Navigation tweaking, tutor feedback

So I showed Andy Dickinson my site today, and as per usual I ended up with a big long to-do list:
Made the main logo smaller, this was to allow for more of the page to be ‘above the fold’ and make navigation easier. Also a lot of people who I tested the site on thought [...]

Front page full of content

The site is really coming along well now, the front page has all its links with content attached to them. The section menus are starting to fill up and the content is looking good in its templates. Modified all the templates slightly today to include the top five and also promos for other content.
This week, [...]

Templates configured, Rolf Potts and how to be a travel journalist

I’ve sorted out my templates, it’s a hell of a lot easier to run the site when using them because it means I don’t have to change about 50/60 pages myself when I want to make a tweak to the navigation. Glad I figured out how to use them, and it means I can create [...]

British backpacker dies in New Zealand crash

A British backpacker has died in a road accident in New Zealand while on a round the world trip.
23-year-old Adam Birdsey was taking a gap year after completing a degree in business at the University of Derby.
He was killed after the camper van they were driving collided with a pick-up truck that was towing a [...]

Sexy graphics, contact and sitemap

Contact and sitemap pages are done, might need to change the sitemap page later in the project depending on how the site changes depending on the content.
Made some sexy graphics for my website headers, the plan is to have them change depending on which page you’re on. Will try to do about 12 of them [...]

Uploaded a prototype

Had a play with the design today and it’s starting to look good, managed to nail down the colour scheme, got the about and links pages done. I’ve created a main page template and also a content template, so I’m hoping that I can work off those and start getting the content up there.
It’s uploaded [...]