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[review] Front page layout

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:19 am
by PrObLeM
I finished this design about 3 days ago and finially got the chance to post it
(its just the html layout for it)

Please tell me what you think, any suggestions would be great.

http://www.sp0rk.com/main/

THanks

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:23 am
by markl999
Looks pretty good to me. The links (Home, Staff) etc do need tweaking though as they seem sorta hidden/insignificant compared to the rest of it, but i guess you'll get to those ;)

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:45 am
by d3ad1ysp0rk
I thought you meant "Frontpage" (ms) not The Front Page. Scared me for a bit. :)


Nice layout however

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:51 am
by zenabi
I agree with markl999, the navigation links should stand out more - perhaps by enlarging the text. Speaking of the size of the text, it seems a little small throughout the page. This could cause problems for people who are visually impaired.

The general layout and colours are good though.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:49 pm
by PrObLeM
LiLpunkSkateR wrote:I thought you meant "Frontpage" (ms) not The Front Page. Scared me for a bit. :)
GOD NO! down with M$ frontpage!!

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:58 pm
by Joe
Your site looks great, very attractive indeed. Here's a little picture that I find fairly amusing:

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STAY AWAY FROM FRONTPAGE!!!

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:45 pm
by pickle
Looks pretty sharp, but
In my opinion:

I'd move the search box and the login boxes beside each other. Having them spread out like that makes the menu look kind of thrown together (for lack of a better phrase - for the most part it looks quite good). I'd also suggest making them a darker colour - closer to the background.

Just curious why you have that second logo under the header. Seems kind of redundant.

Why so many tables? Checking with the DOM inspector, I noticed the top image is it's own table, the second logo is it's own table, and the content pane is it's own table. Any reason why these aren't just cells in a single table?

Please take my views as they are. The one thing I dislike about commenting on sites is the chance that people will become upset by what I say.

Best of luck.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:22 pm
by PrObLeM
Pickel Thanks for the feed back! the second logo is just a place holder for banners that wont be there... and ill change thoes things you suggested thanks.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:49 pm
by PrObLeM
Ok i made thoes changes

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:59 pm
by tim
splendid job Problem.

You hit the border between "fancy, but too fancy"

some people go insane with graphics, and the graphics are awesome but the overall use of them makes it a bad thing.

I like it, good job.

I would change it so people with 800 x 600 res can view it all without scrolling left -> right, but thats just me.

=]

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:26 pm
by PrObLeM
Ok fix the resolution thing now the width is 750

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:40 pm
by feyd
I only look at it for a real short bit, but bravo. Well done. I like it.

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:08 pm
by tim
much better problem.

WHen I made a few stats logged, I noticed most users were 800 x 600...

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:16 pm
by feyd
tim wrote:much better problem.

WHen I made a few stats logged, I noticed most users were 800 x 600...
damnit, people need to upgrade :D

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:32 pm
by tim
what do you mean feyd?

If your saying people who use 800 by 600 res dont have a quality video card, your wrong. Least in my case, I have a nice ATI all in wonder card but I wouldnt change my res for nothing.