CLIENT NOTE: http://www.fullblownkustoms.com/ (Point Of Research)
Website Reference
In the planning stages of the design i have browsed the following sites in order to establish the designs that sites with similar subject-matter are using. This is to help establish and consider any conventions that are linked to hot-rods which may or may not be essential in the development of the site as easy recognition at a glance helps greatly with traffic.
Deuce Customs - Is a Victorian, Ferntree Gully Hot Rod workshop.Their design is made up of a simple banner and header featuring links, a right hand side bar of Hot Rod images linked to the specific page that informs you of part prices and over-all prices and pictures. The links that the Deuce website displays are:
-Home
-News
-Workshop
-Showroom
-Customer Gallery
-Features
-Roadster Build
-Tourer Build
-Contact Us
-Links
Castlemaine Rod Shop - Another Victorian hot-rod shop, located in Castlemaine; this website features a more intricate and textured layout. The background appears to be a vinyl texture, with brushed metal plates for a banner, there is a classic down the page layout. Underneath the banner there is a classic negative photo strip featuring images of various cars and parts. Each of the buttons are rounded almost a simulation of car buttons; featured links, flash with an outer glow.
The links are all ordered by the different parts with a search engine to find by make or model.
Classic, Mustang and Rod Shop - This website another Victorian company; features a black to white gradient box background which transparent images. A mustang adorns the banner with a links bar underneath. [About] [Services] [Gallery] [Contact Us]. (I am beginning to like the the square layout, that can lengthen to fit more information as required.
Early Hot Rod Parts - This site has a tiled image as their background, the multiple colors are a great deterrent and make the rest of the page gaudy and hard to read. On top of the background sits a black and maroon bordered box with grey inner, in which the text sits. Their links consist of; home, parts, gallery, contact us.Their logo font is hard to read with the multiple colors surrounding it.
Extreme Designs - A pinstriper/airbrushing company that specializes in painting hot rods, bikes and so on. This site is just a blog that features his work and contact details.
Henrys Parts - A very simple designed layout, with just heading bars and footer bars. The links are simple: home, about, news and events.
