Matthew Guerra

For my final project I would like to create a website for a campus resource that I have begun using quite frequently in the last few years. I want to create a website that highlights all of the unique features that the student rec center offers each and every student here at texas state. There is a lot of great features that I think could be greatly highlighted. My pages will be as follows.

1.Welcome – an intro to the SRC

2.Hours of operation

3.Rec special features

4. Exercise classes

5.Contact the SRC

My next website is going to highlight all of the fun activities that are available to anyone who chooses to visit San Marcos. I will be posting in formation about several different types of activities that individuals or groups of people can be a part of. My pages will be as follows

1. Home page: This page will introduce myself, why I am choose to create a site for San Marcos activities, and also a small little history about San Marcos.
2. Outdoors: Since a major aspect of San Marcos is the outdoor scene, I will have an entire page dedicated to the rivers, hiking trails & biking trails.
3. The Square: I will also have a page that highlights the downtown area and all of the different events that happen in and around the downtown area.
4. restaurants / bars : I will then talk in depth about the drinking and dinning options located throughout the town.
5. suggestions: Finally I will have a suggestions option where visitors to the site an submit suggestions of things that could be added to the site to help provide better information.

I actually had a really hard time finding a travel blog that I felt would work good for my content but i have looked at a few website builders that have templates for travel / city blogs and I think that I will base my designs off of several of those templates.

One of my favorite websites is the onion.com . I probably spend way too much time reading articles that I find on their website. It is nice to take a break from reading the typical new stories and it is a breath of fresh air to see current issues made fun of. Overall I really like the websites design, more specifically its simplicity. I often can get easily overwhelmed and distracted when online and get frustrated at the clutter I see on websites such as Facebook and Yahoo. I really enjoy how simple and basic the layout of the onion can be. The site isn’t flashy and is very easy to navigate through. My only real problem with the site is the amount of content available through the search tab. Im not always able to find articles about certain topics that interest me. The majority of the content posted is based on what their writers care to post about. I feel that the onion does a great job of doing the 10 Principles of Effective Web Design. the navigation is easy, the content is clear and attention grabbing.