Saturday, 19 September 2015

Website Flatplan - Article Page


My websites article page will keep the same house style as that displayed on the home page - the structure will be kept the same, with only the page content changing. The positioning of the magazine logo/masthead, menu bar, search box, social media links and bottom navigation bar are all in the same place - I think it is important to keep an element of continuity to the website so that it looks professional and well designed.
As the main purpose of the website is to raise the magazines profile and further connect with the magazines audience, I have decided to create a page that provides a snippet of the current issues interview with the celebrity cover star. I will also include some exclusive photos not featured in the magazine article and this together should hopefully provide an incentive for readers to go out and purchase the magazine. I am planning on using a plug such as "To read the full interview, pick up a copy of the _____ issue in stores now!" - providing an extract from the interview on the website should pique visitors interests and make them more likely to buy the magazine to finish reading. My colour scheme will be mainly white and black, however I will also take the opportunity to use colours such as red, as I think as a bright colour it grabs your attention and should help create interest in the article when used on the article title. The extract from the interview will clearly distinguish the dialogue of the interviewee from the interviewer. I plan to do this by using a range of colours, or using bold or italic effects on the text - I will experiment when actually constructing the page to see what looks best.

*UPDATE* 
I have spoken with my lecturer who has advised me not to create an 'interview' style article as this is not conventional for similar magazines. Instead I will be writing a piece about the cover star for the DPS content.

1 comment:

  1. Good explanation about how the website will work as a promotion tool for the magazine. For your article remember it is not a typical convention to have a Q&A style, unless your research suggests otherwise. Amend or upload supporting evidence for your idea.

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