Assumptions: Design and CMS
I think alot of websites that people have been reviewing are strong in some form or fashion. However, from my last post on my site project with professor web pages, many of them are poorly designed or from the early days of the web.
Personally, my favorite color is neon lime green… but I think most sites would want to stay away from such a strong bright color. Color is important for web design, like all visual designs. It should all tie back into your site’s purpose and branding.
As for a homepage, I think its purpose has not changed significantly. I think there are 2 main goals for a home page: call to action (thanks Randy) and navigation. The navigation part has two common approaches I see today, either links to major site segments or providing new site information. However, all of this leads back to the sites main purpose and it should be easy to determine from a homepage.
I have not used Content Management Systems very much in the past, but I was exposed to Wordpress before this class.
