1. Conventions of a factual based
site.
Conventions of NHS and Talk to Frank site.
2. Conventions of the NHS website.
*The front page of the NHS site has many tabs and navigation bars to go through each different topics
and most popular topics the site also it helps you were you want to go such as contacts, advice, help and
extra additional information and specific topics.
*They embedd videos to the topic they are talking about to show about the topic and make it visual.
*There is a search box to help you get the information you need that you searched up.
*They have a slogan that says “your health, your choices” that’s a part of a convention so when you hear
the slogan you will know it’s the NHS.
*They also got extra features such as sharing, saving and printing icons so you can print of any
information needed from the website.
*Got advice boxes to help you with your health, NHS and services near you this is to help people.
*Another convention is it has a comment box feature to comment on the service you got from the NHS
or improvements needed on the NHS website.
*Add images around the website to show pictures to make it more realistic and professional.
* Another convention is they also got other social network sites about it on Facebook and Twitter this is
to get more people on social networking sites with the NHS.
3. Conventions on the Talk to Frank
website.
*The front page of the Talk to Frank is a online / fact and drugs advice site. It has many tabs and navigation bars
to go through the site also there’s a hyperlink to help you get back to the front page when you click the logo on
the left corner.
*There’s tabs to help you were you want to go such as contacts, advice, help, extra additional
information, specific topics and popular topics.
*They have a slogan it’s “Friendly, confidential drugs advice” which will make you know straight away its Talk to
Frank.
*They also got extra features such as sharing, printing icons and saving so you can get the extra information
needed from the website.
*They also got contact details such as a email, number, SMS and they even have a Live chat that goes on to 2pm
to 6pm and this is for people who needs help and extra support.
*They got tabs with A-Z drugs, Frank news and much more to go around the site making the website a helpful
drugs site.
*Got a tab for feedback about the website to show any improvements or share your story with a drug related
story this is to make sure they website is up to standard and is good for people who needs drugs advice.
*They got a search box to help you narrow down your search and help you with what you want with the related
topic you want.
*Another convention it has a little box to show where about on the page or site you are on for example if you
are at the homepage it will say home.
*Its tries to be objective is to help and give additional information about drugs abuse and if you need help.
*Pictures at the background to show people hanging about either not doing drugs or they are so all these little
details make the website or interesting to be on.
4. Form: Online fact/advice website
Structure: Written articles with
paragraphs, subheadings, bulletpoints.
Content: Information about different topics, pictures, videos.
Technical convention: hyperlinks, tab etc
Mode of address: formal, serious, informative, tries to be objective.
