I've been working on my beta website for a
very long time now, and I think it's almost ready to be released to the public. So this means I need some opinions.
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The beta site
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Leave me feedback + test comments
Please, only constructive criticism.
Looks nice
Maybe you should make the footer have a reverse of the gradient in the header?
ValSpy Wrote:Looks nice Maybe you should make the footer have a reverse of the gradient in the header?
I thought of adding affects, but I figured one image on the page was enough. My system is meant to be as simple and fast loading as possible
heh, I still got an account here, anyways.
TIS GOOD
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SonicSam Wrote:heh, I still got an account here, anyways.
TIS GOOD .
Thanks. Do you have any suggestions to improve it?
Looks good
The only suggestions I have are maybe make the text in the footer smaller, change the styling of the "Comment" button (to submit comments) when it is not hovered and move the "You didn't fill in the form properly!" message down to above the form instead of the top of the page. Also there's a bug where if a news post doesn't exist but you try and visit it using eg
http://beta.dotlou.com/comments/45/ then the comments form still appears.
Looks very nice Lou, but I think you need a different font
Very nice with a simple layout.
I would:
Make the inner area of the news posts a white colour.
The minimalistic colour scheme is good but you can use it as an advantage to bold other elements (titles/comments/posted by etc).
If you are not changing anything in the main div area a good thing to do could be to have a nice body background gradient or pattern. Not too distracting but just emphasize the main area a bit.
the andyman Wrote:maybe make the text in the footer smaller
Good idea!
Done.
the andyman Wrote:change the styling of the "Comment" button
It's on my list, I promise
the andyman Wrote:move the "You didn't fill in the form properly!" message down to above the form
That's a bug I knew of, but thanks for reminding me. I'll have a look.
the andyman Wrote:Also there's a bug where if a news post doesn't exist but you try and visit it using eg http://beta.dotlou.com/comments/45/ then the comments form still appears.
I didn't think of checking if there was a post there before showing the comment form, thanks for that.
absorbation Wrote:Looks very nice Lou, but I think you need a different font
Current font family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
Which fonts should I use instead?
hmaster Wrote:Make the inner area of the news posts a white colour.
That's not my choice of colour, it came with the design, but I'll change it. I think it'll look better in white too
Not done (looked ugly with hr).
hmaster Wrote:The minimalistic colour scheme is good but you can use it as an advantage to bold other elements (titles/comments/posted by etc).
I could try and find a nice theme for that. I won't bold the comments themselves though, as my bold bbcode tag will be messed up if I do (Yes, I have bbcode
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hmaster Wrote:If you are not changing anything in the main div area a good thing to do could be to have a nice body background gradient or pattern. Not too distracting but just emphasize the main area a bit.
I currently have 4 images in the design (the header, the xhtml, css, and license buttons) and I personally think it shouldn't be any higher. However, that's just a matter of opinion
.Lou Wrote:Current font family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
Which fonts should I use instead?
I actually like that font on your website, I think it looks pretty cool... However, if you must change I always go for the old-school font family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
I would also suggest making the text saying 'comments' and 'last updated on etc' slightly smaller, and have a slight gap from that page break... ie, something like margin-top:5px;
Also the same between the title of a comment and the content actually, but slightly larger: 10px?
Just my thoughts, other than that it is very good.