1. Web design research
By Keiran Jarrett

2. Target audience
The target audience is mainly tourist mainly from Japan
I need to make the website attractive so they will come and visit the flat and Edinburgh.
I might need to consider a translation tool for the website that will display the text in there own language.

3. Web structures web/mesh structure
Web/mesh structures
Due to the internet web/mesh structures are becoming most common because websites also follow this type of structure. This structure shows that if you go on to a website you might not go straight to the home page and this may cause confusion but all the web pages are connects to each other. For example the home page is connected to the about page, the information page, the contact page and so forth. Also the pages are also connecting to each other through either links or a menu bar.

4. Web structures: hybrid structure
A combination/ hybrid structure is possible the complicated structure of them all because it could consist of more than one structure (E.G. a website might have a combination of a hierarchical and a web/mesh website). These are commonly found on the internet. For example; if you are on a website and you click on a link that takes you to a video on Youtube or another website the structure for that website might be completely different from the previous website and follow a linear structure.

5. Example of websites Website: findaflat.com Good colour concept.
Simple yet effected.
Good layout
Good spacing
Eye catching logo
Easy to understand
To much blank spaces

6. Example websites Disneyland Florida website Good colour concept
Good quality of pictures
Easy to understand
Good contrasting text
There is to much menus and sub-menus
Strong eye catching logo
Good layout

7. Example websites Website name: flatcatcher Good colour concept
Very plain
No pictures
No information
Bad links
Too simple
Unattractive

8. Website structure The webpage will consist of roughly ten pages.
It will have a flat content page
It will have a contact page
It will have an about us page
It will have a home page page
It will have an Edinburgh page that will consist of a festival history, what to do and information page.

9. Edinburgh What festivals are normally on all year round?
What is there do?
What historical monuments are there?
Some background/general information on Edinburgh

10. Edinburgh Festivals Edinburgh military tattoo Edinburgh’s hogmanay
Blues & Jazz festival
Film festival
Arts festival
Science Festival
Historical monuments
Edinburgh Castle
St. George’s church
Royal Scottish academy
Scott monument
Bank of Scotland Head office

11. Edinburgh What to do? Football Rugby Shopping Restaurants Nights out
Information
Capital of Scotland
Population
Education
Brief description of history

12. Useful websites http://www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/
inspiringcapital.com/visit.aspx

13. Screen resolution Date Higher 1024x768 800x600 640x480 Other
January 2012
85%
13% 1% 0%
January 2011
14%
January 2010
76%
20% 3%
January 2009
57%
36% 4%
January 2008
38%
48% 8% 6%
January 2007
26%
54%
January 2006
17%

14. Popular browsers 2012-2007 Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari
Opera
November
15.1 %
31.2 %
46.3 %
4.4 %
2.0 %
December
20.2 %
37.7 %
34.6 %
4.2 %
2.5 %
27.5 %
43.5 %
22.4 %
3.8 %
2.2 %
37.2 %
46.4 %
9.8 %
3.6 %
2.3 %
46.0 %
44.4 %
2.7 %
2.4 %
56.0 %
36.3 %
1.2 %
1.8 %
1.6 %

15. Website features Photos, slideshows and videos can be used.
Translation tool
Text fonts
Menus and sub-menus
Links to other websites
Comments tool