Hi Richard, I really don't have time right now but I couldn't resist to try and rearrange your latest design: http://www.checkandshare.com/images/black_green.png
Maybe the front page could do with some 'Apple' kind of clarity, a big georgous gear, a very prominant download link and tree simple columns of highlights. - Just a thought. Cheers. Ronald ps- Great work so far On Feb 21, 2006, at 10:58 PM, Richard (koorb) wrote: > > Karl Guertin wrote: >> What was wrong with the design everybody agreed on? > > Yeah, sorry this isn't meant to be definitive. Just a proposition to > everyone. > I probably should have explained more why I wanted to do something > different. > > The design being used on the current /preview (the one we all agreed > on) looses almost all structure as you scroll away from the top, when > the side bar ends and your just sat in a white screen with text > slightly of centre. I know this can be addressed without such a > drastic > change, but I started working on an inner page with a smaller header > and it just looked so bland and monochromatic [1] so I had a play > around got some terrible results [2], [3] I kind of missed the feel of > the early designs [4]. So I came up with that which I posted just now > [5]. > >> Why did the site have to get web 2.0 bandwagon-ified? > > Sorry not really intentional - that is to say, I didn't sit there and > think, "lets jump on that wagon to the tune of 2.0" but I am very > easily influenced. (be thankful it doen't look just like the rails > page). > > If you can just see it for the header and menu. Any web 2.0 specifics > cover up with sticky notes or something. Of the top of my head I'm > thinking maybe the striped background and bright pink text? perhaps > the > blank download box and icons, but I think that looks quite striking? > > I can re-colour! but structurally don't you think it works better? > getting more of the important information higher up. > >> I've got plenty of issues with this design, but I'd like to get those >> out of the way first. > > hit me baby! :-) > > [1] > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/blue-light-3- > inner.png > [2] > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/blue-light-3-inner- > gear-cropped.png > [3] > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/blue-light-3-inner- > gear.png > [4] http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/layout-1.png > [5] http://koorb.co.uk/turbogears/preview/ > > > ________________________________ Ronald Jaramillo mail: ronald AT checkandshare DOT com blog: http://www.checkandshare.com/blog --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
