This is exactly what I need. The header image might be to large which is throwing you. I'll shrink it some. Are you sure the FA letters don't line up on bottom? They should, though the image is aligned to the top which may look strange. When you say the banner competes for attention from the text, which text do you refer to? The rss et. al. links are right aligned. What browser are you using and where does it show on yours? I'll look into removing the top of the right section. I had put it there to 'force' the RSS et. al. links over some and not have them 100% flush with the right. I think I'm going to take the light blue from the left and make it go all the way to the top which may balance it some. The left nav color will be used for header bars within the pages. If/when I get non-google ads then I'll have images in the side but until then it'll be the text. I have the ads in the dark purple to separate them from the content. The content area (showing the front of FA at the moment) will have headers put on the sections. They are set up like that to give a front page of a newspaper effect. Not perfect. :( I have the footer set up that way so the left (light blue) will have a TMM logo or the like and the right will have a supporter ad/link. I will shrink the copyright though. I put that in as an afterthought taking away the image that was there. I do appreciate the anal attention to detail as I never trust myself when it comes to layout. Thanks again.
(and yes, I'm going to get the 100 line message for this post. I'm changing it to 150 lines in the new release) > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > OK, I think this is close to the finished product. > > http://fusionauthority.com/test2.htm > Mike, > > Let me just preface my response by telling you that I am pretty anal > when it comes to layout and design aspects of a site/application. I find > myself spending the same, if not more, time on the layout and design > than the actual code! That being said, my responses might be a little > picky or seemingly negative but please take nothing personal as it is > just me giving the requested feedback :-) > > I don't know what it is about the header that troubles me but the > lightning bolt with the atomic spin just doesn't seem to fit. Maybe it > is too big? I do like the Fusion Authority lettering though (check the > alignment of the letters, the bottoms don't line up). The cfwebtools > banner competes for attention with the Fusion Authority text of the page > which forces me to just move on to the next "section". The sign-in, rss, > and search links would look better right justified instead of slightly > staggered to the left. The right blue column needs to be cut-off instead > of covering the top right corner (it just seems out of place since the > left column and the middle column don't contain the blue background. > > Ok, I am not a fan of the purple background on the left nav area as you > do not carry that color into any other place on the site so it kind of > sticks out. Maybe an off-white or pale gray? > > The ads on the right would be better as vibrant, eye-catching images. > The text just competes with the main content area (middle) which is > where my focus should stay. I am not sure how much emphasis you intended > with the ad space so maybe text is more suitable. > > The main content area... Too busy. Is there any kind of hierarchy to the > articles? Big articles? Small articles? I can see where the larger > articles would benefit from a quick description, but all the articles > having a description makes the page look bloated. How about some hover > text on the title?... Or how about an icon next to the title that will > give a quick blurb when clicked then the blurb could become the link > into the article? All the titles could line up and be put into columns > with "subject headers" maybe? > > Finally, the footer. I would have the footer content span the entire > page; floating below all the nav, ad, and content columns. I would also > shrink the text on the copyright statement as it is not more important > than the footer links, which the user would be more interested in > anyway. > > Ok, that's all :-) I hope I did not offend you.. I am just offering my > anal critique. > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141225 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
