New design for swap site

omelette · 11-18-2007, 06:19 PM

I've been working on a new design for my site and would appreciate any comments.

http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea

Thanks

zkiller · 11-18-2007, 11:55 PM

not sure about the yellow, but i think it is a real improvement over your old design. looks good.

omelette · 11-20-2007, 06:59 PM

Do you think I should try different shades of yellow or a different colour completely?

***ian*** · 11-25-2007, 08:16 AM

different shades might work, but they would need to be very very different shades to what you currently have.

tanicos · 11-25-2007, 04:12 PM

use web 2.0 gradients instead of plain colors or at least use a darker background with that light blue
a nicer banner too would make the difference

zkiller · 11-26-2007, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omelette

Do you think I should try different shades of yellow or a different colour completely?

sorry for the slow reply.

i would scrap the yellow if i were you and try something else. a gradient might be a nice touch as someone else suggested.

omelette · 11-27-2007, 09:34 PM

I'm come up with another design

http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea/newdesign.html

Is this better than the others?

zkiller · 11-30-2007, 05:31 PM

i think i like the yellow better than pink and green. other than that, both of the layouts you have posted in this thread are pretty good. i like elements of both, so i am not sure which like better purely from a layout perspective.

suz · 12-02-2007, 03:50 AM

I like the layout but the colours are too fluorescent for me. Here's some inspiration (I know your site is not a blog but these are still nice designs): http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...-blog-designs/

omelette · 12-02-2007, 08:40 PM

ok, i've changed the colours and messed about with it a bit and come up with this...

http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea2

11-18-2007, 06:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
omelette New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20	New design for swap site I've been working on a new design for my site and would appreciate any comments. http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea Thanks

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zkiller Super Noob Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: position:relative Posts: 1,562	not sure about the yellow, but i think it is a real improvement over your old design. looks good. __________________ Stefan, the Post Master Track Devil - May the boost be with you!

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*ian* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,684	different shades might work, but they would need to be very very different shades to what you currently have. __________________ Computer Forum

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tanicos Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 33	use web 2.0 gradients instead of plain colors or at least use a darker background with that light blue a nicer banner too would make the difference __________________ List Of DoFollow Blogs PR3+ Web 2.0 Tutorials Free Web 2.0 Templates, Icons, Vectors

11-30-2007, 05:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
zkiller Super Noob Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: position:relative Posts: 1,562	i think i like the yellow better than pink and green. other than that, both of the layouts you have posted in this thread are pretty good. i like elements of both, so i am not sure which like better purely from a layout perspective. __________________ Stefan, the Post Master Track Devil - May the boost be with you!

11-20-2007, 06:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
omelette New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20	Do you think I should try different shades of yellow or a different colour completely?

11-27-2007, 09:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
omelette New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20	I'm come up with another design http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea/newdesign.html Is this better than the others?

12-02-2007, 03:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
suz Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 378	I like the layout but the colours are too fluorescent for me. Here's some inspiration (I know your site is not a blog but these are still nice designs): http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...-blog-designs/ __________________ Art for the web - Web page templates The work from home blog

12-02-2007, 08:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
omelette New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20	ok, i've changed the colours and messed about with it a bit and come up with this... http://www.swapaholic.co.uk/testarea2

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