Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Hornfans.com

http://www.hornfans.com


Target Audience
  • University of Texas sports fans, mainly UT students, UT alumni, and the general public that are fans of university
  • anyone who wants to talk about UT sports or any of the other topics that are designated on specific forums

Usefulness of Content
  • message board where you can discuss a variety of topics based on the specific forum
  • can get information from others and hear differing opinions
  • always new posts and topics so content is constantly changing and updated
  • mainly for UT sports, but has other forums that have nothing to do with sports - somewhat of a deviation from the name of the website
  • have links to articles about UT sports teams on the homepage that haven't been updated in awhile

Consistency of Design
  • consists of white, black, and burnt orange colors which fit with the name of the website
  • same format for posting and same look of posts on every forum
  • can get information on what topics are allowed to be discussed on each forum
  • switch colors for each post so they are easier to distinguish between
  • because the site generates a lot of traffic, especially during games, it sometimes takes awhile to load pages

Ease of Navigation
  • easy to move around the site and not get lost
  • can go to each of the different forums with the links on the left no matter what part of the site you are in
  • have a limited number of topics posted on each page of the forum so you don't have to scroll too far - instead click to another page of topics
  • allows you to click to different pages of a topic so does not force you to see every post every time
  • can search for past topics instead of having to scroll through page after page

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