[aspiramedia]

http://www.fadtastic.net/wp-content/...c/template.htm

This is a non-working template for the new version of fadtastic. Comments please.

[finbarr]

going down the web 2 design route I see.

The green is a little harsh compared to your previous version though. The wallpaper pattern is lost also - I only saw it cos I viewed background image. Dont like the header font.

Other than that its ok

[aspiramedia]

Thanks for the crit, finbarr.

Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by 'going down the web 2 route?'

[finbarr]

Originally Posted by aspiramedia

Thanks for the crit, finbarr.

Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by 'going down the web 2 route?'

http://mittermayr.wordpress.com/2006/02/03/20-culture/

Some good examples of web 2 design (posted on DT a couple of days ago too I believe)

Yours has some similarities with the overall layout/spacing/colouring etc. I would think for the type of site yours is thats a good thing, right?

[i3lance]

Mostly as Fin said.

In addition I'd change your logo/title font and make it bigger.

[finbarr]

heres the DT thread:

Designing for Web 2.0

[aspiramedia]

I wasn't really going for a web2 look - I believe web 2 means something else - not a style. I thought web 2 was more about cross site relationships (feeds etc).

I was simply trying to make the content as readable as possible. Does it achieve this within a well designed package?

[datahound]

me no likee.

[Rakan]

I'm loving the greens ... I really like the layout too, but at this point is seems a tiny bit bland... your other designs had a little more life in them. But, if this design was left as-is, it'd be just fine I think...

[stdmedia]

I like it, seems very easy to follow/navigate. The only problem I have is that the green is really bright, and maybe the "fadtastic" should be a little bigger. Hope that helps.

[pgo]

It's alright, but I don't care for the color.

[Limbo]

I prefer your current design - this is a bit more bloggish...

[chazbot]

Originally Posted by aspiramedia

I wasn't really going for a web2 look - I believe web 2 means something else - not a style. I thought web 2 was more about cross site relationships (feeds etc).

I was simply trying to make the content as readable as possible. Does it achieve this within a well designed package?

Giving it a second and a third look, I'd say that I like the overall color scheme but it just feels kinda off. It must be something in that green gradient, and the green used in the link colors.

As for the Web 2.0 thing, my take on it anyways is that it's not only a style, but the use of AJAX, cross-site relationshis (as you mentioned, etc. It's kind of an overall encompassing term. I love the idea though, keep thing simple, less content is better, and use really large text so user's can actually read things.

I'm sure this has been posted on here before, but I find it pretty humorous.

Web 2.0 Validator.

[pgo]

"Cross-site relationships"? Isn't that "the web" and "hyper-links"? Isn't that what's been going on for the last decade?

[chazbot]

Good point. I was just quoting aspiramedia without thinking. Although, looking over it again I believe he was talking more along the lines of XML, RSS, etc. Which isn't necessarily Web 2.0.