Accommodation & Bar

Fig. 1

The challenge of having 2 sides to this site was simplified by using 2 distinctly different colours for each side. The bar area with cafe and events is all in turquoise and the guest accommodation is in the peach. These colours are used consistently throughout the site, so it’s clear which side you are on. There is also a colour coded button on each page that clicks straight through to the other side.

Fig. 2

Much research has gone into how effective social proof, using things like online reviews are. It’s very tempting to pop all your reviews on one page, but it’s unlikely that visitors will go directly there and may think you’ve removed all the bad ones too! Here I wove the quotations from previous customers into every page of the site. I didn’t include the star rating as it was felt the quotes did everything needed on their own. The quotations are also animated, meaning the slide in to place as the viewer scrolls down the page. The advantage of this is that it specifically draws the viewer to those sections adding some interest and

Fig. 3

Events are a big part of this business, so I created a dedicated section for the events. Here, my client can add in each of their upcoming events, including times, photographs, a detailed description of what the event is and a link to book tickets or a table for it. This section is really simple to add new events to, and means the website is always up to date.