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Exhibita
A journal of the best-designed websites
← Film & TV · Sep 25, 2017
Welcome to Hogwarts
Film & TV · Web & Interactive · Big Background Images
“To celebrate the first day of term at Hogwarts, Pottermore launched a fully interactive WebGL experience which gave users the chance to explore a 3D version of the school.”
The verdict
How the Jury Scored It
Every entry is marked out of 10 on four criteria, weighted as shown. Welcome to Hogwarts took 8.17 overall, strongest on creativity and weakest on usability. How the scoring works.
- Design40% of the score 8.19
- Usability30% of the score 7.91
- Creativity20% of the score 8.51
- Content10% of the score 8.15
The build
The Engineering Marks
Alongside the jury, the work underneath is marked separately. Accessibility is the lowest of these on three winners in five, and it is the mark that separates careful work from merely impressive work.
- WPO 7.00
- Responsive Design 6.50
- Semantics / SEO 6.75
- Markup / Meta-data 6.25
- Animations / Transitions 8.25
- Accessibility 6.25
Colour
The Palette
Sampled from the site by Awwwards. 3 colours.
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