Can you please follow the rules as per the Posting Agreement and review some of the others sites in this section before asking for one on your own site.
Thanks
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Not bad... I'm not over keen on the dark background and the left menu is very hard to read.
It's advisable to try and stick to one font for your body text. You seem to be using a combination of times and verdana.
Also, the logo on the homepage is a bit jaggedy... used aliased lines, the gif will be slightly bigger but will look much nicer. Oh and loose the flashy graphic in the top left... it's annoying.
Thanks for the input! Sorry, I'll try to get on and do some ratings on you's other guys-es websites.
You don't like the flashy graphic in the corner? Aww, I was always kinda fond of that. I'll get to fixing the jagged-looking intro logo gif. I also agree with the menu on the left and the fonts. Thanks so much for the input!
I'm kind of an amature web designer. I don't know php, so the easiest way for me to achieve the look I wanted was with frames... Until I can pay someone to fix that, I don't know what I'd do differently. I'd have to redesign the whole site layout. Common, frames aren't so bad anyway...
nothingsaid wrote:
I'm kind of an amature web designer. I don't know php, so the easiest way for me to achieve the look I wanted was with frames... Until I can pay someone to fix that, I don't know what I'd do differently. I'd have to redesign the whole site layout. Common, frames aren't so bad anyway...
Three words for you "server side includes".
If your hosting account supports SSI (pages with a .shtml extension), then you have an easy alternative to frames.
I just went to the site and gave it a gander. I really liked the overall site direction. The graphics were pretty good. The color scheme was nice enough. But.. the page didn't load properly, as far as the frames. It was difficult to decide if the top was supposed to be cut off on the right side or not and the nav bar on the left was cut at the bottom a hair. So there are a few issues to be resolved. By the way, I viewed with explorer5.5.
Also, I also agree with one post, the gif in the top left of the page, the monitor, I could live without the flashing. It's a bit distracting.
Ona scale of 1-10, I give this site a 6.5. but with a little work, it would easily make around an 8.
Thanks for the advice! You were probably viewing the site at a higher resolution that I was when I built it. I've known that was a lingering problem, but since I always have 1024x768 res, I've been lazy about it. I'll fix that though, thanks. I'm so sad that you guys don't like my little flashy logo . Well, it's gonna be difficult to part with it...
Frames are too heavy!
I chased down the pics and got frustrated when it said "no pics taken....."
My son work for a mangement company and is into this stuff. I'll get him to take a look as well.
Hi, I have had a look at your website and thought too dark.
I did non venture past the front page, the start up page was a bit choppy, the music jumpy also, this was not a good start and put me off straight away.
I would leave the music option off the intro and let visitors make up their own minds if they wish to listen.
Firstly, why the hell do you want so many colons (the ":") in the title? Try getting rid of them all.
The design is OK I guess, quite typical but effective nonetheless - good job there.
If it is absolutly nessessary to have something on the top left corner then why not have something else happen when a user hovers over a link in the nav bar?
The link in the main content area is quite glarey and hard to read. Try using a lighter colour for the main body text. Another colour for the links might also help as well.
Try taking better quality photos. If the images are blurred then it comes across as amaturish and quite unprofessional. Although the photos might be taken by yourselves, it is still essential that good photos are taken and not just any photo taken is thrown up on the website.
First off I reloaded the side one more time just to listen to the start up music on the splash page. I've heard alot of people complain about not wanting to go through splash pages, but I love them. And I especially like the sound of what I heard, as well as the entrance graphic. Don't know if you're familiar with the band Placebo (glam rock) but it's really placeboesque if there is such a thing.
I viewed the page on a 17" monitor in 1280x1024 in NETSCAPE (those of you who have seen my previous thread for my website should see this as a giant leap forward on my part!) and it loaded just fine and everything was clearly visible and easily navigatable. I had no problems finding my way through the site; the first question I had was "Where is this band from?" and the first thing I clicked that I had thought would take me there DID take me to my answer! Navigation is not a problem and is easily seen. Good job! (I even went to 1024x768 res and it still looked just fine.) Mostly the only people who use 800x600 are those who either a)don't know how to get their screen off of "granny mode" or b)are just too damn lazy to take it off the factory setting that should be named "redicously large crap filling the screen and taking up all of the space that could be used for other things" mode.
The color scheme is excellent; you wouldn't have white and blue for such a hardcore sounding band would you? The color should always fit the band, not the demand. From where I'm standing, your choice of colors couldn't have been better. The flash guy up left is cool - I like that little guy! Good selection of pictures and music samples, and a wealth of knowledge about the band itself.
Don't sell yourself short by saying you don't know what you're doing because this is a very good thing. I could see where it could use some improvement, but not improvement on the overall useability of the site OR the content. Maybe when you realease the first album, you could change the design to reflect upon the album and its sound, but other than that, I think you have a very awesome website and a very awesome sound going for you.
Just don't be another Evanescence - I'm from Maumelle, where Amy is from, and I don't think I've ever heard her even mention the place. Don't forget your roots; and always stay true to your music and ambitions. I listened to everybody and kept trying to please everybody all at once, but by doing so lost the very feel I was trying to incorporate.
Take them as mere suggestions; not guidelines. The only ones that I can repeat with good conscious are: get at least another browser to test your website in occassionally (like Netscape, which is amazingly good now when it used to suck) and test it out in at least 2 different screen res's for a good grasp on compatibility issues. And don't worry about AOL (I know it's mean, and if you use AOL no offense, but if somebody wants to use an ISP that is constantly having problems and is nothing more than a waste of time, they deserve what they get. Everyone can flame me for that later) But just keep those in mind and again,
GOOD JOB! A++++++++++++++....+.
nothingsaid posted this at 20:12 — 1st April 2008.
Im struggling with this, the please wait section on the flash preload takes to long, and you bareley notice it on a small monitor. It needs centralising and some highlighting or something. Excellent logo though
After waiting 30 seconds on a fast connection, my ears were suddenly blasted off with that very loud soundtrack. Gahhh!
Actually, it serves me right. I usually surf with Flash turned off - mainly to avoid all those "flashy" adverts.
Anyway, I wanted to contribute something positive (believe it or not). I thought that you might get some ideas from this Band Website template. The demo looks good to my untrained eye; the pages are nicely marked up using semantic markup (except for the contact form ); displays without any delay here; and works equally well with Flash turned off.
Worth a look, methinks.
Cordially, David
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The Webmistress posted this at 17:57 — 7th May 2004.
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Welcome to TWF
Can you please follow the rules as per the Posting Agreement and review some of the others sites in this section before asking for one on your own site.
Thanks
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
andy206uk posted this at 11:07 — 12th May 2004.
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Joined: Jul 2002
Not bad... I'm not over keen on the dark background and the left menu is very hard to read.
It's advisable to try and stick to one font for your body text. You seem to be using a combination of times and verdana.
Also, the logo on the homepage is a bit jaggedy... used aliased lines, the gif will be slightly bigger but will look much nicer. Oh and loose the flashy graphic in the top left... it's annoying.
Andy
mjs416 posted this at 17:58 — 13th May 2004.
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Ditch the frames.
dbrownmedia posted this at 07:49 — 14th May 2004.
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I agree about the frames..but other than that I agree
nothingsaid posted this at 01:34 — 17th May 2004.
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Thanks for the input! Sorry, I'll try to get on and do some ratings on you's other guys-es websites.
You don't like the flashy graphic in the corner? Aww, I was always kinda fond of that. I'll get to fixing the jagged-looking intro logo gif. I also agree with the menu on the left and the fonts. Thanks so much for the input!
I'm kind of an amature web designer. I don't know php, so the easiest way for me to achieve the look I wanted was with frames...
Until I can pay someone to fix that, I don't know what I'd do differently. I'd have to redesign the whole site layout. Common, frames aren't so bad anyway...
Rock On!
Without fans, there are no ears for the music!
andy206uk posted this at 08:07 — 17th May 2004.
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Three words for you "server side includes".
If your hosting account supports SSI (pages with a .shtml extension), then you have an easy alternative to frames.
Andy
nothingsaid posted this at 18:50 — 18th May 2004.
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I'll have to look into how to do that. Thanks for the idea.
nothingsaid posted this at 08:10 — 24th May 2004.
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Hows the menu on the left now?
warbishop posted this at 17:04 — 29th May 2004.
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I just went to the site and gave it a gander. I really liked the overall site direction. The graphics were pretty good. The color scheme was nice enough. But.. the page didn't load properly, as far as the frames. It was difficult to decide if the top was supposed to be cut off on the right side or not and the nav bar on the left was cut at the bottom a hair. So there are a few issues to be resolved. By the way, I viewed with explorer5.5.
Also, I also agree with one post, the gif in the top left of the page, the monitor, I could live without the flashing. It's a bit distracting.
Ona scale of 1-10, I give this site a 6.5. but with a little work, it would easily make around an 8.
war
nothingsaid posted this at 19:04 — 1st June 2004.
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Thanks for the advice! You were probably viewing the site at a higher resolution that I was when I built it. I've known that was a lingering problem, but since I always have 1024x768 res, I've been lazy about it. I'll fix that though, thanks. I'm so sad that you guys don't like my little flashy logo
. Well, it's gonna be difficult to part with it...
Rock On!
Without fans, there are no ears for the music!
alangj posted this at 09:28 — 2nd June 2004.
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Frames are too heavy!
I chased down the pics and got frustrated when it said "no pics taken....."
My son work for a mangement company and is into this stuff. I'll get him to take a look as well.
nothingsaid posted this at 19:07 — 2nd June 2004.
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I know, I've gotten a lot of comments on the frames... I do need to do something about it, but I don't have the skills just yet. Getting there...
Rock On!
Without fans, there are no ears for the music!
FPeter posted this at 07:31 — 20th June 2004.
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Hi, I have had a look at your website and thought too dark.
I did non venture past the front page, the start up page was a bit choppy, the music jumpy also, this was not a good start and put me off straight away.
I would leave the music option off the intro and let visitors make up their own minds if they wish to listen.
I'll be back
Renegade posted this at 11:19 — 20th June 2004.
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Firstly, why the hell do you want so many colons (the ":") in the title? Try getting rid of them all.
The design is OK I guess, quite typical but effective nonetheless - good job there.
If it is absolutly nessessary to have something on the top left corner then why not have something else happen when a user hovers over a link in the nav bar?
The link in the main content area is quite glarey and hard to read. Try using a lighter colour for the main body text. Another colour for the links might also help as well.
Try taking better quality photos. If the images are blurred then it comes across as amaturish and quite unprofessional. Although the photos might be taken by yourselves, it is still essential that good photos are taken and not just any photo taken is thrown up on the website.
Boyevul posted this at 12:24 — 20th June 2004.
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First off I reloaded the side one more time just to listen to the start up music on the splash page. I've heard alot of people complain about not wanting to go through splash pages, but I love them. And I especially like the sound of what I heard, as well as the entrance graphic. Don't know if you're familiar with the band Placebo (glam rock) but it's really placeboesque if there is such a thing.
I viewed the page on a 17" monitor in 1280x1024 in NETSCAPE (those of you who have seen my previous thread for my website should see this as a giant leap forward on my part!) and it loaded just fine and everything was clearly visible and easily navigatable. I had no problems finding my way through the site; the first question I had was "Where is this band from?" and the first thing I clicked that I had thought would take me there DID take me to my answer! Navigation is not a problem and is easily seen. Good job! (I even went to 1024x768 res and it still looked just fine.) Mostly the only people who use 800x600 are those who either a)don't know how to get their screen off of "granny mode" or b)are just too damn lazy to take it off the factory setting that should be named "redicously large crap filling the screen and taking up all of the space that could be used for other things" mode.
The color scheme is excellent; you wouldn't have white and blue for such a hardcore sounding band would you? The color should always fit the band, not the demand. From where I'm standing, your choice of colors couldn't have been better. The flash guy up left is cool - I like that little guy! Good selection of pictures and music samples, and a wealth of knowledge about the band itself.
Don't sell yourself short by saying you don't know what you're doing because this is a very good thing. I could see where it could use some improvement, but not improvement on the overall useability of the site OR the content. Maybe when you realease the first album, you could change the design to reflect upon the album and its sound, but other than that, I think you have a very awesome website and a very awesome sound going for you.
Just don't be another Evanescence - I'm from Maumelle, where Amy is from, and I don't think I've ever heard her even mention the place. Don't forget your roots; and always stay true to your music and ambitions. I listened to everybody and kept trying to please everybody all at once, but by doing so lost the very feel I was trying to incorporate.
Take them as mere suggestions; not guidelines. The only ones that I can repeat with good conscious are: get at least another browser to test your website in occassionally (like Netscape, which is amazingly good now when it used to suck) and test it out in at least 2 different screen res's for a good grasp on compatibility issues. And don't worry about AOL (I know it's mean, and if you use AOL no offense, but if somebody wants to use an ISP that is constantly having problems and is nothing more than a waste of time, they deserve what they get. Everyone can flame me for that later) But just keep those in mind and again,
GOOD JOB! A++++++++++++++....+.
nothingsaid posted this at 20:12 — 1st April 2008.
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Hey I totally re-vamped the site, tell me if you like! http://www.nothingsaid.com
freeway posted this at 06:55 — 11th April 2008.
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Looks great! It has a fun style to it. To be consistent it would be nice if the images on the fans page were interactive as well.
Good job
web-creation posted this at 04:46 — 18th April 2008.
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I really like the logo.
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mfdc posted this at 15:53 — 10th May 2008.
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Im struggling with this, the please wait section on the flash preload takes to long, and you bareley notice it on a small monitor. It needs centralising and some highlighting or something. Excellent logo though
webwiz posted this at 01:19 — 12th May 2008.
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Please don't do that!
After waiting 30 seconds on a fast connection, my ears were suddenly blasted off with that very loud soundtrack. Gahhh!
Actually, it serves me right. I usually surf with Flash turned off - mainly to avoid all those "flashy" adverts.
Anyway, I wanted to contribute something positive (believe it or not). I thought that you might get some ideas from this Band Website template. The demo looks good to my untrained eye; the pages are nicely marked up using semantic markup (except for the contact form
); displays without any delay here; and works equally well with Flash turned off.
Worth a look, methinks.
Cordially, David
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