Unit 25- Produce Copy for Interactive Media

When creating a website or blog you will be wanting to make it look good for your target audience. This nears that your constraints will depend on what type of audience you are aiming for. For example if you were to make a website for a professional company you aren't going to make it bright pink with flowers. You are going to want to make it look clean and professional. This can be annoying for designers as most designers have there own style and may think some things look better then others.

When using a content management system there can be a lot of issues. The main issues you will encounter will be coding issues. This can be a huge problem since it would effect your whole website and give you a lot of problems whereas if you made a mistake using HTML you would only have to change the small mistake you made. There are a lot of advantages while using content management systems though. The main advantage of using a content management system is that it is very easy to use and get used to even if its your first time on using it.

When making a website it is very important that you keep the same style through out the whole website. This means that the text and colour scheme should stay consistent throughout. This means if you use Arial on 75% of you pages and times new roman on the other 25% your website if going to look very un-proffesional. You must also make sure that you check your grammar, punctuation and spelling before posting anything online as this can look very un-professional. When adding text on your website as the main content it would be a good idea to space it out (add some images in as well). No body wants to read a huge block of text as most people would just find it boring. When typing your text you are going to want to make it accessible for every one. Im not saying to dumb it down but don't use huge words which no one has heard of etc. It would also be a good idea to add in hyperlinks with your text content. For example if i mentioned my portfolio i could link it from the word portfolio so people could go take a look. Along with the grammar and spelling it is very important to include appropriate captions / descriptions to go along with the content.

Metadata is used on webpages to identify what language it written in and what tools have been used to create it. It will also say where to go for more on the subject. By using this is will increase the quality of the original data/files.

One of the best ways to check any errors on your website while creating it is "Preview in Browser window". This will allow you to see what your site will look like when it actually goes live. This means that you can look for mistakes (for example an image may not load and you may have to re-upload it). To check text a good way to see if its all correct is to copy it into Microsoft word and spell check it all.

When filling in the content to your website you don't want to be typing in any false information. This means that i would make sure what i was talking about is true before writing a big page of text and it all being wrong. It is also a good idea to link your sources of information so that viewers can take a look for themselves if they don't get what you are talking about.