Website header image

I then wanted to choose an appropriate picture for my header. I have chosen a black and white picture to fit the theme of a newspaper style. This is not my image, this is a secondary resource that I have just put there for now so I can overlook the variety of images that work well with my websites format. The idea for my header is that I want it to stand out as this will be the first focus point my audience look at when they are taken to my website page at the top. If the attraction is not there then my readers may choose not to scroll down and read on.

I wanted to find a image that was Black and White as it suits my colour scheme really well. My aim is that my header changes everyday due to the different events that are going on. I will use my main story headline image as the picture placed as the header and it is the most important thing of the day. I will make it so that the header image changes everyday to suit the current environmental surroundings. 

Logo

I wanted to create a logo that was clearly visible and straight to the point. I feel I have successfully done this as I have not only included the name of my newspaper but I have included a logo image behind the text. This gives a psychology effect to my target audience due to the image is a seagull, therefore it is psychotically aiming at a audience from Whitstable. 

I have used Adobe Fireworks to edit my header. When updating a header to my website it will only allow me to add just a image, not text. I wanted my logo to be at the top of the page so I thought why not compromise them together. I took the base picture and turned it into a background image and placed my logo design that I have created and placed it on the top right on the image. I feel the top right was the best place to put the image as it is the direction that the audiences eyes will be drawn to as that is the way the trees are being swung by the wind. However I feel the logo looks too subtle, I want it to be more BOLD so my audience know exactly what online news page they are on. 

Websites URL

I want my my website to be easily recognised and accessed. I will rename my URL to: 

'www.whitstableperiodical.co.uk'

My audience will be able to access this easily, the site is clearly named on my newspapers front cover and have also stated it on my billboard. The more people see it being written on forms of media the more people are likely to visit the site. All the conventions I have created enhance one another's advertisements just putting parts of one another on each product. 

I am able to do this by going to the top left hand corner of my website and clicking on customize. 

Then there is a column on the left, I then click on settings and it will take me to this page below. It  now enables me to change the URL name to whatever I want. My newspaper name is Whitstable periodical so I want to promote this product as they are connected together. 

Planning

Planning

Firstly, I will need to find a site that I can create a website on in order for me to produce my two hyperlinked pages from the website. I searched hard for different website layouts and finally found one that was perfect for a news layout.

The site I used to produce my news website was called: www.coachingnewbies.com

Once I had access to the site I was then able to login to my user account whenever I wanted to produce my news website. I then needed to choose a theme layout that suited my newspaper theme style. To choose a theme I would click on the button 'local news' top left hand corner and it will come up with lots of options and I would then click on 'themes'. I chose a simple black and white style however I was able to put buttons along the top row across the page which is what I wanted. I chose a black and white background because I feel it was aimed more at my target audience rather than lots of bright colours all over the page.

Second Hyperlink

Website Research

I went onto a local online news so I was able to get some ideas for my second hyperlink to go on my website. I have gone onto Kent online as it has a lot of information and hyperlinks which will help me. 

Researching newspaper websites

Analysing different newspaper websites

In order to design my own two hyperlinked pages for my newspapers website I will need to explore the internet for some online websites to get inspiration in order for me to produce my own version for my newspaper. 

Below I have a local online news, I am able to see what it includes and what makes it stand out. Kent online has included lots of different dimentions such as:

• Story lines
• Newspaper name
• Images 
• Video clips
• Many tabs (buttons)
• Logo
• Competitions
• Contact details
• The date
• Search Bar
• Weather
• Sport

I will take into account as to what Kent online have included on their home page which I have provided a print screen for.

I will also need to consider using a colour scheme for my web page so it looks formal and well presented so it is catered for the target audience I want to attract. Here Kent Online have used a Blue and white theme. Two to three colors is usually enough, otherwise it tends to be too much and not very clear and visible. A way of linking the colours together is by using master heads and titles. On this website they have also outlined the images in shade of blue. This is important as they colours link the whole page together.

Online Daily Mail

Similarities

The similarities between the two online web pages is that they both have their newspaper titles in the same place with bold black writing. Both online news pages use the buttons along the top in a row as a way of going onto different hyperlinked pages of different topics. In my task I will need to produce a online news web page and have two hyper links that link to the home page. I will produce the buttons along the rows like these two online sites have done so I am able to use two of them as hyper links for my coursework. Both sites have used a similar colour scheme of blue and black writing which a white contrasted background which enthasises the writing. The reason why they may have chosen these two colours as they come across as a sense of serious, whereas if they used lots of bright colours with not much layout that it may be portrayed as childlike and attract the wrong target audience.

Differences

The differences between the two online web pages is that they're format of pictures and writing are in a completely different style. I think the way in which the Kent online have structured their columns come across as crowded. There is so much to look at once and is all crammed in together. I will consider this when producing my own website when choosing my format. The mail online is more spacious and easier to read and visualize however the advertisement in the master head of the home page takes up way too much room, if people go on the mail online website they will want to see news not advertisements taking up 1/3 of the page.  Mail online use lots of images to form a collage to emphasise the headline as to what has happened whereas the Kent online has use a variety of multimedia and have used images and a video.



Newspaper Names

Newspaper Title

I have looked into the different types of newspaper names, I want to come up with a name that stands out and will be recognizable to my audience.

Popular Newspaper names that already exist:

• Daily Mail
• The Sun
• The mirror
• Guardian
• Sunday Times
• Daily Express
• Telegraph

Local newspaper names that already exist:

• Whitstable Times
• Whitstable Gazette
• Kent Gazette
• Canterbury Times
• Herne Bay gazette

Newspaper Evaluation

Newspaper Evaluation

Front cover-

As a whole I am very pleased with my newspaper as it followed similar conventions to other local newspapers which gave mine a sense of realism. It was important throughout the whole process I kept going back over my research to see what I needed to include and what not to include.

I have given questionnaires out to my fellow classmates to see whether they feel I could have improved anywhere. I will write my feedback on my evaluation questions.

Second Page-

I feel as though I have successfully included the crucial essential elements within a second page. I found the second page a lot harder to look for in my research as the front cover is most important so I had to use my own resources for this. I have included many advertisements and ' see pages ??' to keep my audience wanting to read on.

Finished Task

Newspaper