Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ New ozgfx Layout

i was going for a more profecional look. This is what i came up with

I need 100% truth and critasisum i want some good constructive feedback please people.

Link: http://www.ozgfx.black-winter.com/alpha/

thx guys look forward to seeing your comments

Looks pretty nice, i think you should get rid of that "version 2.1 alpha" in the corner though, also im not really a big fan of the font on those buttons, kind of hard to read for me, and the banner seems like it has too much motion I think

wikkid thx for your reply i'll keep all this in mind when i'm fixing it up for the next alpha release

im with spidey mate. the thick, large font makes it hard to read, and is not very professional. id attempt a more simplistic, minimal look.

remember that while you dont want to fall into that 'corporate' style, you really want to project a defined sense of space and equality about the site.

• if you want grey as a background, go fairly light, or fairly dark. in the middle like this it feels slightly obsolete. remember, your background is going to lift your site up to your visitors.
• from the start, your visitors should be able to understand everything they need at just a glance. a more minimal header image, with aligned headings can help this
• id make your links uniform in size, and with smaller text in a cleaner, easier to read font.
• two of the most important design principles for web design are balance and proximity. If your site layout is cluttered, or too cramped, once you add content to the site it will only become worse. Your content will make your site, the layout is merely something nice for it to sit in. allow for some space and some balance between your layout stages, for example, if you have a lot of images together, say you nav bar, then allow for some space and work out your content area in relation to your keylines and boundries etc etc

they are just my tips :)

i recommend checking out the 'Mugshots' area of http://www.designiskinky.com if you get stuck with ideas :)

ok i think i see were your coming from bm i'll take all them in to account and give you another preview soon :)

ok here is the new trial page

http://www.ozgfx.black-winter.com/main.php?core=0

ignore what the actual news looks like i'm still fixing that :)

While I'm no big fan of Orange, (purely a personal thing), I have to say that 2nd one is 10 times better than the first, mate. It's clear, crisp and really eye catching!.

Really nice job. :) :)

Don't take this too personally mate. I know you're not up and running yet, but when you are, run your stuff through a spell-checker before you post it. Sometimes you need to read a sentence twice to get what you're saying.

~Bear :)

Looks WAY better!

yeah i know that is what my girlfriend is for :P

LMFAO. Great answer! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Say hello to Nat for us all, mate. :D

Hey. You changed it again since my last post. It looks even better now. B)

This post has been edited by Bearsland: Apr 8 2004, 12:47 AM

Great job mate, this version is way better

im not a fan of that peachy/orange backround, but it still looks great

the only thing i can see now, is the 'G' in OZGFX is kind of hard to tell that its a G, only because the color in the banner is the same :)

good job though :thumbsup:

Very nice, HUGE improvement.

The only thing I'd have to suggest would be to make the title text in the banner stand out more..

Other than that, it's looking very nice..

looking much better mate!! :)

to celebrate, i posted a tutorial in the forums for ya :) first of many :)

Wikkid You Da Best BM. Now its hschool holidays its time to get off my arse and finish scripting the site :) php is fun

Those two points were exactly what I was thinking. :P

The peachy color... just a personal dislike. *shrug*

The 'G' can be fixed by placing a slight outer glow or outline to the text that'll make it stand out better. Or by changing the tex/background color of course.

But still... awsome sight, man.