Website Header Design Help

Mattw · 20 May 2007 at 16:31

Hi all,

Im creating a new website, and I can do everything fine except for the graphics, all weekend i have being tryng to come up with something half decent that doesnt look amateur.

I have developed a base idea now. basically the site is split into 5 sections and in each section is 5 pages. In the image below, the coloured tabs along the top are the 5 different sections of the site, and the tabs at the bottom are the 5 pages.

In the next image you can see what i want to happen if the green tab is selected, i want the rest of the header to sort of follow suit, and the bottom tabs to. Although at the moment i cant decide how to highlight which page the person is on with the bottom tabs?

Just wondering if anyone could help me out and make it look a bit more professional, or any creative input to help develop the idea.

Thank you for your time

Jaffa_Cake · 20 May 2007 at 17:01

Can we get a pic of the site its going to embedded into? For design purposes ofc

Mattw · 20 May 2007 at 17:42

its literally a very basic 3 column layout with header across top on black background, thats it.

doesnt need to be anything more than that, would just be nice if the header/menu looked half decent

sugoi · 20 May 2007 at 19:50

i reckon the black text on the tab buttons don't work too well, i reckon the text needs to be reduced in size, and maybe add a shadow on the text, try that, but really, like Jaffa_Cake said, it would be nice to see how the actual design that this header is going to be embedded into.

Mattw · 20 May 2007 at 20:06

RandomTom · 20 May 2007 at 21:15

The text is too big and too bold, i don't like websites with black backgrounds; soften it down to maybe #222222; it's such a nicer tone, plus I think if you give the buttons a bit of room to breathe each side it might help and at the mo they seem to just be floating; seen as their's no defined content area. keep working on it and i'm sure it'll work well.

sugoi · 20 May 2007 at 21:30

black background websites are ok, if you know how to work with it, but i reckon for your type of site, white would be better, or lighter colours, maybe a light grey... but header wise you still need to play around with the fonts on the buttons.