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12 Aug 2005
My new website. its in its early stages of what I want to do with it, but I figured I'd post and see what everyone thought of the progress thus far. As usual comments and crits welcome ^_^ -
Toni 65 posts12 Aug 20051st thing for you to do is to either get rid of the flash thing at the top or change it!
even on a fast connection it took some time to load, 3MB+ for a banner is not good, plus it reloads when i get to a subpage -
25 Aug 2005i think that its really nice that ur trying to draw the focus towards the actual content rather thatn the design by keeping it simple but there is an abundance of negative space in the design it doesnt balance out with teh amount of space ur menu and banner use .... it makes it look dull and boring in short i think that if u come up with a sort of interface background it would hlep bring out ur design a bit more ...ahve hte bg contrast with the interface bg.or slowly blend in .
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Suspect 21 posts31 Aug 2005ah yes well what toni said.
banner needs changing or to be gone, also mayb make the site differant in some ways, add a few more pictures mayb brighten it up make it more lively. -
31 Aug 2005Mate, 3mb for a header is insanely overkill.
The best and most popular websites I have ever seen have been extremely simple. So its always a good idea to go with that.
If you put everything in the centre of the page it would be a little better looking on the eye.
Am not much on the black bg websites with the chrome interface.
Im on dialup at this moment, and this page has taken over 20 minutes to load. If anyone else looked at your website, they would be well and truly gone by now. That is a major thing to keep in mind when creating a website mate, people looking at websites have a very short attention span, if they see a loading sign then they are really not going to wait unless you have already proved there is something worthwhile waiting for. -
31 Aug 2005I can only agree with what was said.
Keep it simple. Keep it clear.
Easy, simple and easily understandable navigation is key to a good website. That doesn't mean it has to look ugly and plain, but it should be so that anyone automatically knows were to click.
Also don't put anything in the layout of the website that doesn't really add anything (the 3Mb banner for instance). Don't try to show off your skills in making fancy webdesign features if that means that your visitors suffer from it. Your top menu for instance is to complicated, it is nicely scripted and all, but why does it work that way? Why can't I see all the buttons at once? I don't want to scroll and be surprised to find a certain button.
Don't be offended or anything, just trying to help out.
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01 Sep 2005
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16 Sep 2005
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16 Sep 2005I still think a 1Mb banner is way too much (especially if you need to reload it on every page)
Let us know when it's updated though. -
23 Sep 2005woohoo!
Banner with super compression! 265KB of data+ 35KB flash player= 300KB to load! now that should be OK for 56k, if it isnt then they will have to live with it
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Toni 65 posts23 Sep 2005well for one it's a good thing you dropped the file size
but i think the main issue is that the banner doens't add anything.
when i get to a site and see some bar loading i'm expecting to see some exciting stuff (like a menu or a movie) and while the effect on the banner is nice i'd much rather prefer an nicely designed static image at the top -
23 Sep 2005
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24 Sep 2005wow ure a lucky guy :p
ask ur mother or girlfriend lol!
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