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Old 08-05-2005, 12:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I am working on a new design for my site. Here is what I have so far... Any ideas on what to change or add.... I am not quite finished, but wanted to get some feedback... The Istock photo I am just testing out... I think that one goes pretty well, so I may purchase it unless I fond a better one...
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Old 08-05-2005, 08:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Looks great to me. The only thing that bothers me a bit is the rough edges on the Bead Styles text drop shadow and stroke. I think that you did an awesome job on this.
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Old 08-05-2005, 08:23 PM   #3 (permalink)
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hmmm... yea... I will have to work on that... i see what you mean... I will have to clean that up a little. thanks! Glad you like it
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Old 08-05-2005, 09:04 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Anyone have any ideas as to what to put in that center box??? What would make sense to go there???
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Looks really cool

Re: the centre box. Special offer? Featured product?

I do like it. Very nice clean lines, good job.
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Looks really cool

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I do like it. Very nice clean lines, good job.
Cool.. thanks.. glad you like... That's alot coming from you since you are into the whole webdesign thing... At least I am doing something right...lol...

Good idea for the center box... I'll have to work something out.... I have been sitting here for a while working on the design that my brain is like fried... haha..
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Does everyone have that font you're using or is that one of your own? I'd add a navigation to the bottom for text links
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The newsletter section at the top doesn't look right. Looks like you just threw the pieces up there and nothing lines up. Everything else on the page is boxy and straight.

Everything else looks great.
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Does everyone have that font you're using or is that one of your own? I'd add a navigation to the bottom for text links
The font that is on the right hand side is called Lucidia Sans... the navigation is called Lucidia also but I don't remember the full name of it. I did that portion at work. I don't have that font on my website..


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The newsletter section at the top doesn't look right. Looks like you just threw the pieces up there and nothing lines up. Everything else on the page is boxy and straight.

Everything else looks great.
I see what you mean... that part did bother me but I couldn't think of what it was...
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I like it, but there are a few things I would consider.

The pink on white hurts my eyes (small letters at the top nav, news etc.), maybe give the background a very soft/faded yellow.

I hate the big F's and T's in the font under the logo text (Fashion ....) exchange the F in fashion with another font.

Not sure the box design is the best way to go for a site that most likely will have a majority of female users.

The spacing of all the boxes is off but I guess you fix that with html.

Looks very promising.
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I like it, I think it looks a lot better then the older design.

The bottom row of images looks a little funny just because the one of the left doesn't seem to sit anywhere, it is indented and just doesn't look right.

Other than that it looks great, BTW where did you get the picture of the girl from? What is from a Stock site? If so whats the address?
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Hmm, I dont know. Obviously you are looking for peoples opinions, but at first glance as a user I see a lot of things i would rather be changed.

Firstly the header, "Bead Styles", It seems a bit rough around the edges. It also just does not seem to be part of the site, I don't know why, it looks very comic booky to me. I think it should be integrated with the rest of the header of the page, perhaps that whole rectangular top should be one graphic with some sort of background, even something subtle. I think the "join our newsletter" bit should be pushed over to the left a bit more, it looks very cramped over there.

I think the boxes could benefit with a bit of colour, like, a very pale pink background in them, and then that girl image could have its transparency turned down a bit (like this picture of Hilary Duff on the left http://www.gallery.juicyduff.com/). The colours you have chosen almost make the background look like it is a pale pink anyway in a sort of illusion, I think you should try it anyway.

I like the right hand side of the page, those 4 boxes are nice. Not tooo sure about having them not aligned to the top, I guess that could work.
The bottom 4 I think look like they are in the wrong positions, I think it is because the left one is not inline with the edge of the menu column, so it makes it look to me like it is all off positioned. The menu column looks allright to me.

I think some sort of more distinguised footer is needed, for a good example of a nice footer, take a look at this V7n site, a nice thing that clearly shoes the end of the page.

All in all it's a very nice design, just some things I would try to improve!
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