my site, opinions?

[ThomSip]

Hello there,

I just finsihed the first version of my site, see it here. I would like to here some opinions about what's good what's bad etc.

thanks in advance :)

[polym]

At 11/4/07 03:08 PM, ThomSip wrote: Hello there,

I just finsihed the first version of my site, see it here. I would like to here some opinions about what's good what's bad etc.

thanks in advance :)

it's a little bland. the fonts are fairly generic and the color gray doesn't really suit the layout (using better shades would help). however it's a good start, and I like it. try putting the affiliates in a less obvious place (so it's less irritating to read the news posts).

[unGOdlike]

Looks great. The add placement works perfectly for your layout. The news tab is redundant since it contains the same information as your index page.

If you posted your flash on Newgrounds its good to give people the option to watch it on your website or on Newgrounds. This will save some bandwidth usage and if your viewers are having trouble connecting to your web server, it should reduce load time. Take for example David Firth's Fat-Pie.com. Since it is hosted in the UK I have trouble loading his flash animations, but he usually links to Newgrounds page saving me the time and difficulty of finding it myself.

[DannyIsOnFire]

For a first attempt, it's not too bad.
Just looks a little unprofessinal in my opinion.

The link colours need changing (tutorial if you need one), and it could do with a new (less dark and bland) colour scheme.
Keep working on it though. I've seen much worse first website attempts, and with time, i'm pretty confident you'll begin to improve it.

[DannyIsOnFire]

Actually, i've just realised that your site looks like a crapier version of Jazza Studios.
You may wanna work on that too :/

[ThomSip]

At 11/4/07 03:33 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Actually, i've just realised that your site looks like a crapier version of Jazza Studios.
You may wanna work on that too :/

haha I know, I took it jazza's site as an example :$. and I agree that the links need different colors, I know how to do that, I just didn't do it yet.

anyways thanks for all the comments I'll be sure to mind them when I'm updating the site lay out. more comments are still welcome!

[smulse]

It's a good start, if not a little dull on the colour front.

Also tables >:(

[That-Is-Bull]

Instead of using 16 different images for the navigation, you should just use two and put text over it. That way there is much less loading and you can easily add/remove links.

[Jessii]

It's ok but I don't really like how everytime I click on a link in the menu, the menu reloads because you're using tables. Use divs instead. Also, change the color of the links so that they blend in with the rest of the layout because they don't really go.

[ThomSip]

At 11/4/07 04:24 PM, That-Is-Bull wrote: Instead of using 16 different images for the navigation, you should just use two and put text over it. That way there is much less loading and you can easily add/remove links.

eeeehm, hwo exactly do you mean? how can you make a rollover with 8 links using 2 images?

and about the tables, how can I get the same effect using divs only? never tried that before

[smulse]

At 11/4/07 04:48 PM, ThomSip wrote: eeeehm, hwo exactly do you mean? how can you make a rollover with 8 links using 2 images?

You can just do it with 1 image actually using CSS and the background-position property then x and y pixel spacing to get them in the right place. I think I'm right in saying newgrounds does this for it's navigation.

and about the tables, how can I get the same effect using divs only? never tried that before

You can get the same effect using divs easily, and more effectively. Basically you would have a header div with your logo, a navigation div and then float 3 divs next to each other for your 3 column sections.

Someone'll post a tutorial probably, or I'll have a look through for something when I have time. You could google though and get something if you wanted to look now.

Just look into CSS background position on links for the navigation and CSS floats for the layout.

[ThomSip]

when you this what you just descirbed, don't you get the problem than that when people make the letters bigger in there browser that the text moves away from where it's suposed to be? if you don't understand what I mean lemme know and I wil get a link with an example