ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design

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Bi-Weekly Review 1: Charlotte Russe

One of my favorite stores to shop at, both online and in store, has always been Charlotte Russe. In my opinion, I believe that this particular website, from having shopped a lot online, is one of the easiest to navigate in terms of finding items online. To start, right as soon as you go to the website, www.charlotterusse.com, over a bright pink banner that automatically draws your eye to it, is a list of all the different majorĀ categoriesĀ of items they sell, including one for the newest items, clothes, shoes, and accessories. Once you hover over any category, a subcategory is displayed underneath it with all the different sections. For the item I was looking for, a blouse, it was really simple to find that section instead of searching through all the tops. Once on the “Tops” page, there is a menu to the left which gives you all the different categories of tops they sale, including Blouses. While all explained out, it seems as if the process of navigating to the page I needed to get to is a lot longer than it was. When in reality, it maybe took me less than 10 seconds to get to where I needed to be. After reading the pages assigned to us this week and having a little more knowledge on how users actually use the web, I believe that this is definitely one website that doesn’t make you think. Everything is appropriately named and through the subcategories and different options underneath the menu to the left on every page(type of top, size, color), navigating this website allows you to focus on EXACTLY what you are searching for, and not thinking “Okay, how do I get here? Where does this link take me? How can I find this?” all it takes is really just a second to find the type of item you are looking for, which is especially useful if you see it in store, but don’t for whatever reason buy it, you can easily find it online.