StarShine's Website Layout

[Zenax]

Hey Guys,

As you may have read from StarShine's topic regarding his website, and what things he needed, I discussed tor probability of doing the template for him.

The reason for this was he was on a CMS, *Joomla!* and didn't really like it, but loved the template, so I offered to do it for him as a standard template.

I came up with this:

http://freezebox.x10hosting.com/starshine/index_2.php

Now it is changed a fair bit, as he said he wanted the look of http://animalxing.com so I decided to change the look so it suited that type of website layout better!

Please Rate outta 10

Regards,
Zenax

 

[YamiKaitou]

It looks good. Personaly, I feel that the orange nav bar stands out a little to much. The banner looks cool, the colors match the layout well.

Overall, I would say 7.5

 

[Trixter]

change the nav bar titles to be a red gradient and itll look even better as they look out of place right now. other then that its a 8/10

 

[Zenax]

Thanks, the original is here: http://freezebox.x10hosting.com/starshine/index.php

Like I said it is rough version one, so many changes still can be made to the template

Regards,
Zenax

 

[Starshine]

It looks wonderful.
Although, I do agree with the others with the orange color. Its a bit bright to me. Maybe a different color scheme?
I tend to like blues, purples, reds.

Is there a way to add a copyright notice at the very bottom - like the original had? ( copyright 2007 ... )

Otherwise, you got the idea that I was after.

 

[yaxiiah]

mm its ok..i'll give it an 8

 

[dest581]

When I viewed it, the page was shifted over at least 100 pixels, with part of it off to the right.

 

[YamiKaitou]

Also, it is not exactly centered. On 1280x960, the left is 159 pixels from the edge and the right is 209 pixels from the edge.

 

[Zenax]

Ok, Changes shall be made to the layout, so that it meets the expectations!

As for the centered, I just set the margin left to about 150px, because when I put a centered div around the whole thing, it centered the content not the divs themselves!

The logo doesn't look right in IE6 because of the transparency used.

@ Starshine, I can change the colour scheme around so that it usese blues etc, if you so wish. I was simply using the current template, and that colour scheme.

I shall place the copyright in as well.

As for your legal notice, that you originally had StarShine, any chance I can get a copy of it, to place on the site?

Thanks for the reviews.

Regards,
Zenax

 

[Xenon Design]

The layout is ok. The main background colour could be worked on a bit more. The main content area is lacking a bit of difference like inline images and different fonts. Not bad overall. I would, myself, go for a different colour scheme but yours is fine.

6/10

 

[Zenax]

Well thanks Xenon. The idea was based on a original Joomla! template that he had, so I just used that colour scheme, but in an earlier post he mentioned he likes bluey colours, so I came up with this:

http://freezebox.x10hosting.com/starshine/blueversion/index_2.php

Take a look! See if it is any better! I aint too sure about the second top banner but otherwise i reckon its good!

Regards,
Zenax

EDIT: TO VIEW SECOND BANNER PLEASE LOOK ON OTHER PAGES, E.G. THE LINKS PAGE! DOESNT WORK ON INDEX!

 

[Starshine]

That looks cool. I like that.
I'll wait to see what others think. But my opnion anyway, it does look good.

I did PM you back regarding the site and whatnot. Just waiting to hear from ya. I can resend if you need.

 

[YamiKaitou]

On the index, the image is being linked to img/tree_image.jpg, but on the links page, it is linked to img/tree_image1.jpg

It appears to be better blended. Personally, blue seems a little to bright to ocupy the entire page. It still looks cool. 8/10

 

[Trixter]

Agree with Yami but better then the orange

 

[Starshine]

Any suggestions for a color blend then? Like multi-color schemes?

He's doing a wonderful job, and its great he's offered to do this for me ... so maybe with suggestions ... maybe we can get something that really stands out.

Like he said, I am trying to base my site off of animalxing.com ... as I liked their layout and my site will mainly be for Animal Crossing ... so anything related would be great.

 

[YamiKaitou]

Maybe try a blend of the orange and blue?

 

[unpixelatedgamers]

I personally like the orangey one better. The Blue is a little too 'cool' for my tastes. And the yellow text on the blue background does weird things to my eyes.

And as pointed out you're second banner is broken on all the blue pages except the contact.

The Orangey one seems more warm and inviting to me. And you've captured the style of the animal crossing website well.

Orange 8/10 very nice,

blue 5/10 too cold. IMO.

 

[SEÑOR]

Ok 2 things:

1) Blue version crap, other one was so mcuh better with the orange and stuff
2) Your banners have nothing to do with animal crossing, those poeple in them are not animal crossing people!!!!!!!!!

 

[Starshine]

Ok 2 things:

1) Blue version crap, other one was so mcuh better with the orange and stuff
2) Your banners have nothing to do with animal crossing, those poeple in them are not animal crossing people!!!!!!!!!

We're aware of the banners. They were just created at the time ( when I had Joomla ) as a place holder until we decided what to do.

I am having someone design some new graphics for me.

So, Senor - should we do all orange as before, or a mix of orange and other colors?

 

[SEÑOR]

i think orange brown and like a dark green.