> > The 'MediaFan at ma-at.net' graphic seems to load over some of the intro
> > text. The 'website hosting' text is just smashed up against it and it 
>looks
> > a little cramped.
>
>Hmm, it shouldn't be doing that, you're talking about the text at the top
>left, right?  It's not a graphic, just plain text, but I put in negative
>margins to get the "at ma-at.net" part to move up close under the 
>"MediaFan"
>part and that may be causing problems with the website hosting text below 
>it.
>
>What browser are you using?  What resolution?  (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768,
>etc.)  What OS are you on?  Mac, PC, Linux?  (This kind of info helps me
>figure how to fix the problem :-))

Not sure what resolution, something under 800x600. I'm using my default 
browser, Netscape Communicator 4.5 and I'm on a Mac (best OS out there).
>
> > I like the beautiful use of CSS. The text is readable, the highlighted 
>boxes
> > are nice and neat. So many idiots are trying to get into the CSS fad, 
>and it
> > can just look so painful when they don't know what they're doing.
>
>Thank you, I love CSS!

I love it when it's done right. :)
>
> > I'm not sure I like the color scheme. All those reds really make the 
>blues
> > in the headings and logos look out of place. It kinda smacks you upside 
>the
> > head, like 'Look! It's blue!' It's also *too* red for my tastes. Don't 
>get
> > me wrong, I love that it's darker. Especially since my eyes are 
>sensitive to
> > light. But it's too... plain. Just dark, dull reds with the occasional 
>smack
> > of 'Look! It's blue!'.
>
><alice wails in frustration> everyone is seeing blue!  It's really not 
>blue,
>it's green!  not wailing at you, it's what everyone is seeing, but I'm not,
>I'm seeing green....

Try defining font colors in RGB (Red, Green, Blue). It *really* makes 
everything more specific. If you have Photoshop, either choose a color or 
make one up by mixing. Double-click on the little colored icon that tells 
you the current color you're painting/drawing with. A window will pop up 
with a color spectrum and a whole buncha numbers. The three bottom left ones 
will be the R, G and B.

Copy those down and in CSS put:
color: rgb(r,g,b);

Replacing the letters with the numbers. I find it's great, also handy if you 
want to match a graphic's background with the page's background.
>
>maybe I'll change it to purple instead of green...

Purple would fit the surrounding colors better, that green kinda clashes.
>
> > Maybe if you switched the spectrum around? Like lighter reds for the
> > background and darker reds for the text?
>
>yeah, that's another option but then the background would be *pink* and I
>really don't want to do a *pink* website.  <grin> just a personal thing 
>with
>me, even when I was a kid, my room was never pink, it was pale blue with a
>canopy bed, but never pink... :-)

Trust me, I understand. There's only two specific situations where I can 
stand pink... but that's a different story.

Maybe even mixing up the colors? Throw some white in there or something. All 
those dark reds just seem so oppressing and dull to me.
>
> > Or maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. Feel free to ignore me.
>
>no, no, don't keep your mouth shut!  I really appreciate feedback, both 
>short
>ones and longer ones like yours, it's really helpful.  I get a kind of 
>tunnel
>vision when working on a site and I look at for so long, it's hard to 
>really
>see it objectively.  So please do share your comments more!

I'll definately try to make an effort to do that more often. Though usually 
I don't get time to look at a site/problem until long after it's all over.

Angel

_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: 
http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx


_______________________________________________
Fanficwebdesign mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://populli.net/mailman/listinfo/fanficwebdesign_populli.net

Reply via email to