Website Desgin

Web Designers' Tips: 

1. Jake Rocheleau http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/web-design-trend-2013/ 

• Retina Support 
• Responsive layouts-match all forms of media 
• Fixed Header Bars- as scrolling the header moves along with it
• large photo backgrounds
• digital QR codes  

2. Craig Grannell http://www.netmagazine.com/features/20-top-web-design-and-development-trends-2013

• Backed in responsive web design 
• Multi-device design  
• Storytelling and personality
• Better page layout

 3. Vitaly Friedman http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/

• Don't make users think 
• Don't squander users's patience 
• Manage to focus the users' attention  
• Strive for feature exposure  

4. Jennifer Schniff http://www.cio.com/article/734408/13_Simple_Tips_for_Improving_Your_Web_Design

• have polished professional logo 
• get rid of clutter 
•  use color strategically 
• choose fonts that are easy to read across devices and browsers

5. Paul Jarvis https://medium.com/i-dont-know-a-thing/636232ab3de3

•  two to three colors are enough 
• five to eight navigation items are enough 
• People scroll  

My Favorite Sites:

About.com:  http://www.about.com/#!/editors-picks/

• compared to my research they are doing everything pretty well they have many pictures not to many colors and they are opened to be used with anything 
• I would change that they are a little to busy in the home page because there is too much to see
• I like that this site has many option to find information but I also like that in their information they always provide pictures and more links to find more things. Also they are very easy to use no need to be clicking or looking all over the website to find what I am looking for.  

Pinterest:  https://pinterest.com/

• Even though the website is very plain they make it easy and look good which is what the research I did mentioned a lot. 
• I would change that it is a more laid back site so they should really try to liven it up with colors because they only remain with white and red which is only used in the title.
• I love this site because this website by far is the easiest using website I have ever encountered and they are only pictures so it is nice and accessible. 

Examples: GOOD vs BAD 

Good: 

• Prime and Fire:  http://primeandfire.com/
• Falve: http://www.falve.co.nz/
•  Moda Familia: http://modafamilia.com/

Bad:  

•  Lings car leasing: http://www.lingscars.com/
•  Constellation Seven: http://www.constellation7.org/Constellation-Seven/Josiah/Index.htm
• Center for Advanced Visual Studies: http://cavs.mit.edu/

Possible Theme for my Website

I decided to stay in the area of my career for my website, which would be medicine but more specifically cardiology. Most people when they hear the word cardiology they immediately think heart surgeon but a surgeon is only one branch of the many career fields than can come from a cardiology "degree". I want to be a invasive non-interventionist cardiologist. I believe this could be a possible theme for my website because it would nice to have more information for this branch of cardiology because like mentioned before there is more information over a heart surgeon than the many branches that someone with a cardiology degree can go into.


This is a website that describes the many career paths that cadiology unfolds into. This website also provides indepth descriptions of each job.
http://healthcareers.about.com/od/physiciancareers/p/cardiologistpro.htm