Project 1: Reasons for Blog Template

I have made this blog, without much customization. It is a simple journal with not much deviation from the template given to me from blogger.com. The reason for this, is because of my inexperience with html code and usability in general. I do, however, hope to make some improvements, throughout the semester as I learn more about usability. This simple template right now, shows postings of my thoughts regarding this class.

The usability of this template is pretty much self-explanatory. I have the main heading, "Mark Bune Online Journal", at the very top, then I have the blogs on the left. On the top right corner, I have included the a brief summary of the purpose of this site. Below this, I have the archive link. Although this is a template from blogger.com, I was able to choose the color. I felt the combination of green, gray, and orange was effective. The orange to me seems to really bring the title of each blog into focus. I feel this color is a good indicator of hiearchy in terms of the page elements. I also had the option to change certain fonts. I went with Arial for the header and text font, Verdana Bold for the title font, and Trebuchet Bold for the sidebar font. I feel the spacing for the arial font feature brought the letters of each word closer together and made it easier for me to read compared to the other fonts I experimented with. I chose Trebuchet Bold with a smaller font to differentiate from Arial slightly. I also made the sidebar text underneath "Online Journal CD225" a darker gray than from the original text to bring more focus to it....and this is just the beginning.