how are you doing it at the moment?you obviously have the PS skills - why not draw a spiffy design then work out how to make it later. Don't even think about tables or the making part at all until it looks good.
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dipdapdop,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:03,
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The way i work issketch on paper, then knock up a preview in photoshop, then build it upon that.
But i just draw a blank at the sketching stage.
(But i just draw a blank at the sketching stage.
StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:07,
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that's no good ;) still to proud to steal someone elses?
( dipdapdop,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:09,
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Yeahdamn me.
The biggest problem at the moment is I can't decide where to place the navigation. At the top or to the left.
(The biggest problem at the moment is I can't decide where to place the navigation. At the top or to the left.
StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:11,
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top meansmore horizontal space, less room for navigation
side means les- well you get the idea (and got it a while back methinks)
definitly work out your page-structure first anyway. - that way you should know exactly what you need. Then try different options for the layout. Choose 3/4 colours/shades that really go together, put some roundy/angular(depending on which way you bend) corners on, and bob is you dads brother. fuck icons, poncy buttons, rollover images, graphical text, you should end up with a slick, clean design that looks good and is easy to get around, perfect for the real point of your site, showing off the content.
colour is very important (lots of offence, but i don't really like your present colour scheme)
(side means les- well you get the idea (and got it a while back methinks)
definitly work out your page-structure first anyway. - that way you should know exactly what you need. Then try different options for the layout. Choose 3/4 colours/shades that really go together, put some roundy/angular(depending on which way you bend) corners on, and bob is you dads brother. fuck icons, poncy buttons, rollover images, graphical text, you should end up with a slick, clean design that looks good and is easy to get around, perfect for the real point of your site, showing off the content.
colour is very important (lots of offence, but i don't really like your present colour scheme)
dipdapdop,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:19,
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Colours - I did like at the timebut about 2 weeks later I didn't like it anymore.
In my head I have a vague image of a dark menu on the left. But the thing is I don't like dark designs, I like them to have a light background.
(In my head I have a vague image of a dark menu on the left. But the thing is I don't like dark designs, I like them to have a light background.
StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:26,
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open the colour-chart thing inPS (can't remember what it's called but not the picker) and find a good shade, then you have a light background, a table filer, a text and table-border colour all derived from the same shade - choose a nice one and it will all fit together nicely.
Stick to one font, and sans-serif is always better in my opinion (definitly for titles anyway).
shading always looks a bit cheap in my opinion - i prefer solid colour personally (or those one-pixel one colour, next another look nice sometimes)
i think one of the problems in your current site is the parts see kind of seperate, not really smooth - they don't fit together. try to get it all looking as one, smooth transitions between menu and content (not shading, i mean so it looks like one thing)
(Stick to one font, and sans-serif is always better in my opinion (definitly for titles anyway).
shading always looks a bit cheap in my opinion - i prefer solid colour personally (or those one-pixel one colour, next another look nice sometimes)
i think one of the problems in your current site is the parts see kind of seperate, not really smooth - they don't fit together. try to get it all looking as one, smooth transitions between menu and content (not shading, i mean so it looks like one thing)
dipdapdop,
Mon 1 Sep 2003, 3:36,
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