Team 1
Pros
- Clean and simple layout that’s easy on the eyes
- Easily navigable, with unobtrusive drop downs within the issues
- Consistent search bar and upcoming events keeps them within visibility and use
- The about page connecting to the Greenspring campus of the University, feels official
- Easily readable on mobile
Cons
- No built-in direct submission function when many sites have it
- Not optimized for mobile, drop downs for issues end up off screen
- Mobile formatted poorly, site scrollable to the side to see background image, no real reason to do so, happens by accident
- Submission guidelines feel very spaced out, feels a little awkward to read
- Background image isn’t necessary on tablets, very little of it is visible
Team 2
Pros
- Easily navigable on mobile
- Eliminates previews of content on mobile, making it easier to read
- Baked in submission box on the website
- Separation of content by genre
- Archives of previous content
Cons
- Header feels too huge, feels gimmicky
- Vertical focus leaves unused space on the sides
- To navigate to a different section, the reader needs to scroll to the top
- Minimalist about page with no delineation takes the reader a moment to recognize the difference with
- The genre headings on the front page aren’t visually distinct enough, feels too close to the content titles
Team 3
Pros
- Event focus promotes things that are often under-attended
- The content being organized by issues and then genres makes finding something a bit easier, but also requires more pages to be viewed
- Baked in submission tool makes submitting easier
- About page very team focused
- Text easily readable on mobile
Cons
- Lack of drop downs in the ‘Issues’ section makes navigation slightly more time consuming
- Should be an entire page to focus on events, with a calendar or list of dates
- Aside from the header, there is a lack of color which feels less visually distinct
- Lack of mobile optimization, content previews are still same size as full site
- Menu at the top on mobile requires scrolling to the very top to navigate to new section