jcombs_31 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I'm working on a site for another High School. Currently I'm still in design phase. I can't get the news content section the way I want it to really look sharp and blend in with the rest of the design. Other than that, what do you think so far. http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/mockup.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 That's a pretty badass school site. I like it, nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iversonm Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 ya i second that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 While I do appreciate the compliments, do you have anything constructive to say about it that may help to improve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Nice work jcombs, no negative feedback here, everything looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 While I do appreciate the compliments, do you have anything constructive to say about it that may help to improve it? I can't really see anything that I'd want to see fixed. >_< I'd be curious to see how it looks when it's actually coded though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 While I do appreciate the compliments, do you have anything constructive to say about it that may help to improve it? I can't really see anything that I'd want to see fixed. >_< I'd be curious to see how it looks when it's actually coded though. Should look pretty much exactly the same. Of course I'll have to work on the sub-pages but they'll follow the same structure, just no image gallery/highlights at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Looks very good. A title over the calendar might be an idea. If its an Events calendar, then a heading "Upcoming Events" would be informative. Looks really well. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 That's the best site I've ever seen posted here -- it is just an awesome layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL83 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I like it, but i will play devils advocate. Most high school sites i have seen are not boring by poor design. They are supposed to have a business feel and look. As are business sites, financial sites, and university sites. I like the look, but I think for a high school site it could look less like espn.com or ign.com and more like a high school site. Maybe a good medium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I like it, but i will play devils advocate. Most high school sites i have seen are not boring by poor design. They are supposed to have a business feel and look. As are business sites, financial sites, and university sites. I like the look, but I think for a high school site it could look less like espn.com or ign.com and more like a high school site. Maybe a good medium? I'm not to sure I 100% agree with this. Who is the audience? Students, faculty, parents? And what are they looking for, information, times, dates, events, etc... I think as long as you provide that information in a easy to find way then it doesn't matter what the site looks like, to an extent. It's not like he's trying to have people sign up or sell products on the site, people are going to go directly to it, get information, and leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Looks good, Jeff. The only thing I can think about is giving the username and password field (which I assume they are) background images saying respectively "username" and "password" and switch to the regular background when activated. Just for accessibility and such. It looks a bit strange to just have to form fields and a button with no visual aid about their meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Looks good, Jeff. The only thing I can think about is giving the username and password field (which I assume they are) background images saying respectively "username" and "password" and switch to the regular background when activated. Just for accessibility and such. It looks a bit strange to just have to form fields and a button with no visual aid about their meaning. I didn't even notice that, I thought it was just 1 search field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL83 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I am not entirely sure who the prospective audience is... But lets say these kids are trying to further their education and are applying for college. This website screams Texas football then wallmart employment. I think it looks good, but i tried to find some criticism to help the designer because thats what jcombs is looking for. Check out a university level 'good' school with great sports: www.bc.edu . If I were still in high school I would hope my school would be represented by academics before sports (including the look and feel of the website that is public access). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I think you find that it "screams football" because the image displayed is of football players. If you look more closely then you'll see that it cycles through four images. The three other images are of students it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 everyone keps saying its to sports orientated it seems but really its not true the defualt thing he used in news was sports but im assuming its going to be a news viewer that changes at random.. i say this because the right side shows smaller boxes with news to select for that overall i love the site nice work damn i got beat on my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 I've been slacking a little bit on this and have made some changes. As stated, the football picture was something random I picked up for a place holder. The main feature is the slides with some text over them. They'll clearly change but there is a chance that football will get up there at some point. I'll try to post the changes later, but hope to get coding on this soon. Thanks for everyone's feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I like it alot but the one thing that bothers me is in the upper right hand section is 2 forms and I have no idea what they would be for. Username and password? Use javascripts onblur and onclick i guess to make the user understand what they are for idk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 I got a sample home page done. Check it out and let me know what you think. http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/ Still some fine tuning and the footer to deal with, but I'm pleased overall. I haven't checked IE6 yet, so if it is messed up, let me know. I have to reinstall my virtual machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Its not valid btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Best highschool site I've ever seen. No kidding. Can't find anything I don't like. (There will be stuff to the left of the insignia on the bottom, right? Looks kinda... empty.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yea I noticed that too but he said it wasnt complete or it was just a sample right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Looks good. Not to keen on the colors but I guess it's the schools colors and can't be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 You might want to have some error checking on: http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/index.php?month=hai&year=he"llo http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/index.php?month=asd&year=<iframe%20src=http://www.google.com%20height=800%20width=1240></iframe> -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Its not valid btw Calling me out for a couple missing alt tags is far from constructive. Best highschool site I've ever seen. No kidding. Can't find anything I don't like. (There will be stuff to the left of the insignia on the bottom, right? Looks kinda... empty.) Yes, there will be some text there, just haven't worked out that part yet. You might want to have some error checking on: http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/index.php?month=hai&year=he"llo http://multimedia-technologies.com/clientsites/coconutcreek/index.php?month=asd&year=<iframe%20src=http://www.google.com%20height=800%20width=1240></iframe> -steve You are right Steve, I should do a little validation of the url. I'm still planning to add some ajax to the calendar and I'll work that into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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