Sparkie — Fri, 05 May 2000 21:40:00 +0000

My first impression was that you should go for a more metallic background where the "typical connection detail" one is. You can find some metal backgrounds at http://www.mediabuilder.com as well as various other graphic freebie sites.

Other than that, it seemed to be a good, solid site. Good load time and unique layout.

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Fri, 05 May 2000 15:33:00 +0000

i also think there are too many colors, i like the grey, and IMO the whit looks good, choose another one that goes with them and just limit your colors to those 3.

try makind the main menu longer it may work better

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Megan — Fri, 05 May 2000 15:27:00 +0000

I like the second one as well. The diagonal line of "metals" is interesting IMO - it will do a good job of breaking up the dominance vertical/horizontal lines in the rest of the design

Brooke — Fri, 05 May 2000 14:51:00 +0000

I prefer the second one.

I completely agree with everything everyone has said.

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Justin S — Fri, 05 May 2000 01:01:00 +0000

I like the first one.

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Bimjo — Fri, 05 May 2000 00:46:00 +0000

Ok, last time, I swear!

test logos

Only thing cast in stone is the background, the fonts can change, the NW can be raised instead of inset, etc.

The last two are there strictly for contrast, they're already out of the running.

TIA for looking.

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Bimjo — Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:20:00 +0000

Thanks guys, sorry for the late reply, I haven't been able to access the board since Monday right after I posted last.

Comments on too many colors noted. I'll cut that back. A line of color between the white and brushed metal is a good idea, it's a little plain without it (hence the green & tan, as well as trying to tie to the shop colors).

Yes, the link colors need changing, forgot to upload the new CSS file (doh!).

I'm still waiting for a better blueprint to make into a graphic, hopefully I'll get it before Y3K.

Thanks for the comments, back to the drawing board.

Bimjo

Justin S — Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:15:00 +0000

1) That brushed metal background goes more with the theme of the site, but I don't like how you have the green and human skin color borders around both the logo and menu. Why not try and make an effect of the logo being pushed into the metal? Or cut out of it?

2) I agree, too many colors. Make all the links black, take away the borders around both the logo and navigation, and that will get rid of some unwanted colors.

3) That blue print is interesting, but it still looks like child scribbles. Just my thoughts...

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Megan — Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:55:00 +0000

That right side navbar looks really awkward to me. I dunno... I see that you're trying to do something different from the standard left side navbar, but this just doesn't feel right to me.

I like the brushed metal look there, but I think there should be some sort of dark border between it and the white part. That background sort of looks like a blueprint, but not really. Maybe in the metal fabrication industry that's what blueprints look like, I dunno.

I think you've got too many colours on here - gray (metal), yellow, green, blue, red. Make those links on the navbar black. I would replace the green with Blue or maybe red. Actually, I would try getting rid of those yellow backgrounds and green headers, and using some more graphical metal effects (maybe an inset box for the menu?).

Much better than the first one.

RJ D'Angelo — Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:32:00 +0000

Here are some things to think about:

The nav bar is sort of plain, add some bullets.

The Word "Menu" on the nav bar is very hard to read, make it white or tan. I would make the nav system graphical. Usually it is only textual on information sites with tons of links, but I dunno, it looks pretty good. Maybe a mettalic graphical nav system would go well with the site.

I think a rounded corners effect on the table would be cool.

HTH,

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