Artefact 5 Part 1

This online booking form was created using 'FLASH and Dreamweaver (PHP)'. The aim of this artefact research was to see weather the flashy elements influenced customers. i.e did they feel save using it, did it look modern to them and what type of a booking form did they prefer overall.

This time I didn't just show it to the restaurant managers, but also to the staff.

PIZZA HUT reply: They were more interested on how the booking form worked and opened up in a new window, rather than the design concept itself. The staff at Pizza Hut liked the sophistication of the form and its simplicity. As it was a much shorter booking form than a standard one. Which they thought would save time and effort filling in. In addition they all preferred using a booking form , where they gave out less personal details. Rather than using a long booking form (previous one) and relying on their online security measures.

FEAST of INDIA reply: The manager disliked the Flash slideshow, as he thought having a moving image on a booking form page, would distract the customers and was unecessary.
However some of the staff members liked it as it bought a dynamic view towards the booking form and made it look updated.
Additionally they liked the way the booking form opened up as a overlapping link (Lightbox Effect), which they thought was clever, due to the way it seperated from the content.
The staff were pleased about the functionality due to it being simple and straight to the point without any extra widgets. i.e (entering their full details and giving out unecessary information).

Client Project - Tweeks

In the next few days I need to;

• Link all the web pages together.
• Make sure the online magazine is fully working and functional and has a link to the web home page.
• Go back and REVIEW the 'Bar Sirius' logo...
• Check the MP3 music track is fully working with the sound volume.
• Update the Gallery page.
• Test it
  

Client Project - Bar Sirius Magazine

The design looks simple and works well with the bar website. However I think I need to add a link, that would take the user back to the bar home page. As this online magazine opens up as a new web page.

The purpose of the magazine is to show the audience the types of events previously held at ‘Bar Sirius’ and the type of guests that have performed live. Hopefully this would increase the number of audience at the bar and on the online ‘Facebook’ group. I deicided to create the magazine in ‘Adobe Flash’ using the codes from my previous projects.

Client Project - Gallery, News, Drinks Menu & Contact Pages

Gallery Page


News Page - Links to 'Online Magazine' and 'Facebook'


Drinks Menu Page


Contact Us Page


I am quite happy with the layout and the design and importantly the client seems happy too. However he did mention to me to go back and revise the LOGO. Which I will do towards the end of the client project, as I'll have a more clear idea on what the final element will look like.

Client Project - Online Links - Facebook?

I found it hard to find a 'PINK' Facebook icon, that was a good quality. So I decided to get an orignal logo and edit the colour variation in FLash...by changing the brightness,contrast, using alpha...!

The link would directly go to the 'Bar Sirius' Facebook home page, where it would share all the information in depth.

Client Project - Background Music

For the background music, I decided to choose the 'Swedish Mafia ft Pharell Williams - One (Your Name)'
track as it is funky and a very recent, popular music track that would appeal to the wide audience (students) and the type of music they listen to.




I had few problems uploading the background music as the music file was too big and for some reason it would not read the data. Therefore I decided to trim the music track using 'Real Player' and lower the quality of the music track to around 2mb.

Client Project - Drinks Menu Design

A sleek and friendly drinks design, to go into the website. Again sticking with the bar colour variations and creating a design that involves simplicity.

The design was created in Adobe Photoshop... (300 dpi)

Client Project - Splash and Home Page

Splash Page



Home Page


Ive tried to keep the design elements the same for every page, due to the flash. as there would be too many problems if I made every page totally different.

For the LIGHTING effects and BUTTONS I have used movie clips. In which the light fades in and out repeatedly, to create a lively bar atmosphere in the website. As shown in the image below;

Client Project - Final Chosen Design

After experimenting with a new model in the background, it worked really well and I was really suprised by the way it created a dynamic look towards the design, especially when I was going to use FLASH within the design.

Furthermore the public (students) and the client loved it too, which was a success as all of us agreed on one design concept.

Chosen Design - Client Unsure?

After showing the client the publics choice of design he agreed with me, however he was unsure weather that particular female model worked with the design itself.

However he did like the new female model, that was used in the previous survey. In which he told me to use within the design concept and see weather it worked.

Client Project - Development 4 - SURVEY

After realising that my client website may come across outdated due to the 'Square Boxes' I had to change the background concept. Therefore I decided to do a public survey on facebook, showing students ideas of my background design ideas...

As a result they loved all the designs and were spoilt for choice. After making there decisions, majority of the public liked the first design. AS they thought it would work well with the bar and its colours, additionally they liked the way the typography was used as it looked modern and different to other bar/club websites out there.