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08-15-2004, 06:21 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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08-15-2004, 03:23 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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whats the purpose of this website? I think all together it looks a little boring, and the colors are a little too bright..then again if the website is about programming, I guess you don't have to emphasize THAT much on design. You don't need heavy gfx work and flashy images..it all depends on your goals and who your visitors are
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08-15-2004, 04:04 PM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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the design is OK but you should check it with opera as it acts weirdly (the menu script)
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08-15-2004, 11:02 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by ThreeD
whats the purpose of this website?
Originally posted by ZeeM the design is OK but you should check it with opera as it acts weirdly (the menu script)
yes i noticed that i'm working on it, it has a few display problems in firefox too.
ThreeD,
The content will improve, the site was uploaded only recently.
I'll try changing the colors a bit, but what could I change to make it more interesting?
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08-15-2004, 11:14 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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i like it, good work.
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08-16-2004, 10:59 AM #6Retired Moderator
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Hmm, I got a 404 message. But I think I remember the problem with the links across the top from looking at the site last night. I think you had boxes in the background and you were trying to get the text to lay over them, is that right? Well, I can't see your code right now, so I can't try to diagnose the misalignment, but you may want to consider using a single bubble image as a background object behind each link individually. You'll also want to investigate the sliding doors technique ( http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/ ) to cover your butt when your text gets resized (which will happen and should be allowed to happen - there's little you can do to stop it anyway).
That should cover your browser woes. I'll give you more when the site is up again
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08-16-2004, 11:19 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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The site is up now, I can't blame my free host
In the top navigation I'm trying to get the text over the image as you said, but it does create problems in most browsers except IE. They seem to show the formatted text differently.
Sliding doors - I'm reading it as we 'speak'. From what it sais so far good suggestion thanks.
I was trying to prevent users from resizing the text but I noticed that only works in IE.
Using a background image for each link? Are you suggesting breaking up the background beneath the links into little images and make a table?
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08-17-2004, 12:08 AM #8Retired Moderator
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The site is up now, I can't blame my free host
In the top navigation I'm trying to get the text over the image as you said, but it does create problems in most browsers except IE. They seem to show the formatted text differently.
I was trying to prevent users from resizing the text but I noticed that only works in IE.
Using a background image for each link? Are you suggesting breaking up the background beneath the links into little images and make a table?Studio1337___̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.__Web Design
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08-18-2004, 04:21 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I like the layout, especially with the logo placed on the right side of the page. It is something new that isn't seen in every webpage. Good job of being unique.
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08-18-2004, 02:17 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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It's just ok.. You didn't give a 'differentiator', I mean, you didn't put a big logo or some big image to stand out something. So, the visitor can't grasp the main purpose of your site.
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08-18-2004, 03:00 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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not sure what it is, your server is really slow, or it could be that size your background picture is, takes a bit longer to load then most other sites... hmm... the colors makes the site look really old, like looking under a water pool and seing that it hasn't been cleaned for ages
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08-19-2004, 12:13 AM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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the colors makes the site look really old, like looking under a water pool
You didn't give a 'differentiator', I mean, you didn't put a big logo or some big image to stand out something. So, the visitor can't grasp the main purpose of your site.
Thank you all for the or especially the_pm .
Great feedback. Indeed you all helped me become better and see where my mistekes are.
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08-19-2004, 11:31 AM #13Newbie
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Came up bright on my monitor. The layout's simple enough but the color is a little one-dimensional.
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08-19-2004, 12:55 PM #14Disabled
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Not bad... however in my opinion, having the logo on the rightside might be a bad idea.. i know every site it's logo is on the leftside but thats a norm.. ppl look there for the site name(company name) so it may confuse some users.. overall the colors are nice and it's easy to navigate thats a + since it is a programming site it should be ok.
Making it cross browser compatible is a + but i try and code for just the most used browsers IE, Netscape and mozilla i havent tested it out on any other browser cept IE so i dont know if there are any probs in that category
Keep up the good work!