What do you think?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by rochow, Jun 13, 2007.

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    What do you think? This is for my new site, which will have lots of free wordpress templates.

    The apple won't be there... it was just really plain and I didn't know what else to put there!

    Suggestions, constructive criticism and ideas would be greatly appreciated!
     
    rochow, Jun 13, 2007 IP
  2. LeetPCUser

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    I like it except the blues in the middle really don't match. You have a red, green, and white template. That is three colors. If you were to bring in a fourth it would have to be scarce.
     
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    #3
    i like it, but would make the navigation bar (top one) blue, not green.

    oh...and definitely lose the apple, lol!
    a smaller space above the logo and apple would stop it looking so bare i think
     
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    I think it's a really good design
     
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    #5
    I agree that the navigation bar should not be green, there is just too much contrast with the red. Otherwise it's a really nice design.
     
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    #6
    Very nice design! I love it :D Just one thing.. the blue on the bottom doesn't really work well with the red and green colors above. It would probably look nicer as a yellow or orange.
     
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    Ok changed the menu to a blue (the right blue?)

    Got rid of the apple and added a template thing... maybe I should use different coloured templates, or arrange them in a different order or fashion.

    Is this better/worse than the first draft?
     
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    #8
    I prefer the first draft with the green tabs on top :) It would have looks better with the blues.. changed to orange or yellow (that's what I meant). In my opinion though :)
     
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    #9
    Its very nice but saying that theres 1 thing i don't like, maybe make the outer glow on the boxes in the middle smaller. Other then that it's perfect.
     
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    Agreed, I don't like the blue menu bar as much as I preferred the green (personally)

    The shadow is smaller, but because the quality is down its really big :)
     
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    And it's mainly to stay consistent with the green on your logo header.

    Stick to the "watermelon" colorscheme since it's nice and fresh! ;)
     
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    #12
    What if you toned down the red a bit, its very dominant.
     
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    #13
    So stick with the green header, but change the blue footer thing to a different colour?

    So put a pale red as the background colour? Or maybe the same colour but put a pattern over the top which is pale red?
     
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    #14
    A classy very discrete pattern would be great.
     
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    #16
    I liked the second one best. Looks more professional than the others. The green on top does grab your attention but just to hokie!
     
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    OK thanks.

    What do you guys think? Design 1, 2 or 3?
     
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    #18
    The pattern in the background could be even more discrete, almost not visible, just to break up the red a little bit you know.
     
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    #19
    I think the second one is probably the best of the three since it uses blue rather than that green along with the colors being consistent.
     
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    #20
    second version looks good
     
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