Critical Evaluation

I was told to do this critical evaluation on my blog by my tutor. This is my current evaluation according to the questions presented by out handout book:

Planning Stage:

• What were your initial ideas for creating a website? style / name / template
• My initial ideas was a minimalist design evoking simple paper with a typewriter font such as Courier New, as this blog is also using. I called it [REDACTED] Studio after a type of document information technique used by several organisations and governments to remove top secret information, also used in fictional contexts such as the SCP Foundation; a website with horror stories in the form of secret documents.
• Do you have a tagline on your website?
• No.

Research:

• Which designers / artists (relevant to your continuation route) websites did you look for inspiration?
• Regrettably, I did not look for an artist for inspiration. I had a design idea before my class was told to research and I stuck to it.
• How many pages did you want to make on your website and why? Did that change as progressed onto the research / designing stage?
• I initially wanted three pages: Home, Portfolio, and Contact. My home page would have been merged with the function of an "About" page, but my tutor advised me against it and convinced me to keep the two separate. MY home page now consists of buttons to the three other pages and a statement of the site's purpose.

Content:

• What is the purpose of your website?
• My website exists to document my scripts.
• Who are your potential website users?
• Other aspiring scriptwriters and possibly, future employers.
• Why do you think it is important to have a digital portfolio website?
• Having a portfolio website means everyone can see all your work in one place.

Design:

• Which design elements / tools did you use? (e.g.: infographics, fixed header, static background image, navigation menu design, text boxes, image galleries, social media feed) and why?
• As my overall design is minimalistic, there wasn't much design elements other than text boxes used for basic text and titles for the pages. I did have a button linking directly to this blog under Contacts alongside a contact box. In the Portfolio page I used a Flip Book for my drafts. I currently have the first draft there as first official content.
• Which template did you use in Wix and why?
• I used the Copywriter C.V. template to start with, as it already has a paper-like design with paper clips in the background.
• How many pages does your website have and why?
• Sticking with the suggested minimum, I have four pages: Home, Portfolio, About, and Contact. I didn't have any other ideas for additional pages so I just have these.

Navigation

• Does your website have working social media icon links?
• Just a Blogger button in contacts.
• Are your pages connected / interlinked?
• Yes, I used the standard navigation bar and a button next to it for my website's logo because I couldn't change the one already on the template.
• Is it easy to navigate?
• Yes.
• Does the "Contact" page / email link work?
• I am using my school email under emails and my Digital Arts email for contacts, but it is not working currently, possibly because of its pre-publishing status or I didn't do it right, which I thought I did.

Below is a Critical Evaluation form I filled detailing an evaluation of a fellow classmate's blog and website, Evan, or The Film Virtuoso.

Google Drive Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QfeWPWQgRITaHCBmRtN2zXp6Bqz_YaEo/view?usp=sharing