Reflections

It is very easy to create a weblog but it is very hard to keep the consistency of writing the blog. The author of the blog must be careful on the writing the blog. Thus, it is very important to know the requirements of setting up a blog. Here are some of the document design considerations that I have encountered previously:

• Why blogging?
• Who are the intended audience?
• What are the contents of the blog?
• When to update the blog?

The production of this blog has given me a very good experience in writing a professional weblog where it helps me familiarize with the web interface. Furthermore, in order to create a good weblogs, a lot of good document designers or authors have given some guidelines on it. One of the prominent author on document designs – Jakob Nielsen , which I applying his theory- Weblog Usability:The Top 10 Design Mistake into the weblog layout. However, there are some restricted issues due to the assignments requirement which is the photo and biography of the author did not publish in the weblog.

Furthermore, according to Parker (2003) also agree with Reep’s idea where it is harder to read on screen because of the contrast problem on the screen. Therefore, in this case, the background colour of the weblog is lighter with a strong contrast font colour which is black. Therefore, it is easier for the readers to read.

However, ‘pictures speak more than a thousand words’. Therefore, Kress and van Leeuwen theory do apply in this weblog as well. This is because according to Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) asserted that writing no longer become the center of attractions where the principal of compositions plays a crucial role in order to have a good designs not only wit pictures but also with composite visual. This statement also agreed by Schriver (1997) where a good document designs should have combinations of words and pictures to help the readers understand easily. Therefore, in order to let the readers understand easily, some of the pictures as well as vlog were inserting in the blog.

Through following this guidelines provides by document designers have gave me a good experience on creating a good blog in the future not only for myself but for the readers as well. There are certain rules that need to be addressed in order to communicate effectively with the readers.

Reference Lists:

Kress, G & van Leeuwen,T 2006, Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design, 2nd edn, Routledge, New York.

Nielsen , J 2005, Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes , Jakob Nielsen Alertbox, viewed 5 May 2008, <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html>

Parker, RC 2003, ' Chapter 14" in Looking Good in Print, 5th Edition, Scootsdale, Arizons.Reep, D 2006, ' Chapter 3 & 7' in Technical Writing, 6th Edition, Pearson Education, Inc.

Schriver, K 1997, The interplay of words and pictures, Wiley Computer Publications, New York.