The Art Show site: A list of bugs/design flaws/ design suggestions

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repo to support website development for the DIGIT program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

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Open SavannahRicks opened 4 months ago

SavannahRicks commented 4 months ago

Write a list of flaws and suggestions for the Art Show site!

rcc5418 commented 3 months ago

There's a broken link on the homepage, leading to a news story that I guess just got deleted sometime. We could re-word the sentence and link to this story which mentions Patricia Yahn's donation?
Those little animations the buttons do upon hover are kind of wacky. I'm presuming it's JavaScript, but surely that same effect could be done in a smoother motion? It's rather jarring as it stands right now.
We could redub the CSS? There's no issue with it right now, though, and I don't have any strong any ideas about it however.

jvs7215 commented 3 months ago

General/Home Page

Not a fan of the font used
Besides the style, the size and color makes it hard to read
Background could move separate from the foreground
Foreground elements should have more contrast
Article link is broken
I actually kind of like the button animations, however, they do cause the whole site to move when hovered on
They might just need more spacing so they aren't pushing the other elements down
Background shifts jarringly every time you load another page on the site (Home, art exhibits, about or photography, digital art etc.)

Art Gallery Page

"Previous Years' Entries" button is too small
Artist name and art name should be more distinct
Everything seems to load fine
I don't like the spacing for the photography section, the images should not be touching each other
When clicking on an "artistic method," there should be a more clear distinction between the menu and the artworks themselves, rather than directly underneath

About Page No Notes

SavannahRicks commented 3 months ago

Home Page

I'm not a big fan of the font, I don't mind using an artsy font but maybe we can use something different and only use it for the headings and quotes
The buttons make the site feel janky, and I don't like how the buttons try to do 4 different things: highlight, background movement, grow in size and create a border.

Art Exhibits

The past exhibits button feels very out of place and a messy design, not every button needs a background image
I like that each art category is a tab that opens with content off of the same page "Art Exhibits"
We need to really reduce the image sized for better loading time.
I'm glad there is a feature that you can view an image more closely when clicked on, maybe get rid of the see through borders by making the whole background more solid ( instead of more seethrough ).
On smaller screens, we should make the images into one column instead of 3? Although the downside wiuold be a longer page.
In the sound and motion category, the videos do not conform to smaller screens

sammoniot commented 3 months ago

My thoughts on the Art Show site: Home

I'm also not the biggest fan of the font Art Exhibit
I like how they separated the art by style.
Of course I think that the page needs more recent entries and modify the description.
The digital art section seems fine
I like how they added a way to click on an image and can view the other by clicking next or prev. I don't think there are any comments informing the user of said feature About page
I would add information about how to enter the art show and talk about when it's held

SavannahRicks commented 3 months ago

Blocked until we update most of the DIGIT Site