After creating my first information architecture design and coding it for the web, I decided that on reflection the design didn't look as effective as I initially thought. I originally designed the site with a red colour scheme, I later realised this colour isn't as easy to work with as blue for example.
I had difficulty in finding a background that would work well with the main content of my site in the original design and overall I feel the size of the content wasn't the right height. After these considerations, I started to mock-up a second design in Photoshop to see if I could generate any better ideas. I decided to go for a darker colour scheme using lots of grey gradients and subtle blue colour in certain areas. I felt the design looked more professional and modern so for these reasons I decided to go ahead with this design as my final outcome.
I decided to make the main body of the site larger but have the page content in a smaller section inside the body. I made this section of the site darker to create the focal point of the website as I want the user to be directed to the text content of the page. Using dark background allowed me to use a white font for my text content and I feel this is the best solution for accessbility as it is the easiest to read.
