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New TK Theme - 9/1/2008 12:01:59
OK, heres the deal. I'm into the "tech" look of my sites and I understand we have those here who dont like that. To each his own I guess. hehe
I'm redesigning my site w/ this here: http://www.themekings.com/10TEMPLATE.htm
Just wanted feedback from the "EXPERTS" thus far.
Template is unfinished. Still have a few things to design.
Thanks in advance!
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d a v e
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/10/2008 13:53:56
i like tech site but that's too flat and grey - it looks like a hole of a place on a monday night at 3am :)
the rollovers are nice
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/15/2008 12:39:28
Try my home link again:
www.themekings.com
I just redesign it.... again hehe
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 0:50:30
I find it hard to read the gray (#666666) on the dark gray background. Black is better, not by much though.
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 2:03:56
That looks a lot more modern.
Still tables though you naughty person!
I agree with Grizz - make your text black to make it easier to read.
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 9:54:10
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ORIGINAL: Tailslide
That looks a lot more modern.
Still tables though you naughty person!
I agree with Grizz - make your text black to make it easier to read.
Yes, I feel I have just won the Superbowl!!!!
I'll play w/ the text colors to see what I can do there.
I'm still reading/learning how to create a Style Sheet w/o using tables. You WILL see me do this in the near future. Thx fellows! I truly was looking to score a C or a B w/ my new theme. I think I got a B- hehe. TY!
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 11:07:07
looks a lot better - but you need more padding on the text
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 14:34:08
The typical viewer's eye is going to have difficulty with center justified paragraphs. Experiment with left justified.
Also, your font, Book Antiqua, won't display on some viewer machines - experiment with Arial or Verdana 10 point which conform to design standards.
Lastly, to set-off each paragraph, Bold the first few words. e.g. I'm Todd Swift, Owner & Designer for ThemeKings looks and draws viewer attention better than I'm Todd Swift, Owner & Designer for ThemeKings.
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 15:12:16
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The typical viewer's eye is going to have difficulty with center justified paragraphs. Experiment with left justified.
good point - i forget to say that in my post ;)
Also, your font, Book Antiqua, won't display on some viewer machines - experiment with Arial or Verdana 10 point which conform to design standards.
Larry surely you're not advocating the use of print measures (points) for the visual styles?? or do you mean the percentage/ems equivalent of 10 point on most browsers??
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/16/2008 23:36:12
quote:
ORIGINAL: d a v e
quote:
ORIGINAL: Larry M.
The typical viewer's eye is going to have difficulty with center justified paragraphs. Experiment with left justified.
good point - i forget to say that in my post ;)
Also, your font, Book Antiqua, won't display on some viewer machines - experiment with Arial or Verdana 10 point which conform to design standards.
Larry surely you're not advocating the use of print measures (points) for the visual styles?? or do you mean the percentage/ems equivalent of 10 point on most browsers??
Thx Larry! Outstanding ideas. I will try this now.
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/17/2008 2:28:26
Your paragraph is overlapping the left hand side of the container. Paragraphs (and every item actually) has it's own default margin etc and of course these are different in different browsers.
What I do is add a "CSS reset" which basically zeros most of these so you've got a level playing field - then add back in to individual items so something like this:
(at the beginning of the stylesheet)
* {padding: 0; margin: 0;}
That's the most basic model and there are better, resets out there that are longer but more useful - have a look here for a selection: http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/10/23/a-killer-collection-of-global-css-reset-styles/
Then you add it back in:
p {margin-left: 2em;}
For example
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/17/2008 8:40:17
So it will look like this:
<style type="text/css">
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
p {margin-left: 2em;}
and so on...................
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RE: New TK Theme - 9/17/2008 8:43:02
Yeah - have the reset thingy first in your stylesheet and then have rules that over-rule that as required further down.
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