Website Link

http://10chubbs.wix.com/bradwelljuniorschool

LO5: Feedback and Evaluation

These are the test plan results that I received back.

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The results in my test plan suggests that my website does work, but there seems to be an issue when downloading the prospectus from the about us page. To improve my website I could make the button work to download the prospectus. After looking at the website myself too, I have come to the conclusion that the whole page could be filled, rather than just the more central area. This would give the website a more relaxed feel, rather than being feeling cramped. I could make this change by using a different template for the site. I would also add more colour to my pages, as after re-evaluating it, it looks to plain as it is all white.

LO4: User Testing

How I am going to test my website is by conducting a test plan, which will evaluate key areas to test if they perform correctly and function properly. The main things I am going to include on my test plan are if the navigation bar works, if the gallery slideshows function and if the website works on different browsers and devices.

Test Plan:

 

 My test plan address all of the criteria of...

a) navigation

b) internal and external hyperlinks

c) page load times

d) performance of website when using different browsers

e) consistency of house style

  

I have talked about every piece of criteria in my test plan. I have asked the tester's to test if the navigation bar works by asking them to click on the home page link in this bar, if the hyperlink button to download the prospectus works, if the pages load within 7 seconds, if the website works using different browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox and if browsing through the images work.

This is how long my pages took to refresh in Firefox. The times ranged from 2.52 seconds to 2.78 seconds. The quickest page to refresh was the 'Contact Us' page and the slowest was the 'Information' page.

Home:

About Us:

News:

Gallery:

Information:

Contact Us:

LO3: Site Versions

Development of my home page:

This is how my homepage started out. I used a stock photo of Bradwell as a temporary image to start with. I also created the title by using a bold font and by having a thinner font underneath that would state the motto of the school. I have chosen the same house style for every single page so that my site remains consistent and flowing.

Next I added the school motto to the title and put the text for the home page underneath the image.

Next I went to the school and took photos for the website. This gives the site a more professional and personal look.

I then added some more pictures to the bottom of the page to give the users of the site a look into what the school is and what it looks like.

Here I am editing my final home page.

Finally I changed the head teachers' part of the page by adding a photo of the head teacher herself to show the users and the parents on the website what she looks like so they can recognise her on visits and when they go to the school.

I also changed the titles on the photos to that of the school.

Development of my about us page:

This is what my about us page looked like in the early development stages of production. I had added the title and school motto just like the home page and added the text required for the page.

Next I added a button so that the school prospectus would be available to download at the users convenience. 

I then changed the stock images to images from the school which I took. 

Here I am editing the final part of the about us page.

Development of my news page:

This what what my news page looked like at first, I put in the title and motto like before and put in the sub headings to give the page an identity.

I then added the news that was on the current Bradwell Junior School website.

Finally I changed the images to ones that I took at the school of the playground and surrounding area.


Development of my gallery page:

This is what my gallery page looked like to begin with. I placed the title and motto to make it fit like every other page and added the subheadings to reinforce to the users that this is the gallery page.

To finish this page I added some photos from the original gallery page on the current website and added a small paragraph underneath to introduce the images.

 Development of my information page:

To start with I was unsure on how I would present my information page.

But then I decided to make it like the bottom of my about us page, by using buttons. I started with these pink buttons but the writing was too small and the colour was too bright.

So I changed the layout of the buttons by changing the colour to a more neutral one, making the font bigger and putting a drop shadow on them so it looks like they are pushing off the page. This also makes them stand out more against the white background. 

I finished off this page by adding more buttons (both information and letters) and linking them so that the relevant documents can be downloaded at request.

 Development of my contact us page:

This is what the page looked like to begin with. I rearranged the different parts like the image, address and contact form to fit the shape of the page. 

I then changed the image to a picture of the school, at a high angle so that the users can get a good view of the school.




My website I have created is suitable for the target audience as it is very easy to navigate around, it has information suited for the parents of the children or visitors who are wanting to know more about the school, the downloads would be very helpful for both the parents and visitors and the images help give an idea of what the children get up to at the school, giving any parents who are thinking of sending their children to the school an idea of what the current pupil get up to.

I could use rich media on my website with ads that change every time a user passes their mouse over it. The ads could involve things such as school uniform, events near to the school or stationary.

LO2: Production Plan

Gantt Chart:

LO2: Audience

Audience:

Parents of the children attending looking for more information on the school itself, middle age generally. Male or female parents are suitable for viewing as the content is unisex.

The age of my target audience would be all parents, normally aged between 25 and 40.

The primary school is in Bradwell, Hope, which is a a quiet country area. This area would be suitable for settled, rural families.

Methods of gaining feedback from my website:

Three methods of gaining feedback from my target audience would be questionnaires, comments on the website and tracking (cookies).

I could gain questionnaire feedback on paper as the school is fairly small, so has smaller groups of students, the children and parents would all live in the surrounding area and the parents could give the questionnaires back into school for me to collect after they have been completed.

I could receive feedback from comments on the website by asking the parents if they could leave comments to say what they think of the new, updated website. As they are already on the pages, it wouldn't be a struggle for them to access the comments section at the bottom of the page.

I could receive feedback by adding tracking cookies on the pages as this would show me which pages the parents are visiting most frequently.

LO2: Budgeting

Based on the professional rates of the 2014 rates, the cost of hosting a small business website is around $520 - $620 per year, depending on the amount of updates that are needed for the website. This includes parts like the domain name and continued website maintenance. It would take up to 60 hours to develop. In terms of marketing it would cost a minimum of $750 per month to promote the site.

(http://executionists.com/cost-to-build-websites-2014/)