icadea — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:59:20 +0000

beautifully done... especially the colour scheme and fonts

Busy — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:08:48 +0000

The dotted pink background reminds me of the strawbeery shortcake dolls (not that I play with dolls) lol
The design and layout are very elegant, you've done a good job with it

Megan — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:44:23 +0000

Thanks, Abhi. I'll definitely put more thought into the link properites. I also plan on toning down the background dots when I get a chance.

Abhishek Reddy — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:55:16 +0000

Finally! It's an excellent site. Loads well in Firefox/Linux. The striking colours really do create a good, strong first impression.

I like the colours generally, though the header might be too intense for me. The darker tones look too saturated.

The dots in the backgruond could be more subtle. Not a big deal, but I agree with HoldemCrew that it can get distracting once you realise it's there.

The links are very confusing. Header links don't have underlines but others do -- this is ok except that the colour is not distinct enough from the normal headers. Then the links in the byline, which are underlined like the comment links, don't change colour on hover. Whereas the links in the nav on the right gain an underline but don't change colour. I have difficulty discerning hues (as well as other visual problems) so I'd appreciate if the links were easier to follow.

Everything else is very nice, very you. I'm glad you kept the butterfly, it's unique. I like the layout and fonts, which as syawilim said, give it that printed feel. Homey and personal, I guess.

Nice work.

syawilim — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:03:12 +0000

Nice colours, bright but not over the top.
And the layout and fonts give it an almost printed sort of feel, if that makes sense.

goldmine — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:39:14 +0000

Looks good, I like the color.

I am viewing this in Firefox 1.0 and when I click on Contact and photos the bottom of the page doesn't load and your right panel nav doesn't have a backgroud. The links, search, archives and other just float there in space on your pick and white dotted background.

Other than that it looks rad.

Goldmine

Megan — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:38:44 +0000

That firefox problem will sort itself out when the content is added.

Thanks for all the great comments!

timjpriebe — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:55:21 +0000

Nice design! Although I am also not a big fan of huge header graphics. Seems like it would look better cropped just above the butterfly's antennae.

The first time I loaded it, there was a bullet with no text beside it in the list. Probably just a glitch in my browser, but couldn't hurt to tell you. It went away after I refreshed.

I looked at it in Firefox and IE. Firefox didn't look pretty when the page didn't have much content. The sections I looked at were Recipes, Web Design, Photos and Contact.

HoldemCrew — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:07:54 +0000

Looks hot. I personally like the top logo a lot. A bit large though, so it prevents a new user from seeing what the site is about.

I do like the color scheme a lot. Pink/Orange is a nice girly combo. The filler on the right and left (White dots on pink) is just slightly weak/annoying if you actually notice it. I think it would be less noticable if there wasn't visible ABOVE your logo. Try to get rid of that top . Also, if you can come up with something slightly better for the side filler, I would switch it up.

Jack Michaelson — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:56:57 +0000

I like it a lot Megan, it's pink yes, but not in a disturbing way.

Personally I would decrease the nav items' width so that the nav bar will be vertically aligned with the vertical line you have left of the links. But that's just a minor thing

Also I would like to point out that the links/search/archive section on the right drops out of the main white box at the bottom in FireFox on W98 and Safari and FireFox on MacOSX.

But did I already mention that I like it?