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      CommentAuthoruberlemurguy
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008 edited by uberlemurguy on the 08th November 2008 at 17:19:08 EST
     
    I am working up a design for my close friend's site. It is probably the most complex design I have ever done. His current site is http://factfanatic.com and mine is at http://indyteentalk.com/ff.

    Warning: It will load slow. It almost 3mb in total last I checked. Also, I haven't tested it IE6 most because I use a TON of alpha transparency, so I will cross that bridge later. ( can't wait for 3.1)

    Any comments: positive, negative, improvements and IE rants.
    • CommentAuthorcthelight
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    First Post!
    Here is my rant:

    *add bottom and right margins on the news post-it
    *the "cut away" looks like crap
    *Categories, add a bottom margin


    :)
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    what would look less crappy for the cutaway?
    • CommentAuthorcthelight
    • CommentTimeNov 8th 2008
     
    um
    http://www.sxc.hu/photo/480210
    http://www.sxc.hu/photo/480209
    http://www.sxc.hu/photo/88828

    for a basic idea. (some photoshop required)
    If that doesn't help, you could do a peel away?


    I would help, but im about to die. Come on its 10:10pm :(
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    Oh, I see. yeah that rip i have now is bad. ill fix in the morning. it is 12:30.
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    I like it a lot. I think it would be fun to break up the body and header even more by haveing notebook paper be the body, witha i little bit of a wrinkle, fade and tilt. thats just me. Kinda breaks up the paper bag feel
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      CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeNov 9th 2008 edited by greg on the 09th November 2008 at 03:21:44 EST
     
    very nice. not sure about the contrast between the text and the background colour - the readability is fine for me, but older users or people who wear glasses might have problems. also the subhead seems a bit too insignificant imo.
    • CommentAuthorXSQueen
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    Contrast could be better (fade the brown paper a little?) and it breaks horribly in i.e.6 but otherwise the redesign is much nicer than the original! ;)
    • CommentAuthorwfiedler
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008 edited by wfiedler on the 10th November 2008 at 09:30:32 EST
     
    ... and it breaks horribly in i.e.6

    It doesn't break horribly in IE6. It just doesn't show PNG transparency as Alec mentioned.

    Alec - jQuery tip: jquery.pngFix.js for the lovers of IE6 wink.
    • CommentAuthorXSQueen
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    @Wolfi :) My bad ... since I have no choice in using i.e.6 (work dictates what I can and cannot have on my desktop - ewwww!) and since I almost never use PNGs when given the choice, its not something that occurs to me. I just notice that there is a big break in the body of the screen in i.e.6 ;) BTW need your email addie so I can send you a screenshot for the CMS
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    I like the design. Very unique to me.

    Anybody know the name of the white font in the header. Pretty cool.
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      CommentAuthorarwen54
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2008
     
    I love the design...very funky... congrats on a great job :)
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    thanks everybody! I'm kinda busy with the CMS so I think I will incorpate the fixes soon.

    the font is rockwell sketch for the header font.
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2008
     
    Posted By: uberlemurguyfont is rockwell sketch
    Thanks. It looks great.
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    Looks great! Your old design is password protected though.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeNov 13th 2008
     
    I think you can do better on the optimization front. It is one of the slowest loading designs I've seen. meta.png (as an example) should be about 2% of it's current size. Please use .gif and .jpg instead of .png for everything. The page background could also be much smaller. It looks fantastic, but it doesn't have to be so bandwidth intensive.
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    @gnome and everyone:

    I am aware of the size issues, it is because I am using a layered Fireworks png (like a PSD, but PNG so it can be easily displayed), simply saving it flattened cuts the by one fifth, but since i want to keep editing it until I finish the design, they are layered.

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