes that I have made to my main task and billboard, along with blogposts I have made on time management and feedback that led to the changes that I have made. 

Billboard alterations

I received feedback on my final decision of my billboard from friends and all of them mentioned that the white writing on a light green background was quite hard to see on a computer scene (how my final product will be presented) and so I took this on board and added an outline to the writing that had been placed on top of colors that made it hard to read. When printed this change is very obvious and I think it would be easy enough to read without the outline if it were a real billboard, however, on the computer the outline makes a huge difference and makes it much easier to read. 
In addition to adding an outline I have also changed the size of the small name tag in the corner as I thought it being so big was quite distracting. 

Aims For This Lesson

My aims for this lesson are to print off my main task and hand it in to the teacher for feedback and also make alterations to my billboard that need to be down and print that off and hand it in for feedback. I also want to sit with the teacher and get feedback on my website as I feel that I am about done with it. 

Getting Along With Wix

As part of my AS coursework last year one of my tasks was to create a website, much like this year. However, last year I was on a different exam board and they take all coursework in physical form and so I used Adobe Dream Weaver so as it was able to be transported to the examiner on a disk. This year however, I am having to use Wix which works very differently and I was a bit worried about using a new program. 

However, I was surprised at how easy it is to use, Dream Weaver has required a lot of time and effort to create even the template for my work, whereas Wix has pre-made templates ready at my disposal. Although it was a little fiddly to begin with getting used to a new program it has been very easy to use and I think I have gotten on very well with it and hopefully have created a good piece of work with it. 

Time Management Update

I had aimed to have all of my main task and both ancillaries completed by the end of the christmas holidays, with some leeway on my ancillary tasks to be completed in the early part of the next term. I have so far kept up with this time line and have completed my main task and website ancillary I think but I just need to get some feedback from my tutor on it and I need to make a couple of minor alterations to my billboard that were suggested to me by friends.