The British Broadcasting Corporation, one of the oldest websites is a favourite news portal. In aesthetics and content, the  Bbc.co.uk is one of the best designed websites.

Design

Colourful and having enough white space, the Bbc.co.uk has a consistent style that makes it vary attractive. The navigation bar with the logo embedded is enchanting. Right in the navigation bar there is the search option, which makes it easier for one to search anything. Down below the navigation bar, one has the option to customise the Bbc.co.uk home page and set the location. Straight from here down, there is a link for the pictures section. Further down, the page is split into three columns. These three columns are symmetrically arranged that is cool for the eyes to navigate through each of the links.

Each of the sections, be it news, life, education, health and children, are unique and has their own colour patterns. The pictures displayed both in the home page and the link pages go along with the content. The colours also match the page, which is not tiresome. The most important contents are displayed in the home page itself, which makes it easier for one to browse.

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Shockwave.com is one of those websites that would force you to visit again. Along with an assortment of games on this portal, there is something for everyone at this online entertainment stop.

Main Page

As soon as you enter the website, you would be presented with some clearly organised links to the range of games on the site along with the particular genres of games. Some of the topics in the site include the arcade games, action games, mind games, photos as well as music. There are also links to the multiplayer games and the premium games where you can find a variety of atomfilms and have an access to the game store.

You would be required to either register or sign into the website. Its is not mandatory, however registration does give you an extra access to the features on the site in case if you want to download the games for free or comment upon any particular game. You can also sign up to get a free newsletter from the site that would update you on the latest additions to the site. Apart from all of this, the home (index) page also contains links to all the latest releases and a search box that would enable the users to track down their favourite games.

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Design

The design of this website is plain and simple. The contents and features along with the other links wonderfully arranged on the website so that searching for everything on the website is as easy as 123.

Functionality

This website was born out of a requirement in building a well architectured, publishing system for personal use with MySQL and PHP being its platforms. Wordpress is a software with its roots in 2001. This is a very useful and very different kind of tool with a different user experience. It has an active community with an open source software as its base. The main features include the platform, administering the weblog, publicizing the work, making custom designs, creating content, managing a blogroll. This is a personal platform for publishing and this comes with a lot of features which makes the publishing on the internet an appealing, pleasant and easy task. This personal publishing platform can be distributed freely with settings and all features as default.

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