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Russinating

Russinating

Russinating

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My site's in dire need of an update (design and content wise) so thought I'd try and get something done about it while I've got nothing better to do at home.

Knocked this up in an hour or so... not sure about certain things (title text included... will change randomly between 2 so tell me which you think's best).

Anyway.. http://rghjones.co.uk/new/. C&C appreciated :)
 
I didn't actually see the navigation till the above poster mentioned it, personally I would give the stripes at the top more opacity and lower the opacity on the lower reflection as well the stark black lines of it look a little too forced.

Also perhaps align the text so its not justified, I think there are occasions when you do need to center the text, however this isn't one of them.

Just my two cents :)
 
adamph said:
I didn't actually see the navigation till the above poster mentioned it, personally I would give the stripes at the top more opacity and lower the opacity on the lower reflection as well the stark black lines of it look a little too forced.

Also perhaps align the text so its not justified, I think there are occasions when you do need to center the text, however this isn't one of them.

Just my two cents :)
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This ^ would be a good place to start :) sound advice!
 
Cuchulain said:
It's a bit too web 2.0 for me, it looks nice though. The only two problems are the tiny content area and the navigation looks like a bit of an afterthought.
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I know what you mean - it's the whole diagonal stripes/reflection thing going on :p. Need to sort out the navigation properly.

adamph said:
I didn't actually see the navigation till the above poster mentioned it, personally I would give the stripes at the top more opacity and lower the opacity on the lower reflection as well the stark black lines of it look a little too forced.

Also perhaps align the text so its not justified, I think there are occasions when you do need to center the text, however this isn't one of them.

Just my two cents :)
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Changed the reflection and text :). Again, need to sort out the nav properly.

Cheers for all your comments!
 
Stripes, check
Round corners, check
reflection, check,
big logo, check

Very Web 2.0 :p Not trying to offend at, just helpful notes really, all but those trends have been and go really. At the moment it seems to be grunge/hand drawn/really textured websites in trend. But it depends if you want to stick with the trend of try to break away with something of your own :) Just if you're just designing/developing it now I personally wouldn't expect to see the older web 2.0 stereotypical things, but more with the trends
 
Grungy/hand drawn/textured has never been my thing to be honest. I'm not saying I haven't been influenced by the 'web 2.0' trends but I always have been a rounded corners, simple gradients and thin stroke/outline man :p.

You got any idea of how I can make it look a little less common/templatish?
 
rghjones said:
Grungy/hand drawn/textured has never been my thing to be honest. I'm not saying I haven't been influenced by the 'web 2.0' trends but I always have been a rounded corners, simple gradients and thin stroke/outline man :p.

You got any idea of how I can make it look a little less common/templatish?
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I'm not sure how I would shred the template look, maybe add some more customisation say a photo or something you have created somewhere on the page?
 
Looks better :)

Personally I think the website is too small, I know you dont have a lot of information about yourself/services etc to put on the website but on my screen it just looks odd like theres a tiny box placed in the middle.

The background looks better though :)
 
Cheers. Have to say the small box syndrome is just a style of me :p. Like you say, I don't have a lot of content, but generally anyway I prefer to keep content areas neat and compact, though I do know that that's not to everyone's taste as well :).
 
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