Axioms of Web Design

For this assignment I decided to critique myself and look into my own blog (landeniv.wordpress.com) to see what I was doing right and what I could do better at. 

Right off the bat as I read through the axioms of web design I realized that I don't have an obvious placement of why I write the blog that I do. While a deep overview of my blog can be found on the "About Liv{e} Rosie" page, that takes effort from my viewers. I plan on adding a very brief description to my blog right under the title to share my objective with my viewers. 

When it comes to having a strong grid I do think that my grid is easy to use. The top grid shows the pages that I have while the side grid displays individual posts. The coloring of my side grid could be altered to make it a little more readable. 

As I scroll through my page there is a call to action (follow me on Instagram) that is on the right side, but it doesn't always stay in the lower right. It scrolls with the page so it is not always visible. If I were using a different template it could be possible to change that element - this is something I will work on. 

The colors on the right panel draw my eye from the title of the post (black circle) to the list of recent posts. It does move my eye in a diagonal route, but that could just be because I know what I am looking for. I think if I had that call to action in the lower right, or a picture in each post that was off-centered, the eye would travel through more naturally. Something that I am already aware of is that I need to make my blog more visual. It is something that I am working on and I think as my blog becomes more visual it will lead the eye through the page better. 

Using the site is pretty straight forward. Just scroll down, or look to the right for previous posts. It works a lot like the majority of other blog sites so it is fairly easy to navigate. 

On most posts the area of greatest contrast is the title of my blog along with where my future description of the page will be. I think that as I add more images the contrast will be more frequent and fluent throughout my whole page. 

While my blog doesn't have the same cuteness on a mobile device it is easy to navigate, the tabs are large as well as the wording and the posts can easily be read from a mobile device.