Sparky

Hey, this is my first post and just wanted to introduce myself. I have the website http://www.pie-man.co.uk It's currently going through a re-design and I realised, well, it's a bit boring.

So that's now on hold and i'm doing yet another re-design. I've made a couple of concepts and would like some initial feedback on them please.

splash page:
http://pie-man.co.uk/spark/index.html

Now I don't really like the use of splash pages unless they serve a purpose. This one doesn't and so might not make it into the final site. I may incorporate this design into the main site as the banner or something.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-reviews/107787-concept-designs.html

main page:
http://pie-man.co.uk/spark/main.html

This is the main page but I'm not sure on it. The navigation will be the six tiles at the top and will have a hover over feature but I have some problems with it already:

• It's to narrow?
• The font is to small.
• Navigation may be a little awkward?
• To simple?
• Only the possibility of 6 links therefore no flexibility.

So my question is this: Is the design ok or would it be better to go with a more conventional navigation system? and any other improvements/suggestions welcome.

Sorry for the wall of text.

crazyluv

The page looks really good, I love the colors! Now for the issues you mentioned.

The text is to small, it looks a bit distorted (the font could be the problem).

It could be a bit wider to help with the navigation just don't distort the that nice clean feeling it has.

You could put the navigation above the content but I really see no problem with it being at the top unless your pages are really long then it might become a bit cumbersum.

all in all A+

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vip-ip

Erase the lorum ipsum crap, and set the background patern as a cell background; use 11px TIMES NEW ROMAN as font, and the site'll be great Of course, misaligned content can spoil it, but try not to 8/10 at the moment.

Wildchild22

i think its great, the colours work really well

the text would probably look better if it was just a little bit bigger, and the site is a little on the thin side and isn't central on 1024x768

but overall, i still think its a great looking layout



PS: how did you add that "lorem ipsum dolor..." stuff, i been trying to do it for ages to fill content spaces on layouts i make, so i don't have to make up stuff myself lol

Amnezia

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=107787
Is the text on your site latin?

Also it say all content is copyright. Is it actaully copyrighted? Becareful about claiming copyright if its not.

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Sparky

Thanks for all the replies.

I don't really like Times New Roman because it gives a more classic, oldy feel to a website and that's not really what I want to acheive. Besides, it's boring. I've used Georgia for the banner so it would look weird to change type faces for the main content. I think Georgia will look good but at a bigger size.

It's not central at the moment because it's just a mock up. When I actually code it I will make it central.

Have you two never heard of http://www.lipsum.com/

Amnezia the texts just filler text to create an even feel as to not distract you from the actual layout. The site can probably explain it better.

The content on www.pie-man.co.uk is copyrighted except the banner. Likewise the content on SparkDesign will be copyrighted except the banner. I will need to get the owners permission, yes.

Wildchild22

i have seen the filler text used before but didn't know where to get it thanks for the link

StudioWorks

Hey,

It looks kinda cute. I like it. You did a good job so far let us know when it's finished.

All the best,

- SW

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wdesigni-it

hey sparky, so with SPARKY green, DESIGN black, and the star green, and white background. It's a good feeling.

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PoorDoggie

none of your pages will fully load for me. I can only see the grey background

Sparky

Thanks for the kind words

I'm stuck for ideas of how to make the design wider.

1. If I just stretch the banner it will lose image quality and will end up being to big.
2. If I stretch the content area wider than the banner it would look ugly.
3. I could add a sidebar but that doesn't make the content area wider, just gives me a 2nd content area.

Any ideas?

bhyraj

realy the great site. I like colour scheme.

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