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What do you think of this webpage design?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:42 am
by insight
I plan on building a website from scratch for my clan and have spent the last hour drawing up a design in Paint and was just wondering if I can get your opinion on it.
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I decided to have the shoutbox up top as I hate having them on the side like a lot of other websites do, it's to cramped and not easier to read when it's on the side. I have the Latest Wars and Server Stats on each side of the Shoutbox for easy viewing for the general user/guest. I have a navbar at top and a menu on the left for easier navigation. I have the login next to the navtitles where it can be easily seen. And the page contents in the right/centre of the page for easy viewing and readability.

I also plan to have the website auto adjustable so it fits the whole area of the screen instead of in the middle like most sites have which s*cks for users (like myself) with larger monitors.

So any opinions or ideas on how I can improve it or is it good enough? I don't want to make it to complex (fancy themes etc) as it will make loading times slower. I will have themes and will allow users to easily make their own themes but they will be basic and small in file size for faster loading times.

EDIT: LOL, just realized I forgot to put in Link 4 in the navbar :P :lol:

Re: What do you think of this webpage design?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:12 am
by pickle
The first thing I thought was: "BLUE!!!!"

The blue does stand out quite a bit - maybe too much. Also the grey seems a little flat. I'd recommend playing around at kuler.adobe.com & seeing what the different colour systems give you with that blue.

It seems a bit plain, but since this is just for your clan, it doesn't really need to have commercial appeal - it's fine if it's just utilitarian.

Re: What do you think of this webpage design?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:43 am
by insight
pickle wrote:The first thing I thought was: "BLUE!!!!"

The blue does stand out quite a bit - maybe too much. Also the grey seems a little flat. I'd recommend playing around at kuler.adobe.com & seeing what the different colour systems give you with that blue.

It seems a bit plain, but since this is just for your clan, it doesn't really need to have commercial appeal - it's fine if it's just utilitarian.
Yea, those colors will be html colors. I will be putting a theme over top of it (much the same colors just a little more fancy and something more suitable. I only chose those colors because it's the only colors I could make out of my clan car.
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Mind you I haven't played the game in a while as I've been very busy and they aquired a new car that I haven't got yet but it's in the picture above. I can make out the blue, light grey, dark grey and white.

The header logo will be changed also (something similar to the picture above). I checked out the site you suggested and the only colors that match that blue is other shades of blue :P .

But it's not the colors I'm worried about. They can be easily changed. It's the design I mainly want an opinion on. I will be adding more blocks to the side bar like sponsors etc. I want the site to have a basic feeling to it (not to complex) and want to have as little on it as possible showing as much information as possible.

So don't worry about the colors, just need an opinion on the actual design :P . I'm currently putting it together quickly now in html so you can get a better look.

Re: What do you think of this webpage design?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:33 am
by omniuni
Bring in some shading, and try to get things quite a bit less busy. Clean and clear is a good thing! Also, Paint!? try Inkscape! http://inkscape.org