Hey guys. I want to make a website about pretty monsters and i really need an advice here. I'm a programmer and i really don't know how design really works, i mean i see in digits and codes and i don't want this website to look that awful, so that's why i registered here and this is also my first post. Please don't be harsh. So, for my pretty monsters website i want to use an UI kit and i think these are the best: 1. First one is greener and colder but it's cool for my pretty monstrosity http://www.gfxnerds.com/psd-files/clean-and-cool-web-ui-kit-psd 2. The second one feels warmer and childish and also pretty damn good for the project i have in mind. http://www.gfxnerds.com/psd-files/psd-user-interface-kit-flat-psd What do you guys think and which one should i choose? I repeat, i'm not a designer so one of this kits will help me a lot. Thank you again. Sorry for my writing skills, English is not my main language.
So... you want to piss away accessibility and functionality then? Now, that might sound harsh, but stick with me. I'm not saying you cannot have a pretty website, but it sounds like you are thinking presentation before you even have content... and the starting point for any accessible/functional layout is semantic markup of content (or a reasonable facsimile) with a semi-fluid, elastic AND responsive layout built in the CSS -- THEN you make it pretty through the application of colors, shadows, and images. Generally, "UI Kits" are inaccessible bloated rubbish that have no blasted business on websites in the first place, and are the antithesis of accessible design. The end results are often quite pretty, but completely USELESS to visitors. Much like site templates, they also often result in trying to shoe-horn content into design elements that they weren't built for -- the equivalent of playing Al Bundy trying to shove that size 7 shoe onto the fat lady's size 12 foot. As to the ones you linked to, I don't see what either of those would have to do with an accessible web layout or even web design. ... and so long as you maintain a consistent use of hue and colourspace, have consistent paddings and relational element sizings, with a semi-fluid, elastic and responsive layout, it should be more than attractive enough. Spend more time on making it useful to visitors than sweating how 'pretty' it is and you're golden. Generally speaking most of the 'work of art' site templates are inaccessible trash, so unless you don't care about people visiting the site actually having a good experience I would advise against going down that road... After all, look at the giant success stories of the Internet -- E-Bay, Amazon, Wikipedia, Google, Facebook -- not exactly what you'd call a visual tour-de-force, are they?
mate, you wrote so wonderfully i can't imagine you are not a good professor. are you? the website ill make must be wonderful and perfect in functionality. ill stick to your answer and i will do first a perfect website then i will hire a designer and we should come up with something beautiful out of the content if you know what i mean. thank you for your perfect answer. @ankit_jain i really don't want to use wordpress or any other cms because of the website. it's not that complex but i want to manipulate it to the max becuase of the visitors. when i'm done i will post a link here on this forum. @ all i didn't expect someone will even reply my post but hey, some people are really awesome sometimes and you 2 are. thank you, i really mean it. good forum. i'll bookmark it on my favall account thank you again.
I also stuck with template creation & integrations. I communicated with ajsquare for attractive templates.. They are leading in design services around 12 years. Warm regards,
I do agree with the first reply. As long as you have consistency, and definite functionality, you should be more than golden.