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barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 12:34:00 Hi everybody, This fashion site is in early stages. The only link that works goes to the galleries. I kinda wanted to do a functional site that had some artistic minimalist value. The galleries, I gotta build 8 more of these things. They take a bit of time to create so whatcha think? Am I presenting the products well enough? The only link that works goes to the galleries http://www.ebannister.com/default.htm Thanks -B _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/


Minix Posts: 435 Joined: 2/13/2004 Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 13:11:46 Couture enough? I don't think the menu navigation links are very "couture". Seem kind of plain for couture. Some stylish gif buttons might work better. And I'm not a fan of the background. Too much like grandma's wallpaper and curtains. Grandma never was very couture, tho. It doesn't look very couture at 1024 resolution. It looks lopsided. Would centering it work in both resolutions? The galleries are very professional looking photos, but I might frame them or border them with a couture type of thing. Good luck with your work in progress. (in reply to barry)


kkranjcec Posts: 67 Joined: 1/15/2004 From: Croatia Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 13:48:27 Hi, I was doing a gallery recently and I didn't like it when the images were of different sizes - vertical ones and horizontal ones so I came up with an idea to strech the canvas left and right for vertical images, and up and down for horizontal images in this way the table of images looks much better than before because all of the images were the sime size. Before it looked untidy. Hope you understood me :-) (in reply to barry)


barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 13:52:58 quote: And I'm not a fan of the background. Too much like grandma's wallpaper and curtains. Grandma never was very couture, tho. My grandmom (and I have seen others) could teach the frail liitle girls and straving 20ish models currently in vogue the real meaning of "couture" -B _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/ (in reply to Minix)


caz Posts: 3581 Joined: 10/10/2001 From: Somewhere south of Chester, UK Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 14:54:43 Well, if you are aiming at minimalist, then that chinese restaurant flock wallpaper background is not it. The colour is good, suggesting opulence and minix could be right in advising you to centre the content on the screen. ( If you really must, you could keep your fancy background to the edges only ) Although you are showcasing the images, like a good window dresser you do not detract from the merchandise - plain and simple is good. Nice stuff there, though. Cheers _____________________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will dance, or more on your keyboard. Cheshire cat. www.doracat.co.uk I remember when it took less than 4hrs to fly across the Atlantic. (in reply to barry)


barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 16:37:47 quote: chinese restaurant flock wallpaper background OK, I think I will change the background. Barry _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/ (in reply to caz)


Minix Posts: 435 Joined: 2/13/2004 Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/15/2004 19:27:59 quote: ORIGINAL: barry quote: chinese restaurant flock wallpaper background OK, I think I will change the background. Barry Thought maybe you were going to tell us how grandmom could teach those Chinese how to cook and egg roll or two! (in reply to barry)


Peppergal Posts: 2207 Joined: 9/20/2002 Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/19/2004 8:37:07 Barry, Personally, I think the pictures should be in a table to bring them up off the background...and I agree with Minix that there should be a thin border around the pics...just a simple 1px solid black border would be great. K. _____________________________ Northeast PA / Poconos/ Lake Wallenpaupack Real Estate wallenpaupacklakeproperty.com Karen's Real Estate Blog (in reply to barry)


Minix Posts: 435 Joined: 2/13/2004 Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/19/2004 10:21:23 I like that background, barry. However you have some tiling problems with it at 1024 on the galleries. (in reply to Peppergal)


barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/21/2004 13:34:46 Ok I changed the Background and added some gold bars to a few of the pages, I really don't want to add borders because I have 8-10 other galleries to add, and I can't figure out how to add borders to them without doing each individual picture 1 at a time Barry _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/ (in reply to Minix)


caz Posts: 3581 Joined: 10/10/2001 From: Somewhere south of Chester, UK Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/21/2004 14:19:42 Yes, it does tile badly on 1024 resolution and IMO the colours clash with the predominant fashion colour - the whites and black are OK. I would suggest a solid background for the galleries and choose a neutral that won't clash with any of the clothes colours. A screenshot showing the effect on 1024 and a suggestion for a neutral colour. Borders on the images would be good and the fastest way do do that would be using CSS, but you may not want to start learning that at this point. So you could try Web Album Generator which is standards compliant and uses CSS, to do a quick fix. (You'll still have to personalise it though) Thumbnail Image PS. I like the home page, much better. Attachment (1) < Message edited by caz -- 9/21/2004 14:25:55 > _____________________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will dance, or more on your keyboard. Cheshire cat. www.doracat.co.uk I remember when it took less than 4hrs to fly across the Atlantic. (in reply to barry)


Peppergal Posts: 2207 Joined: 9/20/2002 Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/21/2004 15:14:08 Barry, you can do it with CSS in the head of each gallery page. <style type="text/css"> IMG {border: 1px solid black; } IMG.plain {border: 0;} </style> If you have other images on those pages that you don't want a border around, then just put class="plain" in the IMG tag. You could do it in an external style sheet but then you'd have to go back and change the class for ALL the images you don't want borders around. _____________________________ Northeast PA / Poconos/ Lake Wallenpaupack Real Estate wallenpaupacklakeproperty.com Karen's Real Estate Blog (in reply to barry)


barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/21/2004 16:15:12 quote: Yes, it does tile badly on 1024 resolution and IMO the colours clash with the predominant fashion colour - Fixed it Karen, I just zapped the template Thanks Barry _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/ (in reply to Peppergal)


Youngster Posts: 40 Joined: 9/27/2004 From: Brisbane, Australia Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/29/2004 23:48:39 Hi, Nice site - a couple of comments I am using IE6 - when I hover over the links, the text dissappears I agree with a previous comment about the images being different sizes when you click on the thumbnail - more consistent sizes would be good. Cheers Youngster (in reply to barry)


smcfarland Posts: 687 From: US Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/30/2004 14:36:29 One link: http://duware.com/products/category.asp?iCat=6&nCat=Image%20&%20Gallery I like it, but I would like it more if you kept the galleries to one page at a time... scrolling just isn't fun! It loses consistency when you go to the gallery, so just keep it consistent! :) _____________________________ Summer McFarland ________________________________________ the very best invoicing and time tracking app ever (in reply to Youngster)


barry Posts: 742 Joined: 6/26/2002 From: Baltimore, MD Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/30/2004 18:19:28 Hi Summer, Whatcha mean? Each galley is a different occasion or fashion line so they should be on different pages. Is that what you mean? Barry _____________________________ Barry http://www.charmcitysolutions.com/ http://www.seriousconsideration.com/ (in reply to smcfarland)


smcfarland Posts: 687 From: US Status: offline	RE: AM I Couture Enough? - 9/30/2004 18:49:31 The background, top navigation and all the things that I was used to suddenly disappeared! _____________________________ Summer McFarland ________________________________________ the very best invoicing and time tracking app ever (in reply to barry)

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