Website Evaluation Paper

Website Evaluation Paper
Web 240
Michael Daniel (Team B)
Kristi Ruddle
7/17/13

During our Team B’s evaluation of the Elias Group’s website we discovered various area’s that could be improved upon in order to make the website more appealing and functional to its users. Below you will find various criteria that we determined to be of value when it came to redesigning The Elias Group website. * Contact – This site is missing an essential part needed in order for it to be able to complete its main function successfully. Without even a single method of contact how will people or companies in need of the services that this site are supposed to offer be able to obtain them? This information should go in the footer of each page as well
The webpages for this site need to be able to answer the questions that the users may have on how to accomplish the goals that they have formed by accessing this site. If that is not possible then they should at least point them in the correct direction to get their questions answered. * Web Site Purpose – The designer or owner of the website has to come to a conclusion of the Websites main purpose. Once they have decided this then pages other than the main can be created because the website will have a goal, which will result in the designed knowing what direction to take. * Web Page Purpose – Every individual webpage of the website needs to have a specific purpose and it should relate back to the overall purpose of the website. The web pages should enforce the main purpose of the site and offer information or resources to achieve it. * Home page – The use of the past and present portion of the home page is not necessary. The site would be better served with removing these sections and instead replacing them with a better version of a mission statement and possibly internal links or bookmarks that the sites users may find
However the variation of the picture that is utilized in the pages that follow leaves much to be desired, and therefore can either be replaced or removed entirely. * Photos – The photos that are used on the other subpages of the website should be replaced because if the topics of the subpages are changed then the present photos will not match the topic of the webpage. Also we do not believe that it is necessary to have the photos of the directors of every area displayed on the website. * Footer – Along with the contact information being displayed in the footer portion of the web page, there should also be links to the various different subpages so that it isn’t necessary to navigate through multiple pages in order to reach a specific page that you are interested in getting to. * Font – The font type and size can be changed in order to make it easier to view for the users of this site * Browser compliant – Making sure that the website is compliant with multiple different web browsers is of the utmost importance. * Navigation – The sites navigation needs to be easy to follow and also allow for its users to backtrack to any position that they desire. A good example would be a “breadcrumb” navigational