The strucure is very simple. You enter the homepage and you can see a picture gallery. The website also has music. I immediately became interested in the website because the colors and pictures atracted me. The main sections in the Be Cookies Industry website are the different kind of cookies they have, which are the Sport, Rock and Fashion Cookies; the create your own cookie section and their original Cookies. There are are internal links. The website also has a section that gives you the option to view the Be Cookie Industries blog, twitter, facebook and myspace.
2. Which information formats have been used in each section (text, hypertext, images, audio, video)?
In the homepage you have audio, an image gallery, internal and external links and text.
In the Sport&Cookies, Rock&Cookies and Fashion&Cookies section you can view the cookies depending on their categories. Every cookie has a description of what it is made off. These internal links contain links between themselves and the homepage of the website. There is also an internal link for the store. It includes audio too.
In the homepage you have audio, an image gallery, internal and external links and text.
In the Sport&Cookies, Rock&Cookies and Fashion&Cookies section you can view the cookies depending on their categories. Every cookie has a description of what it is made off. These internal links contain links between themselves and the homepage of the website. There is also an internal link for the store. It includes audio too.
In the create your own cookie section you have a series of steps to create your personalized cookie. They used internal links to create the process of making cookies. I liked it a lot but maybe they had too little options. They could have had more options in this section. Also, they could have put some text under every ingredient to explain what it is for. This section includes audio and links the main cookie sections. I feel a link back to the homepage is missing here.
I did not quite understand what the original cookies page is for. It includes images, links to other sections, a link to the homepage and audio.
3. What other resources, such as chronologies, maps, infographics, photo galleries and videos, etc. have been used?
The website has no chronologies, maps and infographics. It does have a photo gallery to view the cookies and audio.
The website has no chronologies, maps and infographics. It does have a photo gallery to view the cookies and audio.
4. How can the users participate? What kind of interactivity and navigation mechanisms are provided?.
Every user can participate by navigating through the different links. Also, it contains and interactivity mechanism where the user can create his/her own cookie by choosing the style and the ingredients.
Every user can participate by navigating through the different links. Also, it contains and interactivity mechanism where the user can create his/her own cookie by choosing the style and the ingredients.
5.How is the content being updated?
The content is currently not being updated because it was a project for the university. In any case, if the content was being updated it would make the content more interesting because the kind of cookies could be changing and the options for the create your own cookie section could be increasing.
The content is currently not being updated because it was a project for the university. In any case, if the content was being updated it would make the content more interesting because the kind of cookies could be changing and the options for the create your own cookie section could be increasing.
6. Does the project include social media resources (Web 2.0)? Which ones and what´s their purpose?
The project includes the following social media resources:
- Twitter: The creators tweet about their new developments in the website and their other social media resources. Their use of Twitter is excellent because users can know what is currently happening with Be Industries Cookies.
- Facebook: In the Facebook page of the project yFacebook users can have discussions and ask questions to the creators.
- Blog: The blog is excellent. It contains, pictures, widgets and useful information about what Be Cookies Industries is.
- My Space: I cannot view the projects My Space page because I have to become their friends.
The project includes the following social media resources:
- Twitter: The creators tweet about their new developments in the website and their other social media resources. Their use of Twitter is excellent because users can know what is currently happening with Be Industries Cookies.
- Facebook: In the Facebook page of the project yFacebook users can have discussions and ask questions to the creators.
- Blog: The blog is excellent. It contains, pictures, widgets and useful information about what Be Cookies Industries is.
- My Space: I cannot view the projects My Space page because I have to become their friends.
