Website research

Wire frames - Week 3

NZ Opera

Purpose

·      1. To advertise current and upcoming shows

·     2.  Link to ticket sales.

·     3. Information about school programmes and community involvement.

·     4. Information and encouragement on how you can support the NZ Opera, this is encouraged by information about community involvement (good cause).

·     5.Contact information.

It’s goals

The homepage shows the key goals of this website by creating a hierarchy of information. Firstly it is to advertise the current Opera and have an easy to access link to by tickets. Then it is to encourage financial support from the community.

Unique attributes

·     1. On the home page the upcoming events section has a photograph which as also a link to ticket sales, this is a clever way to encourage sales.

·      2.Clicking the search icon the whole top bar becomes a search bar, this is very easy to see and use.

·      3.The logos of the sponsors are links to their websites.

Aesthetic and behavioural aspects

This website has subtle movement on most of the pages which makes it feel dynamic and interesting.

On the “support” page small images pop up one by one.

On the “Events” page bars showing different shows slide in at different times.

On the “latest” page boxes of information slide upward. Subtle movement is used that all work together, but no two pages are the same.

On the “community” page and the “schools” page the images and text are alternating, creating movement and visual flow.

The colour choice of black and gold is very relevant to the subject matter, the gold communicates luxury and the black communicate night-time, a night at the opera.

350.org

Purpose

• To encourage awareness of what stuff is happening in the climate
• Get poeple involved in current issues surrounding the climate. This is done through having an area to write your email address.
• People can access many different articles and sources.

It's Goals

• To make people aware and get them more involved.
• Get people to join in on the 'global climate movement'
• Encourage more interest. 

Unique Attributes

• Bar to type email address instantly.
• There is a link page to tweets that relate to climate issues.
• A lot of different articles and links to various information including videos and reports.
• The image in the background changes every now and then.

Aesthetics and Behavioural Aspects

• The first thing that caught my eye was the text 'we're Building a Global Climate' which cathes the attention of the audience and instantly tells them what the website is about. The sub text under tthis justifies the purpose.
• Under it is an area to write your email address in order to become more involved.
• There is quite a lot of information which is quite overwhelming and im not sure what peices of information are more important or what I should click on. This partly because of the lack of heirarchy.
• there are links accross the top to navigate the user around the website, like the 'about page' and 'resources' which can be useful. Although these links are overloaded with different options again and it becomes confusing.