Layouts

There are many different ways to layout a webpage.

There tends to be a menu style banner on most websites, which will appear on everypage.

Here are a few different examples of the way to display a menu bar.

http://www.simpsonsrestaurant.co.uk/
The way example shows the menu bar being used across the top and down the side, these are the two classic ways to show the menu. Here they have both been used, which is useful if there are a lot of different pages to show.

http://www.purnellsrestaurant.com/michelin-star-birmingham
Here we have the main image as the focus of the page, this is a good eye catcher and makes the page look inviting. There is one main menu bar which is at the top of the page below the main image.

http://www.opusrestaurant.co.uk/
I used this example to show a different style of the menu bar, this website has used 3 different menus, one of the left, one on the top and one on the right hand side of the page. This can make it difficult for the visitor to navigate their way around the website.

http://www.metrobarandgrill.co.uk/
The most common way is to show the menu down the left hand side of the website. As shown above.

For my website I wanted to make it bold, clear and easy to use.

I chose to use one menu bar which went horizontally across the page underneath the banner of images. This image below is my main page for my website, this will be shown on each page, with the content changing accordingly. Having the menu bar on each page will help people navigate their way around the website easily.

I wanted to use a black background to help the images and text stand out. The images look bolder and more appealing when up against a black background.

I wanted all the text to be in white so it stands out and can be read easily.