Website Development - News Page

Me and Melissa are both sharing the creation of the news page. We decided that Melissa would write the articles that will be featured on the news page and that I would create a HTML scrolling bar and insert the articles.

Before inserting the scrolling bar I inserted an AP DIV. I then selected the AP DIV and split the screen. I then inserted the scrolling bar by typing in the correct HTML coding and then continued to edit the width and height of the scrolling bar until it aligned with the information on other pages. I felt that it was important to align all of the information so it stats at the same position at the lead and side of this page. By doing this I am ensuring that the website looks both neat and professional tying in with existing hosed websites.

After creating the scroll bar I was then able to copy and paste the articles within the scrolling bar. I then used the options down the right hand side of the page to make the text left aligned, change the font style to Arial, increase the size of the text and change the article headings to be shown in the same font as the other title and navigation bar within the website to show consistency. I decided to ensure that the main copy of each article was written in Arial font, I did this for two reasons. Firstly to show cinsistancy as Arial had been used within the website and is also featured on ther ancillary tasks and secondly as Arial is a crear font which is easy for my target audience to read. 

Melissa had written the articles for the news page and saved them into a word document. Melissa ensure that the other articles tied in with other features contained within the website. For example the launch of Vanessa's new range. This ensures that our website conforms to the codes and conventions of existing products, as whilst researching we found that there is a link between featured products items and the articles written for the news page. The print screen above shows the working scroll bar. Me and Melissa decided to position a scroll bar on to the news page of the website as the size of the page is restricted and we would not be able to show many articles on Vanessa. By inserting a scroll bar we are able to include as much information as we wish, and present it in a readable font size with clear spacing between each article ensuring this page looks professional.

This is how the News page of the website looks after taking all the steps I have shown above. Now that I have completed all of the pages I am responsible for creating, I will now collect feedback on the pages.