How Do i Analyse a Webpage? (1 Viewer)

[pricklygoo]

Hey dudes just wondering how you are suppose to analyse a webpage? do you use the same techniques as you would when studying a static visual text?

Cheers,
Paddy

 

[dp624]

Do you actually _have_ to? it's so much harder getting stuff from web pages rather than things such as movies, ads, etc.
But you analyse it like any other static visual - e.g layout, langauge techniques, colour, etc

 

[pricklygoo]

aiight cool thanks dp.
i was just tossing up whether to do a webpage or a documentary but i might just do a static image. they seem to be relatively easy.

Paddy

 

[acevipa]

Analyse like a normal visual text:

• Colour
• Vectors
• Reading Path
• Etc.

Also ask yourself some questions like is the text visible, where are the images placed, what is the purpose of the webpage. Does the webpage acheive its purpose.

Also, there may be Google Ads on the page, which you can mention in your analysis. The use of ads usually makes it less professional. More professional sites don't usually have ads on their page. Is there are forum. The use of a forum is inviting and suggests a sense of belonging.

Good Web Design Features

 

[bored of sc]

• Vectors

Sounds like Physics.

 

[acevipa]

Yeh true, it does sound a bit like physics. It should be "vector lines"

 

[adidasyeah]

You should consider all the techniques: Language, Structural and Visual

 

[jennieTalia]

Treat it like a combination of text types. It is a multimedia medium.
Discuss:
Placement--> Where things are on the page, sizing, divisions, where your eye is drawn, bar lines, vector lines. Where is the navigation bar etc.

Language---> Written techinques, you should be suitably familiar with these by now. Expect more bullet points, lists, sub headings (almost a report style layout), in text links and so forth. Formal or informal.

Visual---> Again, the images and the techniques involved here. They should RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER IN THE TEXT. Could even be links themselves. Colours on the page, any repeating motifs, patterns, symbols, graphs, charts, tables, FONTS, highlights, Backgrounds, text boxes.

Audience/Purpose--> Is this continuous? Ease of exploration. Tidy. Logical arrangment?

Extras---> Sounds, animations, shout out boxes, feedback buttons etc. It could get too complex with many of these.

I would not suggest doing a web page, but if you're a techie you may as well, it could give you a leg up as it is unlikely to be used by many.
Useful if you are doing a "How successfully is blah represented by blah in your texts" sort of question.

Edit: LINKS ARE IMPORTANT. Hyperlinks and so forth show the TEXT TYPE, if you do not recognise these you will be at a disadvantage. It's like doing a newspaper article and not recognising that there is a specific style.