Blog Feedback!

I loved the blogs, I thought they were great especially because they influenced me to get my own blog. I liked that I could always look back on the instructions for the blog and I got to read others posts.
I liked it better turning in the assignment online, plus it saves paper ;) haha
I loved reading the other blogs. Some people had some really good insight. It was helpful that we had to comment on our peer's blog otherwise, although I want to see what my peers said, because of time constraints, I would probably do it less often than I would like. I think that it was a great way to be interactive and I liked receiving feedback myself. It was also a good way to get to know the class.
If I had not read others blogs, I would not have known them in the in-depth way that I feel like I know them now. I would continue this, I thought it was great!

Analysis of DSW Webpage

The form DSW used was effective because...

*Their alignment was sharp. 

They didn't use center alignment with their logo but would use some of it when it was appropriate.

They had a clean and simple set up. It was clear and not convoluted; everything was aligned with something.

*They had contrast.

They placed emphasis on the images of the shoes and the brands that went along with them, this emphasis made the shoes more important. They also had simple phrases to go along with them each of the pictures. These phrases weren't big but they were catchy and succinct. The different things you could buy were smaller but the pictures drew you in. 

*They made use of proximity.

The pictures are grouped together and the words are grouped together, and they chose an effective way to organize the information that made the website pleasing to the eye.

*They used repetition.

It is simple and fresh, all of the different tabs are organized the same way. The spring colors for this season are unified throughout the site. They also did the same pictures of shoes and just contrasted with colors (but the same scheme of colors). 

*Their composition was powerful.

How they placed and arranged the visual elements were effective because it was easy to navigate your way around the page. They used their white space and had unified colors.