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ICUN · 17-05-2005, 06:34

Hi,

I'm putting this website together for a friend: http://www.hartepr.com/

It's a work in progress at the moment and needs more work but I'd be interested to hear what people think.

Cheers

Narate · 17-05-2005, 06:38

Looks relatively nice and functional.

You have too many colours and the sky looks awful.

ICUN · 17-05-2005, 06:41

what would you change about the sky? Do you think it would be a better idea to put a gradient or something in there instead?

As for the colours, I basically took the colours blue and green and used different hue's of each one plus some grey. is that too much?

Narate · 17-05-2005, 06:49

I would get rid of the sky as it's been so over used. Maybe use the curve of the green as a sort of die cut and keep that as the top of the page.

If you are going to use a grey gradient for the navigation and directly below introduce a blue gradient then it just doesnt look good.

just limit yourself to a palette of colours.

ICUN · 17-05-2005, 06:56

Sorry....not sure what you mean by 'die cut'. I'm a bit rusty on the design end of things at the moment cos I;ve been working in programming for the last few years.

Do you think it might be better to remove the "news" gradient altogether and just use a different bg colour (maybe a light grey) ?

Narate · 17-05-2005, 06:59

Experiment and find out for yourself, it's the only way you will learn

ICUN · 17-05-2005, 07:01

ok, thanks.

I'm at work now but I'll stick up any changes I make later to see what people think.

Mr Fred · 17-05-2005, 07:01

reads - hate Pr - not good.

ICUN · 17-05-2005, 07:08

Do you see it like that because of the name or because of the way it appears on the site?

I can't use a different name for it

Limbo · 17-05-2005, 10:32

Die Cut is simply a non-regular paper shape that is cut using special guides after it has been printed.

I think

y498 · 17-05-2005, 16:46

Your nav buttons, the edges of the glow you have on them are too jagged. Use XHTML and do them in text with a gradient background instead of images (Faster download, better search engine rankings)

Nice and clean though.

d*d · 18-05-2005, 06:50

it looks like css, but it's table-tastic, the header image looks like it's bieng re-sized in the browser window causing a bit of image degradation

ICUN · 18-05-2005, 07:10

I'll double check the imnage size in the header.

I haven't made the big move from table-tasticness to CSS utopia just yet and I have to have this site turned round pretty quickly. I'll CSS-ify it when I get time.....

I made a bit of a change to the header (added a graphic linking to a popup) I'll rework the sky image as well.

Do you think the site is too text heavy? I need to add some gfx through the content to make it look a bit more attractive and break it up some.

pgo · 18-05-2005, 07:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by ICUN

Do you think the site is too text heavy?

Nope.

Don't just add images for the sake of adding them. If they don't serve a contextual or justifiable presentational purpose, they probably don't belong there.

ICUN · 18-05-2005, 07:37

Well, the person who the site is for wants to target UK tourist authorities etc. with regard to getting Irish people interested in travelling to the UK. I was thinking of a few tourist/travel related images on some of the pages

pgo · 18-05-2005, 07:41

That might be OK - just don't overdo it.

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ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	feedback please Hi, I'm putting this website together for a friend: http://www.hartepr.com/ It's a work in progress at the moment and needs more work but I'd be interested to hear what people think. Cheers

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17-05-2005, 06:38	#2 (permalink)
Narate Royalty™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester (UK) Posts: 3,239	Looks relatively nice and functional. You have too many colours and the sky looks awful.

17-05-2005, 06:41	#3 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	what would you change about the sky? Do you think it would be a better idea to put a gradient or something in there instead? As for the colours, I basically took the colours blue and green and used different hue's of each one plus some grey. is that too much?

17-05-2005, 06:49	#4 (permalink)
Narate Royalty™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester (UK) Posts: 3,239	I would get rid of the sky as it's been so over used. Maybe use the curve of the green as a sort of die cut and keep that as the top of the page. If you are going to use a grey gradient for the navigation and directly below introduce a blue gradient then it just doesnt look good. just limit yourself to a palette of colours.

17-05-2005, 06:56	#5 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	Sorry....not sure what you mean by 'die cut'. I'm a bit rusty on the design end of things at the moment cos I;ve been working in programming for the last few years. Do you think it might be better to remove the "news" gradient altogether and just use a different bg colour (maybe a light grey) ?

17-05-2005, 06:59	#6 (permalink)
Narate Royalty™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester (UK) Posts: 3,239	Experiment and find out for yourself, it's the only way you will learn

17-05-2005, 07:01	#7 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	ok, thanks. I'm at work now but I'll stick up any changes I make later to see what people think.

17-05-2005, 07:01	#8 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,344	reads - hate Pr - not good.

17-05-2005, 07:08	#9 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	Do you see it like that because of the name or because of the way it appears on the site? I can't use a different name for it

17-05-2005, 10:32	#10 (permalink)
Limbo Baskin' Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,309	Die Cut is simply a non-regular paper shape that is cut using special guides after it has been printed. I think

17-05-2005, 16:46	#11 (permalink)
y498 Stupid Shit since 1982 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 155	Your nav buttons, the edges of the glow you have on them are too jagged. Use XHTML and do them in text with a gradient background instead of images (Faster download, better search engine rankings) Nice and clean though.

18-05-2005, 06:50	#12 (permalink)
d*d Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,155	it looks like css, but it's table-tastic, the header image looks like it's bieng re-sized in the browser window causing a bit of image degradation

18-05-2005, 07:10	#13 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	I'll double check the imnage size in the header. I haven't made the big move from table-tasticness to CSS utopia just yet and I have to have this site turned round pretty quickly. I'll CSS-ify it when I get time..... I made a bit of a change to the header (added a graphic linking to a popup) I'll rework the sky image as well. Do you think the site is too text heavy? I need to add some gfx through the content to make it look a bit more attractive and break it up some.

18-05-2005, 07:37	#15 (permalink)
ICUN Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20	Well, the person who the site is for wants to target UK tourist authorities etc. with regard to getting Irish people interested in travelling to the UK. I was thinking of a few tourist/travel related images on some of the pages

18-05-2005, 07:41	#16 (permalink)
pgo i'm done, son Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,262	That might be OK - just don't overdo it.

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