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LoganX · 07-02-2007, 12:11

Guys I need some contructive critisim on my new site design, now bare in mind that this site is only running proplerly in ie7 and firefox (i'm still working on the ie6 style sheet and detection script) plus there is more content to be added.

The problem I'm having at the moment is that the home page needs something extra but my mind is blank at the minute, any suggestion?

my site is blackholemedia.co.uk

Dusteh · 07-02-2007, 12:15

Not sure about the numbers of the nav items.

Anyway, its just the lack of content. The site feels like it was designed for more to go in there... its a massive header, big borders - a small paragraph of text with a big white gap under it. The balance feels off.

LoganX · 07-02-2007, 12:18

Yeah there is still more content to go into the site but at the moment I'm just having problems with the overall balance of the site.

digitaloctane · 08-02-2007, 11:03

I think having a featured work, latest work snippet on this home page would help. A way to draw attention to your work. Adding something like this, with an image of the item your talking about would be a good way to balance off this main page.

If you keep a couple of previous additions, the content would balance out the header.

Good luck!

LoganX · 08-02-2007, 11:11

Thanks guys for taking the time to look at the site and give me some idea's. Digitaloctane, I like the sound of your featured work/latest work idea I think I'll give it a shot.

LoganX · 08-02-2007, 11:14

Just out of curiosity what did you guys think of the artwork?

digitaloctane · 08-02-2007, 11:19

Good, glad i could help.

I think your artwork is great, which is what made me think of the idea. I would defiantly bring as much attention as you can to the section.

LoganX · 19-02-2007, 10:53

Well I've taken the advice of you guys and made some design changes to my site, I'm still not 100% happy with the featured work area of the home page so any suggestions would be great.

Have a look please

blackholemedia.co.uk

Thanks

djeglin · 19-02-2007, 11:37

FYI: You dont need a script to detect IE and target a CSS to it... You can do it with conditional comments. Much easier and more efficient. If you're still not sure, you can do a quick search on google and find out how its done... There are plenty of sites out there that will tell you.

LoganX · 19-02-2007, 11:41

Yeah I'm using that because of the lack of support for png's in IE 6 and below, so the IE stylesheet loads jpeg's instead

07-02-2007, 12:11	#1 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Help me finish my site Guys I need some contructive critisim on my new site design, now bare in mind that this site is only running proplerly in ie7 and firefox (i'm still working on the ie6 style sheet and detection script) plus there is more content to be added. The problem I'm having at the moment is that the home page needs something extra but my mind is blank at the minute, any suggestion? my site is blackholemedia.co.uk

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,762	Not sure about the numbers of the nav items. Anyway, its just the lack of content. The site feels like it was designed for more to go in there... its a massive header, big borders - a small paragraph of text with a big white gap under it. The balance feels off. __________________ unconsolidated isoparms

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07-02-2007, 12:18	#3 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Yeah there is still more content to go into the site but at the moment I'm just having problems with the overall balance of the site.

08-02-2007, 11:03	#4 (permalink)
digitaloctane Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 24	I think having a featured work, latest work snippet on this home page would help. A way to draw attention to your work. Adding something like this, with an image of the item your talking about would be a good way to balance off this main page. If you keep a couple of previous additions, the content would balance out the header. Good luck!

08-02-2007, 11:11	#5 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Thanks guys for taking the time to look at the site and give me some idea's. Digitaloctane, I like the sound of your featured work/latest work idea I think I'll give it a shot.

08-02-2007, 11:14	#6 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Just out of curiosity what did you guys think of the artwork?

08-02-2007, 11:19	#7 (permalink)
digitaloctane Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 24	Good, glad i could help. I think your artwork is great, which is what made me think of the idea. I would defiantly bring as much attention as you can to the section.

19-02-2007, 10:53	#8 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Well I've taken the advice of you guys and made some design changes to my site, I'm still not 100% happy with the featured work area of the home page so any suggestions would be great. Have a look please blackholemedia.co.uk Thanks

19-02-2007, 11:37	#9 (permalink)
djeglin goober :-) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 539	FYI: You dont need a script to detect IE and target a CSS to it... You can do it with conditional comments. Much easier and more efficient. If you're still not sure, you can do a quick search on google and find out how its done... There are plenty of sites out there that will tell you.

19-02-2007, 11:41	#10 (permalink)
LoganX Jedi WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 16	Yeah I'm using that because of the lack of support for png's in IE 6 and below, so the IE stylesheet loads jpeg's instead

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