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mykel_suthertun
Junior Member
USA
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 Posted - 29 October 2004 : 16:37:54
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Been quite a long time since I worked on a new site/forum. Here it is:
Don't Say Die - Forum
[guest user and pass is testuser, but there aren't any exciting mods or anything to check out right now]
The site hasn't been officially released yet, so there's still work going on around the site. The forum itself is a very simple implementation. I might edit the layout of the header to something a bit more original later, but I'm not getting payed much for this job so we'll see. 
Special thanks to D3mon (I think that's who it was) for the CSS version of Snitz. That helped a ton! Another thanks to Shaggy (I think) for the icon set that I slightly edited.
[edited URL's to reflect new server] |
Mike Southerton
Webmaster | Don'tSayDie.com | DriveThe.com |
Edited by - mykel_suthertun on 05 November 2004 12:56:12 |
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altisdesign
Junior Member
United Kingdom
357 Posts |
Posted - 29 October 2004 : 19:30:33
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Speaking personally, I think this is a verynice clean, simple and well integrated design that fits in well with the surrounding site. Iconset is very nice.. and I like the slightly abstract font choice with the subtle gradients. I wouldn't overload it with mods.. it looks fine as it is IMO.
I also like the side borders running down the left and right, which looks great in the wide 1280 x 768 resolution I'm running. To be honest, and I don't normally say this I can't think of very many imporvements. Maybe some of the others can help you out there  good job  |
Altis Design offers all manner of web design services to a variety of commercial and personal clients |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2004 : 10:09:29
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very nice looking website! Sleak design, good use of colors,
Well done!!
This looks like the work of a pro. (I don't expect an amateur to build a design like this!)
Good work, and as altisdesign said ; not much to improve!
Ok..you could improve the alignment of the smilies (from middle to bottom or something, they now float below the text, just as here at snitz....)
but that's about it... great work! |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2004 : 12:11:22
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The only real improvements I can think of is moving the forums' navigation to the left (also remove the forum title above the navigation), and then moving the login/logout up a bit. It'd look much more balanced.
Lastly, do you have a banner or something above the logo that causes the logo to be down so far? There's a huge empty area with the gradient at the top of the pages. If you could fix that, it'd be perfect. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2004 : 12:13:58
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| nicely integrated. I agree with Roland, your logo is too far down, you're wasting valuable real estate. |
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mykel_suthertun
Junior Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2004 : 15:02:45
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Wow...
Your comments just made my day. Wasn't expecting a reaction like this. I am definately still an amateur, so thank you.
Roland,
I agree: the forum header definately needs to be modified.
Roland & dayve,
There's about 120px of gradient above the logo that's empty space (just want to make sure it's displaying correctly in your browser). Here's my rebuttal:
The design and (but mostly) content for this site is very simple. In almost all pages outside of the forum, the content isn't enough to fill up the page completely. So, I'm using a fairly large header just to fill up space so the site doesn't look as "empty."
If you still agree that it's lacking something, I was thinking about making a vector illustration of the band and placing it to the right of the star. Not sure if I'll do that though - depends on whether they throw enough money at me I guess. 
Thanks again, and since the site is still under cosntruction, comments are still welcome! |
Mike Southerton
Webmaster | Don'tSayDie.com | DriveThe.com |
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 30 October 2004 : 20:00:39
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| I agree with the crowd, looks good. |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 31 October 2004 : 12:09:31
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I really think you should fix the wasted space at the top. The idea to use the gradient is really good, but it doesn't have a function that justifies the space it takes up IMO.
Also, the thing that makes me go "uhm" is that there's no info on what kind of music the band makes. The logo makes me think "country" because of the font, but the unshaven look of the guys on the band page makes me think otherwise... It might be just me, but a little clarification might help. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 31 October 2004 : 12:34:05
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| I whole heartedly agree... you're wasting space on top of the page, forcing your main content below "the fold". |
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mykel_suthertun
Junior Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 31 October 2004 : 17:38:31
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Updates:
- Modified the header. Not much, but enough.
- Changed login/logout buttons.
- Removed the admin e-mail address from being displayed on all pages.
 - Added OneWayMule's New Profile Layout - made it Speedball compatible
As for the logo font choice: I'm stuck with it. They've been using it for their merchandise and are unwilling to change it for the time being.
I'm going to save editing the site header for later. Thanks for the advice though. |
Mike Southerton
Webmaster | Don'tSayDie.com | DriveThe.com |
Edited by - mykel_suthertun on 01 November 2004 01:39:58 |
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 01 November 2004 : 01:42:22
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| man stick a banner up there or somethign, thats way too empty |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
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mykel_suthertun
Junior Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 01 November 2004 : 14:30:00
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wii,
lol, thanks. That was my first big project with Snitz and turned into a one year process to get it to look the way it does (so I'm glad you appreciate it).
The one I'm working on now took one weekend (tighter client budget), so I guess I'm a bit happier with the result-to-work-hours balance I have put into the new one.
marcelgoertz,
What looks familiar? |
Mike Southerton
Webmaster | Don'tSayDie.com | DriveThe.com |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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mykel_suthertun
Junior Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 01 November 2004 : 15:02:03
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Lol, no, but I wish I would have seen yours before I made mine. That wasn't a very fun process (making all the icons).
Mine are desaturated, but then I placed a grunge texture over some of them (it's hard to tell, and probably for that reason a waste of time).
Nice choice of colors for your site |
Mike Southerton
Webmaster | Don'tSayDie.com | DriveThe.com |
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