Bad Website Example - Melbourn Village Fete Website

Obviously being a local, charitable organisation from my village, the website will probably not look that great. However there could be a fair few improvements to make it respectable and there is the option of making it into a more engaging website.

The basics of a website are there, with it clearly laid out - navigation on left hand side and information on the right. However the information is stretched across the rest of the site, making it a bit difficult to read. It also gives the impression that the site looks a bit bare and bleak - with a couple of lines of information. Obviously the user shouldnt be overloaded, however it does just look like the website has been knocked up in ten minutes and the information unthoughout.

The main thing that stands out is the visual aesthetics of the site. The colours chosen are pretty bad on their own, let alone together - yellow and blue! The white background gives the appearance that the website is bare and perhaps unfinished, which does not give a good impression from the users perspective. The boxes and blocks used for colour and navigation, gives the website a clunky feel, making it not too user friendly. 

I do not feel that this really aims to satisfy the target audiences needs. For a potential visitor of the fete, it does not grab their attention or engage at all on the page. It does display the correct information to give an idea of what the site is about, however due to the uninspiring way it is shown, it goes unnoticed. 

The gallery could be considered a good addition for a simple site, and it is presented fairly nicely. However the pictures take time to load on a slide show, meaning that the size of the files are too large to be processed quickly on the website. This could definitely be improved. 

The navigation of the site is fairly good and it is easy to find your way about quickly - I would say it is the best part of the website. However on the gallery slideshow it was hard to go back to the thumbnail pictures straight from there, which meant it too longer to go back through using the left navigation buttons.

POSITIVES
Navigation simple and self explanatory
Information accessible

NEGATIVES
Colour scheme and typography
Large JPEG's and files
Bulky and in your face
Could look unfinished
Hard to read some info - long lines of it
Not eye catching for the right reasons

http://www.melbournfete.co.uk/