I need your opinions one old design compared to new one

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by deronsizemore, Dec 7, 2006.

  1. #1
    I'm not the web designer for the company I work for, but I've indirectly been chosen/volunteered to redo the site as I do a lot of design/development on my own time from home. Anyway...our current "webmaster" doesn't like the idea one bit as he thinks the solution we currently have for our site is a very effective solution for our web needs.

    Please give me your opinions on our current site: http://www.ksba.org

    And please give me your opinions on the mock up design I threw together is located here: www.deronsizemore.com/layout.jpg

    By the way, our colors are the Blue/Yellow which you see in the mock up design. That is our actual logo. The current site, I have no idea where that graphic came from.

    Whether you like my new design or not, please give you honest opinions about our current site as we will more than like use these opinions as evidence that we need a change. Opinions from a graphical standpoint (typography, colors, layout) and from a coding standpoint.

    Thanks.
     
    deronsizemore, Dec 7, 2006 IP
  2. Austars

    Austars Active Member

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    #2
    I prefer your mockup in just about every single way, except I think the font could be bigger.
     
    Austars, Dec 7, 2006 IP
  3. intrinzik

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    the new layout is definatly better. I think that making one of top or bottom grey bars blue would really make it stand out.
     
    intrinzik, Dec 7, 2006 IP
  4. deronsizemore

    deronsizemore Peon

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    That's a good idea...will have to try that and see how it looks. It would have to be the bottom as I don't think a blue background would look good behind the blue letters of the logo.
     
    deronsizemore, Dec 7, 2006 IP
  5. deronsizemore

    deronsizemore Peon

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    Thank you. I'll play around with the text and see what happens. I think in certain places too the text could be bigger.
     
    deronsizemore, Dec 8, 2006 IP
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    guest2021 Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Prefer the mockup/new version,
    IMO Only thing I wasn't too keen on was the logo- same for both versions logo/s

    Thanks,
    Greg
     
    guest2021, Dec 9, 2006 IP
  7. deronsizemore

    deronsizemore Peon

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    Yeah, I agree. The logo is terrible, but I'm stuck with it. We thought about doing a redesign, but that would mean we would have to change everything around the office (letter heads, envelopes, tablets, coffee mugs, pens, new sign out front, etc) and that would get expensive.
     
    deronsizemore, Dec 9, 2006 IP
  8. Seiya

    Seiya Peon

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    The new design is better but it needs some spicing up, try making something bright in the header.
     
    Seiya, Dec 9, 2006 IP