e1seix Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi all, OK, so I know I've made myself very unwelcome on this forum at stages asking for constant help with the programming (lol). But I'm at a stage now where I'm happy with the coding and the content/database of the site, but there's just something about the layout and coloring that I'm getting frustrated about. To drag it away from good old black and white I have started to use This lovely baby blue color (#99ccff) and I do want to contrast it with this color (#ccccff). In general, has anyone any opinions. I welcome critique as much as the other as I want to get it right. The layout, the content, the features. Any thoughts people? Many thanks, Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1seix Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Some of you are hot blooded males who like to smell and look nice so go wild and tell me what you wanna see! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-469983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tippy_102 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The colours don't look too bad, but I do feel the ccccff is a little too close to the baby blue to offer much contrast. Maybe go with the reddish colour you use for the hovers instead of the ccccff. The "Fragrance", "Skincare", etc text isn't centered in the boxes. Now for the "Any thoughts people" part....when I open the site and see the young shirtless fellow I get the impression that this is a site for young gay men. Nothing wrong with that - especially if that's your target audience. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-470075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 baby blue doesn't strike me as a 'guy' colour, except maybe really sensitive males more seriously, the front page text turns me right off as soon as I see the site proclaim "We list the cheapest ...". I don't like cheap stuff. Inexpensive is good, cheap is nasty. Perhaps in context 'best-priced' beats cheap. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-470134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocobueno1388 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Honestly, I think it needs a whole new layout. A site like this isn't going to be as successful without a professionally made design thats appealing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-470265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1seix Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Well I did ask for it! lol I agree with the baby blue and shirtless male approach, but with an advertising campaign in the works - pink pound will be my target audience at first. any good tips as to where i can find decent articles about website layout and do's and do nots. there's hundreds on the net i know, but any that you would recommend above others... many thanks, Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-470644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tippy_102 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 pink pound Okay...I'll ask. What is "pink pound"? As for design inspiration, here's a few I like.... http://www.csstux.com/index.php http://www.designshack.co.uk/index.php And you can get some nice FREE templates here: http://opendesigns.org/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-471318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfred09 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Those colors really aren't going to contrast well if used together. A good tool for checking contrast is http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html. Additionally, if you are looking into choosing a color scheme try http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-472506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 One of the best source for design for me has been http://csszengarden.com. There is a book that goes along with it called 'the Zen of CSS design'. I got a copy off amazon.com for $30. It's a really good read and has great reviews. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-474673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy0320 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 pink pound Okay...I'll ask. What is "pink pound"? My guess would be pounding vagina. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-479426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 pink pound Okay...I'll ask. What is "pink pound"? My guess would be pounding vagina. The kids are usually in school this time of day. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-479523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsider Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 pink pound Okay...I'll ask. What is "pink pound"? My guess would be pounding vagina. The kids are usually in school this time of day. I saw a bad word. Uh Oh. And ya I think the site needs a nice professional layout design, otherwise it functions well, and seems like it does what it needs to. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-479724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeon Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 i'd like to throw this in there. use a basic 3 column layout. i don't like the way yout "border=3" doubles to 6 when they touch, and your right and center bar should go all the way down to the bottom bar. just google search "3 colum layout" and you'll find it at the top of the list i've done yours, can you do mine? http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,184753.0.html Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/91763-grooming-site/#findComment-482699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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