Design

mixmax2 · Post by **mixmax2** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:49 am

Can you guys please tell me what you think of this forum design me and Soldjahboy Whipped up? Feedback, good or bad, will be appreciated.

http://com2.runboard.com/bwc3pwnage

FireFox Users may have seeing some text in the left frame.

crawtona · Post by **crawtona** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:09 am

i think it has potential. the first thing that i saw is that either the background or the text needs to be the greenish blue, not both. makes it very hard to read. the other thing i noticed is that it seems a bit disjointed, kinda like a bunch of things layed out on the page without a whole lot of thought put into relating their positions and transitioning between the different elements. put a bit more work into it, and i think it can turn out pretty nice though, gj.

//:Protocol · Post by **//:Protocol** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:44 pm

Nooooooo, Its all a gradient ahhhrhrhg.

I have no Idea what it needs, except less gradients, and more y'know patterns\consistency (But not CONSTANT consistency.)

Post by **dom** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:54 pm

gradients = death
neon gradients = suicide now please

[SD]Master_Wong · Post by **[SD]Master_Wong** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:08 pm

look i read what ryoko said to 56k so start off plain and build up too many colours, etc its like your a trigger happy person who only just learned to use the program I mean no offense i did the same and stil do its a learning curv

woutR · Post by **woutR** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:59 pm

it looks cheap , I am sorry I have to bring it that way I do not wish to offend you nor could I do anything near that. I just don't like it

3POINT · Post by **3POINT** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:02 pm

dom wrote:gradients = death
neon gradients = suicide now please

SoldjahBoy · Post by **SoldjahBoy** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:59 pm

everyone may shoot max for picking the colour scheme

will be working on re-hash again, this time with less gradients and more flair, possibly some flash as well....

Post by **dom** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:41 am

if you guys need help, i'm off tomorrow and I have all day!

SoldjahBoy · Post by **SoldjahBoy** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:59 am

core redesign pretty much done... gotta add final details like buttons etc....

crawtona · Post by **crawtona** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:14 am

my eyes can now rest in peace

nice rework

Ziggy · Post by **Ziggy** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:34 am

Its my personal opinion that it looks alot like a preset that comes with microsoft frontpage.

Nannari · Post by **Nannari** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:41 am

Ziggy wrote:Its my personal opinion that it looks alot like a preset that comes with microsoft frontpage.

You actually use that? :shock:

Anyhows. New one was WAAAAAAAAAY better, like.. 1000times better..

Still.. How about changing the pitch black background? to something maybe a bit.. Orange/grey/redish?

[SD]Master_Wong · Post by **[SD]Master_Wong** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:56 am

one tip i get told so often when i make something as i like black and dark colours a lot

this is a quote from one of my teachers

Matthew what do i keep telling you use brighter colours it make it easier on my eyes and more presentable

Haha she is right zig you remember Midnitechallenge before it went to dark colours do you agree with me that brighter colours are better?

SoldjahBoy · Post by **SoldjahBoy** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:36 am

its acctually about presenting the idea you are trying to convey. this site is NOT targeted at old fuddy-duddy's with bad eyesight and hippy flashbacks from the 70's. The darkness represents something of a "gaming" nature. in fact, check out most of the major game development sites, and look what you see.... darkness. black backgrounds and shady graphics.

thanks for the comments though. i much prefer the rework myself. its still in progress though so expect a few more subtle changes in the next few days. xD

Ziggy · Post by **Ziggy** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:26 am

Nannari wrote:
Ziggy wrote:Its my personal opinion that it looks alot like a preset that comes with microsoft frontpage.

You actually use that?

Yah, year 11. Pwned the whole class.

Master_wong wrote:Haha she is right zig you remember Midnitechallenge before it went to dark colours do you agree with me that brighter colours are better?

MC is ugly no matter what colour you throw at it.

SoldjahBoy · Post by **SoldjahBoy** » Sat May 27, 2006 5:24 am

notepad, the real mans HTML editor.

Post by **dom** » Sat May 27, 2006 5:31 am

SoldjahBoy wrote:notepad, the real mans HTML editor.

I learned everything from notepad. Back in the day, when we had to take up webdesign in our mandatory technology class...

They'd huddle around me and watch me code in notepad and talk to myself (a must if you're working in notepad!) then look at eachother and go back to frontpage.

I find the best way to gauge a designers skill is to check the notepad. If they have  or whatever before the code, then you know they're amateur.

SoldjahBoy · Post by **SoldjahBoy** » Sun May 28, 2006 5:02 am

thanks tammy

still updating and changing a few things around.... looking at some sort of background image (as suggested by Nannari) to break it up a little.

Silkroad Online Forums

Design

What do you think?

Design