The document provides guidelines for designing an effective contents page for a magazine. An effective contents page should include the brand or magazine name at the top, a main image that stands out, organization of the contents list into columns and sections, titles for each content item that indicate what it is about, limited use of colors consistent with the front cover, and page numbers. The purpose is to clearly communicate to the reader what articles and sections are included in the magazine issue in an easy to read visual layout.

2. CONTENTS PAGE CONVENTIONS
A CONTENTS PAGE SHOULD HAVE:
-THE NAME OR BRAND AT THE TOP. (OPTIONAL)
-ONE MAIN IMAGE THAT STANDS OUT MOE THAN ANYTHING. THERE CAN BE OTHER SMALLER PICTURES
BUT THAT IS OPTIONAL.
-USUALLY THERE SHOULD BE A WHITE BACKGROUND.
-THE FEATURES SHOULD BE ORGANSIED INTO COLUMNS.
-AND THE CONTENTS SHOULD BE ORGANISED INTO SECTIONS.
-THE TITLE OF THE FEATURE SHOULD STAND OUT TIO SHOW WHAT THAT ARTICLE IS ABOUT.
-THERE SHOULD BE LESS THAN FIVE COLOURS AND THE COLOURS SHOULD BLEND WITH THE COLOURS
FROM THE FRONT COVER.
-PAGE NUMBERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE FEATURES LIST.
-THE WORD CONTENTS SHOULD NORMALLY BE AT THE TOP AND IN FAIRLY LARGE FONT.

3. Brand Logo.
This is to follow
the house style.
Here are the
actually contents of
the magazine and
they are organised
in columns. This
makes it easier for
the reader to read.
The contents are also
organised into sections
that are separated by
red lines to make it
easy for the reader.
They also come with
page numbers so the
reader can go directly
to the article they want.
The title contents makes it clear
that this is a contents page.
This is the issue number
to remind the readers
what magazine they are
reading.
Here is the main image
which shows that the
main article is about the
person in the picture.
We can tell that this is
the main image because
it is the biggest.
These are some other
smaller images that are
used to give some
information on what
other features the
magazine offers.

4. The contents are
organised in
columns to make
it easier for the
reader to look at.
They are also put
into sections to
make it even
clearer what the
magazine offers.
The sections have
titles to show
what the articles
in that part are
about. In this
case it is MUSIC.
Brand Logo. This is
to follow the house
style.
The title of the page is
contents to show clearly
that this is a contents
page.
The main image is in the
middle and this shows
that it is the most
important.
The smaller images are
there to show what
other features there are
in the magazine.
On the images are page numbers to show
the reader what page this article/image is
on.

5. Brand logo.
The main image is
fairly in the middle
showing that this is
the main article of
the magazine.
This piece of text is
slightly larger than
the other parts of
the page showing
that this is probably
the main article in
the magazine.
The brand name is mixed
in with the title ‘contents’.
The main
contents part is
organised into
columns to make
it easy for the
reader to read.
The articles are
clearly put into
sections to make it
easy for the reader
to find a pick out
what article they
wan to specifically
read.
Here they use a different colour to
present a bonus feature. The colour
read makes it stand out from the rest.