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UMnath Posts: 27 Joined: 6/23/2003 From: Troy, MI Status: offline	Please have a look - 6/24/2003 8:19:00 Hey all, I' ve redesigned this site a few times and I think I have finally settled on a design that I like. I have temporarily hosted it to a free server so that I could post it here and show it to my boss. Its for a school' s Board of Trustees and is the first site I have ever made. Let me know what you think/ways to make it better. Thanks in advance, Neil http://kaboard.netfirms.com


Gil Posts: 7533 From: North Carolina, USA Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 8:40:48 First - get some contrast between the dark orange text and the black background - it is almost unreadable. _____________________________ Gil Harvey, 1947-2004 (in reply to UMnath)


DaAngel Posts: 300 Joined: 3/30/2003 From: Posting Machine - Belfast Child Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 9:53:10 I like it _____________________________ North Carolina Web Design Rockingham City Web Design (in reply to UMnath)


UMnath Posts: 27 Joined: 6/23/2003 From: Troy, MI Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 10:01:50 Hey all, Thanks for the Replies. Gil - What colors do you have your system set to? I designed the site in dark green and goldenrod (the schools colors.) I didn' t use web-safe colors as I wanted to use the exact colors as the schools. I assumed that most people had more adavanced colors enabled anyways. Is this a safe assumption??? DaAngel - Thanks for the kind reply. I' ve been through quite a number of redesigns and am kinda happy with what I' ve got now. Anyone - In addition to the web-safe colors problem, I' ve had some comments that the grey background and black text is hard on the eyes. I' ve tried just a plan white background, but it seems to glaring and takes away from the whole feel of the site. Should I go with a lighter grey/change the colors all together??? Keep the suggestions coming! Thanks so much, Neil (in reply to UMnath)


redfishmedia Posts: 3 Joined: 6/24/2003 Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 12:32:49 I think the site looks very nice. The only suggestion I would make is to incease the cell padding so that the text doesn' t sit right up against the edge of your tables. Tina Warren www.redfishmedia.com (in reply to UMnath)


Gil Posts: 7533 From: North Carolina, USA Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 13:03:48 quote: Gil - What colors do you have your system set to? I designed the site in dark green and goldenrod (the schools colors.) I didn' t use web-safe colors as I wanted to use the exact colors as the schools. I assumed that most people had more adavanced colors enabled anyways. Is this a safe assumption??? IMHO, no assumption is safe without doing the research. BTW, my system is set to 24bit color. How many of your visitors have a partial (or even full) colorblindness? _____________________________ Gil Harvey, 1947-2004 (in reply to UMnath)

UMnath

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RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 13:20:17

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IMHO, no assumption is safe without doing the research.

And your humble opinion is very valid. I' m just a youngun...and I guess i' ll just have to learn from my mistake.

quote:

How many of your visitors have a partial (or even full) colorblindness?

haha, funny you should say that...I' m partially color blind! I had to resort to just picking the colors right from the logo or the whole site would' ve looked like a bad 70' s polyester disco shirt!

Tina - I' m redoing the padding right now. I must' ve just overlooked it or something. Thanks!

I know theres not much content so its hard to remark, but does any one else have an opinion on the site??

Neil

(in reply to Gil)


Gil Posts: 7533 From: North Carolina, USA Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 14:00:01 quote: haha, funny you should say that...I' m partially color blind! I had to resort to just picking the colors right from the logo or the whole site would' ve looked like a bad 70' s polyester disco shirt! The reason, I even mentioned the colorblind thing is, my neighbor is very colorblind and I make it a point to ask him to preview all my work I think I still have a few of those shirts somewhere _____________________________ Gil Harvey, 1947-2004 (in reply to UMnath)


wattle Posts: 254 Joined: 3/31/2003 From: Australia Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/24/2003 21:50:51 If he had his way my husband would still be wearing those shirts to work The site looks very nice and I think very fitting for a school board. Just a bit of tweaking and you should be there. On the Parent Information page there seems to be a fair bit of unnecessary space at the bottom. Viewing at 800x600 and I get a tiny bit of horizontal scroll. Wattle _____________________________ ~ Wattle ~ Anyone who says that they can contemplate quantum mechanics without becoming dizzy has not understood the concept in the least. Niels Bohr (in reply to UMnath)


UMnath Posts: 27 Joined: 6/23/2003 From: Troy, MI Status: offline	RE: Please have a look - 6/25/2003 8:32:53 Thanks Wattle and Gil! Fortunately (or unfortunately-whichever way you look at it) I did not have to experience that era and those shirts! But their memory still lives on.... Yea, I noticed that scroll bar last night as I was leaving work. It because of the automatic border IE puts in...I' ll have that fixed really soon. Thanks for all your comments guys...You' ve been a real help! Neil (in reply to UMnath)

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