legohead6 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 well ive finished the code but cant get the layout to appeal, can someone please give me ideas to make it more attractive... http://www.zelocalz.com username: test password: member Please dont list or post on the site itself thanks Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2463 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 the yellow text on a green background is not very easy to read the green smaller backgrounds and the big blue all over background is not a very nice combination either, must be me on those colours but I dont like them together as a suggestion - tone down the blue to say #99CCFF change the text to black on the green its a start Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-204943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 the yellow text on a green background is not very easy to read really, hmm i dont find that. the green smaller backgrounds and the big blue all over background is not a very nice combination either, must be me on those colours but I dont like them together ya i might do that, it looks to pastelly.. Im also doing some css stuff and it has dramaticly changed in the last hour... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I found the colours to be positively awful (are you sure you updated the site as you said?). The layout is blah, and the typography is rudimentary. There's lots of room for improvement. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 i lightened the blue up.... Im still a noob at css... any ideas to help improve? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 It's not really that some magic colour or some whizbang CSS is the answer - overall, the design is just blah. Take a look at www.oswd.org for some excellent ideas on layouts. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 hmm, maybe i need to move things around... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I think the layout is good. I like the positioning of everything, and the homepage doesn't need any scrolling which is great. Change the font to verdana and change some colors around. And then boom! you got a working and awesome site. Great start though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 thanks, ya i was thinking of changing the font. its one of those things that gets forgotten alot of the time.... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 The layout looks completely broken. Have you looked at it in firefox? The colors are awful, nothing is aligned correctly. Different margins and padding everywhere. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Might want to peek at it in Opera as well. The layout is horrid. The colors are blinding and you can't read the text very well. Your menu also looks choppy and doesn't work very well. It looks like you threw this together in about 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 hmm, it looks good in I.E, and thats all i have. i guess ill have to find someone who has the others and look at it.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well, i cut down the margins and changed the font, im going to experiment with different text colors now to make not so blinding for those in other browsers, but since i dont have access to those right now i wont be able to put a final color. how can i stablize things so they dont move when i shrink the screen but instead a scroll bar is created Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 dude, you don't seem to have acknowledged a pretty fantastic link AndyB provided: http://www.oswd.org . Even if you don't take one of their templates, you should at least find some inspiration for something that looks quite nice. This kinda just looks awful and is really painful on the eyes, as has been mentioned. It runs MUCH deeper than JUST colour and font. It's the whole ticket - colour, font, layout, valid coding, etc. sit back and take a look at the site yourself. Are YOU happy with it? ok, so the layout looks a little better in IE, but you really shouldn't be having these cross-browser issues anyway with something so simple. Looking at the HTML source, it has no DOCTYPE and things are all over the place. It's no wonder things are a mess and no wonder that it doesn't validate. Personally, I'd drop what you're doing right now and put it down to experience, and move on. You will really struggle to turn what you have into something that appeals. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 ya i like the simple beuty one, but i like the colors i have. hmm maybe ill do abit of mixing Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 ok, i moved the nav bar over to a right collum and added the main title at the top. and im thinking about moving the logo and the left and right collums down so they dont stick up, what do you think? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 how do people normally go about making fancy sites? is it a picture with things floating on it? or is it usually all drawn out with css? or another language? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 how do people normally go about making fancy sites? is it a picture with things floating on it? or is it usually all drawn out with css? or another language? They start with pencil and paper - and usually throw away the first few attempts (which is much faster than coding, recoding, and re-recoding). When the 'design' is done, how it's coded is really secondary but CSS can work wonders. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 im struggleing to get anything more then a square...i guess it just takes time.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 ...i guess it just takes time.. Have you looked at http://www.oswd.org ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 ya, i have but its sure alot of code to make "curvy corners" its like a hole page, there much be a simpler way? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Its a cool site and you got good ideas for it, but to tell you the truth, the green colors for the background don't work. think they are "akward" since the color is rare for the internet. I like it, but please change that color! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 darker or lighter green do you think? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 ya, i have but its sure alot of code to make "curvy corners" its like a hole page, there much be a simpler way? Huh? OSWD has over 1000 downloadable, free, templates. All of them are better looking than anything you've shown so far whether or not they have 'curvy corners'. And who cares if it's a "whole page" of code to get the effect you want - it's free and downloadable anyway. Your decision, of course. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-205898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legohead6 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 ok, i inserted my first flash thing, still needs some work but i got it to insert finally... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/42241-nearly-finished-site-help-with-layout-ideas/#findComment-206582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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