Week 8

As i mentioned before I decided to change the general layout of my website by having the page links on the left hand side. I have chosen to keep the pages simple like most of the websites ive looked at which include this theme of advertising. Therefore the logo is in the top left hand corner and music player in the right hand corner.
For the page links I wanted to have a different font to Verdana to make the tabs stand out, like the logo. Using the program Fireworks I created each of the tabs using the slicing tool after creating a table with 1 row and 5 colums. I then exported each of the files seperatly and re-opened them in Dreamweaver.

For the tabs I have used a slightly darker grey with white font and a dashed border, which I felt looked effective to break up the grey colours. The font is called Lithos Pro, I chose it because of its wide characters and simple style with a slight curve for the letters.

Here is another general site I found on advertising, which includes the latest campaigns, news and even statistics.  - http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/

Additionally I completed some research for the McLuhan page by looking on a few sites including -

• http://marshallmcluhan.com/
• http://www.mcluhanmedia.com/
• What is the Meaning of The Medium is the Message?
• http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/media/topics/342/

From these sites I found out general information about Marshal McLuhan and his ideas based around 'the medium is the message.'