Review 2: Miranda Kerin

 

The single page website that I have chosen to analyze is deadfiesta.com. I came across this particular website through onepagelove.com and noticed that it was given the honor of ‘most loved’ on their site. I personally wanted to view a single page website that was known for being well thought out and uniquely designed, therefore this site was the right fit. When I opened the web page, the first thing I noticed where the bold, warm colors. The use of royal blue and bold orange helped clarify what the website was going to be about before even looking at their center graphic. The nicely used colors within their illustration help draw the eye to the main focus, which is “The Multicultural Day of the Dead Festival 2015”. Immediately below that is the date of the festival, October 24th, 2015, and the area the festival will be held, Grand Island, NE. This information is the most vital to anyone interested in attending, and the web designers placed it perfectly on the page with a good amount of emphasis. They added subtle formal textures bordering the graphic, but it does not overpower their message. Instead, it gives the feeling of traditional patterns which ties into the tradition of the Day of the Dead festival. When navigating through this site, one simply scrolls down revealing many facts and answered questions about the festival. Each section is broken up by a bold color change, along with different added illustrations that help bring the whole site together. For example, the section promoting the “Dead Fiesta Dance” shows a well drawn graphic of the classic sugar skull performing music. It also gives an appropriate amount of information one would need to learn about it, and how to register for the event. Each section of text is fully centered on the page, and is alight with everything else. This allows for a large amount of information to be neatly organized on a downward scrolling page. At the very bottom of the page is their contact information, which I felt was a good place to put it. Those visiting the website are most likely inclined to continue scrolling downward to reveal more information and artwork, and after they’ve gathered that information, they are offered a contact list in case more questions are needed. It also gives the viewer a reason to continue scrolling downward, so they fully experience the website. In my opinion, this is a good example of a one page website that is trying to promote an event. It offers the feeling of a large advertisement, which is a good thing, and gives even more information than a simple poster would be able to contain. They also stuck with strong theme throughout it all, which helped tie it all together.  In my opinion, having a professionally done website can help bring people to the event, it gives people a sense that the event coordinators are serious about what they are doing, and will provide the best experience possible.