The Webmistress — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:38:55 +0000

Logo is better but I don't think it's striking enough and is going to get lost once the content and ad banner is on there, maybe it could be bigger?

Renegade — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:40:21 +0000

yeah, looks much, neater than before, although I don't like the links on hover which have a over and underline, I don't think I ever did like that effect

Abhishek Reddy — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:08:29 +0000

That's because Home links to index.cfm (the old version) as opposed to index2.cfm (new).

I like new logo. Much cleaner. I'd like to see what it looks like with some content in it, though.

jag5311 — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:02:12 +0000

Wow, this is weird with IE 6.0. Go to the new version, then click the Home link, for me it is like the whole page dynamically changes to the old format. Kinda cool looking

openmind — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:34:17 +0000

OK my friend has come back with a logo so here's the new version

Any better?

The Webmistress — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:53:26 +0000

That's a good way to go as I often find that a logo will dictate the layout and especially the colours. Let us know what he comes up with for you.

openmind — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:53:33 +0000

Oh no, which way to go!

I must admit I prefer the blue but Megan and I seem to be in the minority! I'm going to try and get a logo sorted by a designer friend of mind and take it from there.

Megan — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:34:29 +0000

I think I like this one better, actually. More potential for greatness here. What you need to do first is try to use that orange a little more in the rest of the design. Page headers would be a good place for it. I do like the way you've used it on the left side navigation. Definitely make sure that the top and bottom navigation menus have the same alignment. A better logo would make all the difference.

Really, I think the best thing to do would be to get a great logo designed and go from there. If you have a great logo it won't matter so much what happens with the rest of the design.

The Webmistress — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:07:32 +0000

I totally agree with Abhi, I liked the old one more than this, you just needed to add the orange to the green version!

However, if you want to go with boring blues ( ) then I think the stripped bit at the top is ok but has been used on so many sites! Centre align the top navigation and maybe have that change to orange on hover. Do you need tp have 'Navigate' on the left? If you think you do then they don't look enough like links. At the moment the 'Navigate' looks like it should be a link itself, plus it makes the layout look lopsided with the stipes coming down the left side but not the right.

Abhishek Reddy — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 01:47:42 +0000

I think you need to show the orange more visibly; not hide it for hovers.

As well, I'm not a fan of non-uniform hovers. Either make the link change on hover, or make the background change on hover — not both. Otherwise you get two hover effects for what is the same thing.

I don't like how the top navigation is left-aligned. Try aligning it to centre, like the bottom nav.

You need to make the "Navigate" heading stand out more. Try making it bold or something...

I won't say anything about the logo.

Nice banner ad too.

PS: I still think the old design was good. All you needed was to add a little variation to that.