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Dave Richards
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« on: December 12, 2006, 11:36:47 PM »
Hey,
I wanted to share this, but it is NO WHERE NEAR completion. It's a mock-up of how I think I may handle the front page of this site from now on. The big ad/photo in the center will focus on major themes or specific articles throughout the site and will be random. The left nav will change depending on which section of the site you are in (the top nav) and almost all of the content will be feed to the page via RSS and other technologies. Anyway... this is what I'm thinking about doing.

http://sovdesign.net/clients/

Feel free to give feedback. Just remember, this is ROUGH.

-- Added 12/27 --
Here's a new version to check out.

-- Added 12/29 --
The Version 2 page now contains previews of other pages within the site.
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2006, 03:16:30 AM »
OH YES! YES YES YES!

It's nice layout and the return of the oldschool italics logo! YES!
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2006, 03:18:36 AM »
I just want to reiterate the fact that I like it a lot. I can't stop looking at it.
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2006, 07:19:26 AM »
Woah.... tasty indeed.

I'm not sure about the red/green/blue combo tho. The green doesn't really fit, looks out of place. And i was gonna say do a "latest forum posts" bit, we had that on our old church website, so that made sure everyone saw the homepage.

Nice job. Just that green to get rid of in the logo.
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2006, 08:23:18 AM »
Here is exactly what I hate about this design right now though...

There's no content on the homepage. The whole page is links. This isn't very good when it comes to things like search engines.

Scott Z and I were talking about a retro logo when I was designing the myspace look. I have to say... I think it's working. As far as the red, green & blue combo goes, you might not like it, but it's fairly sound color theory.
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2006, 08:48:38 AM »
Quote from: Dave Richards on December 13, 2006, 08:23:18 AM
Here is exactly what I hate about this design right now though...

There's no content on the homepage. The whole page is links. This isn't very good when it comes to things like search engines.

Scott Z and I were talking about a retro logo when I was designing the myspace look. I have to say... I think it's working. As far as the red, green & blue combo goes, you might not like it, but it's fairly sound color theory.

true, maybe some snippets of the content, or a desciption thing when you hover over it telling you the keywords/categories.

As for the colour it is only my opinion, but i just don't like the shade of green you have at the moment, its kinda limey.
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2006, 09:23:23 AM »
mmm... limey. I'm 80% sure it's the original green though Wink
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2006, 02:25:04 PM »
Quote from: Dave Richards on December 13, 2006, 09:23:23 AM
mmm... limey. I'm 80% sure it's the original green though Wink

you mean the logo used to be that colour? I prefer it all in white.
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2006, 02:56:11 PM »
it used to be just the name in arial black ital in lime green with a white border on blue. That was b4 the praying dj was even around.
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2006, 03:11:58 PM »
i like it, very tasty, except your bright pink Dave Richards banner doesnt match.

but i really like this layout.
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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2006, 03:18:05 PM »
Really like the way thats looking
especially because the front will naturally update as the discussions develop.
When i visit a site i want to see new content straight away not just the articles.

I like the current design but think it lacks the live info from the forum.

Think the 2007 idea has loads of potential!
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2006, 03:47:12 PM »
Agreein' with most all the comments so far. I like it, but do see where it could cause search engine issues.

Not really related but something I miss from the previous design was being able to see the table of contents for each past zine issue. The first thing I did when I found TF was read through all the old zines (starting at #0). If I wanted to look up something later, I might remember that it was in the zine around, say, July 2004.

I know, I know. I can use the handy-dandy search feature, but there were times when I wasn't quite sure what to search for. My memory is really visually oriented. When I'd find the right zine's TOC, I knew I was at the right spot even if I didn't remember the name of the article because it looked right.

Ok, I'm rambling. But anyway.... Just my stream-of-consciousness thoughts. Cool changes in the rough draft.

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« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2006, 04:19:06 PM »
Actually... that's not a bad idea John. Seriously. I miss it too. I could bring that back as a content item. It's annoying to do, but worth it in the long run I think.
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« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2006, 09:36:03 AM »
notice what column is on that center thingy...
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2006, 09:46:05 PM »
Here's a new version to check out.
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