A page people actually use
Millbrook Community Radio is a made-up station. Its website lists show times in one long page. Listeners say they cannot find anything, and few come back.
The team does not need a new website. It needs a few careful enhancements that help it reach its goals.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can choose and build interactive features that enhance a solution to meet an organisation's goal.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Enhancement | an improvement made to something that already exists |
| Asset | a piece of content, such as a picture or a sound clip |
| Interactive | reacting when the user does something |
| Menu | a list of links to the main parts of a site |
| Pop-up | a small box that appears over a page |
| Transition | the change from one screen to the next |
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Interactive features reward a click
A page can hold many assets: text, still and moving images, sound, animation and games. Interactive features let the user act: a menu, a button, a link, a pop-up, a video or sound clip, or a smooth transition between screens.
Add a feature only when it helps a goal. Too many features slow a page and confuse people.
Features, goals and cautions
| Feature | Helps with | Be careful about |
|---|---|---|
| Menu | Finding the show times quickly | Too many items, no clear order |
| Button | A clear next step, such as Listen live | A tiny button on a phone |
| Pop-up | A sign-up offer to join the mailing list | It covers the page and annoys people |
| Audio clip | A taste of a show | Starting on its own, with no way to stop |
| Animation | Drawing the eye to news | Moving text that cannot be paused |
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