So I closed my eyes and moved my mouse across the links of sites to decide which ones to admire and critique for this blog post. The first link I clicked on was the site for Montevallo. I was immediately greeted by a picture of the archway of Montevallo, which I loved. It felt very welcoming. When I scrolled down, there was a map so I could see where Montevallo was and what it’s city looked like. That was followed by a brief history of the school. The history was my favorite part. I love the tone of voice in it. It is almost a little tongue in cheek. I also applaud those first two men who decided to go to an all girls school. That must have been terrifying but thrilling. I only have two critiques. The first is that the header of the website seems a little messy too me since there is the COPLAC logo and the Montevallo logo and the picture of the arch again. A simple logo or title header would be more pleasing to the eye. I used canva.com to make our header for our site. It’s really easy to use and free. I use it for everything! I also suggest making the pictures larger on the 1950s page because as they are, viewers can’t see them in detail. Other than that, I’m excited to see what else I can learn from Montevallo’s site, like I said the voice of the text is amusing so I look forward to reading more like that.

The next link I clicked on was for Truman State’s website. I loved the header image immediately! It’s a subtle image which works perfectly because it won’t distract from the information below it. I think my favorite part of this site was the fact that there is images of the handbook that dictated what women wore in the ’80s. That is so interesting since universities don’t typically regulate clothing like that anymore. I also loved the captions under the photos. They are hilarious (though slightly sexist, but it was the ’50s)! I just have one critique. I wish the images were larger. Montevallo had small images too. I haven’t tried uploading images to our site yet so I don’t know if it’s even possible to make the images larger. I hope so because I really want to zoom in to see the clothes. Also, this is kind of tedious but I suggest scanning the images from the yearbook onto the computer rather than taking pictures of the page. This will create a much cleaner image and framing. Most libraries (I’m assuming Truman State keeps their yearbooks in the library) contain a scanner somewhere in them so maybe try that. I think it would make the images more impactful. Overall, I can’t wait to see what the captions are for images in the other decades! I wonder how the captions’ tones will change throughout the decades.