Like everyone else

inline853 · 11-30-2008, 02:38 AM

for a first site this impressive. I like the layout, considering your non-designer background its very good. The blue is a bit much. I'm not a fan of (0,0,255), but everyone uses color extremitys when they first start.

Comic Sans made me laugh, my favorite font in grade school. I'm not sure if your using Paint or not, but if you want to further improve the site, google GIMP its free and almost Photoshop.

Your header is pretty bad, but thats no biggie. A website isn't 100% defined by its layout. Your content is great so it makes the site worth the occasional eyesore. I read the blog, inspiring. I'm 16 so I know what you mean about your early childhood.

some color suggestions RGB

R,G,B)
(10,25,100)
(25,45,85)

rollover navigation would be nice

your turn to check my site out

huffsfitness · 11-30-2008, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inline853

for a first site this impressive. I like the layout, considering your non-designer background its very good. The blue is a bit much. I'm not a fan of (0,0,255), but everyone uses color extremitys when they first start.

Comic Sans made me laugh, my favorite font in grade school. I'm not sure if your using Paint or not, but if you want to further improve the site, google GIMP its free and almost Photoshop.

Your header is pretty bad, but thats no biggie. A website isn't 100% defined by its layout. Your content is great so it makes the site worth the occasional eyesore. I read the blog, inspiring. I'm 16 so I know what you mean about your early childhood.

some color suggestions RGB

R,G,B)
(10,25,100)
(25,45,85)

rollover navigation would be nice

your turn to check my site out

Thanks for the good and the bad. Comic Sans was intentional-it's really different, especially with some of the sites out there...Just kind of 'fit' with what I was trying to do. I have created a .gif header, but when I upload it-it runs at about 1000 mph!! No kidding, must be a webjam thing-the animations don't run at the correct speed, not even close...so I threw the current one together (for now) and posted it. When you talk about colors, I'm sorry but lost-currently I've got a blue & black header-the rest of the site is #fefce2 (offwhite, so what I just looked LOL) as background, with a touch a blue with black text...any suggestions on colors are great but I'm a website newby and don't speak 10,25,100

Now on to your...just checked it out and that's great, are you sure your 16??
Good job my man, I really liked the text and the layout!

pingeyeg · 11-30-2008, 03:16 PM

The layout looks decent, but the blue background is a bit bright. The header kind of gets lost in with the background.

adamblan · 11-30-2008, 09:29 PM

Much better

adx · 11-30-2008, 11:21 PM

It's starting to look really good! Was the text background always white?
It looks different, in a good way!

All I can think of now is that the Huffsfitness text is a bit big, I kind of have to
tilt my head back to read it. I've got a really small computer though

no worries!

huffsfitness · 12-01-2008, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adx

It's starting to look really good! Was the text background always white?
It looks different, in a good way!

All I can think of now is that the Huffsfitness text is a bit big, I kind of have to
tilt my head back to read it. I've got a really small computer though

no worries!

Thanks alot guys, the text background was that neon blue (like in the banner) with yellow text-I am working on a new banner right now, that is taking some time...thanks again!

huffsfitness · 12-01-2008, 02:21 AM

Alright, just put up a new header-man, I'm out of ideas, making a header is difficult. Guess this is what I'll have to go with until I can find someone who'd like to help me out wink, nudge...no really if you guys wouldn't mind I'd like to have you check things out 1 more time for the rookie

See ya!

Geodun1 · 12-01-2008, 05:06 AM

Ok, first impression when coming to your site:

Broken flow - Your flow (the path your eyes follow when you first see something) immediately broke for me when the page loaded. The navbar is red and just kinda sticks out into the page, ya know? This makes the page seem jagged. Then when my eyes hit that marquee I got a little aggravated (I'm a fast reader so marquee's are annoying for me).

Good practice would be to avoid marquees when designing, users are more likely to read the content if it's stationary.

Next issue: the header. I like the idea, but it's way to small to fit the page. Center it and match the background color it's on, to the primary red you're using. This will help bring it into the page and pull things together, while fixing your flow at the same time.

Next, I have issues with the color choice. I'm not a fan of that... beigeish pink color you have set as the page's background, try experimenting with contrasting colors a bit. (I don't mean bright blue and bright yellow

)

Next, that form will scare away people who hate filling stuff out. You might want to give it a page of its on and put a link in the place that it is now. This will still give new users easy access to creating account, and won't scare people away

Finally: content. Content, content, content. You'll hear that word a LOT when you practice web design. (It's something I struggle with.) Your home page isn't very organized, and presents information in a way that seems very broken and undecided, like you were thinking on your feet. Sometimes this is what you shoot for, but here you should organize things a bit and clean up your sites content in general.

If you need more suggestions, myself or one of the other members will answer promptly

satanswrath · 12-07-2008, 07:40 PM

Not a bad website.. But im sure you can improve

calskin · 07-20-2009, 02:34 PM

Hopefully this isn't too old of a post to comment on.

For a first website, I think it's quite respectable. I just started attending a boot camp, and found myself quite interested in the articles posted there. There's some really neat info on it.

If you would like something to work on, the first thing I noticed was the logo was pixelated. To improve this, if you do your design at around 300 pixels per inch and then resize for the web as you desire after, it will cut this down totally.

11-30-2008, 02:38 AM	#11
inline853 New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 21	for a first site this impressive. I like the layout, considering your non-designer background its very good. The blue is a bit much. I'm not a fan of (0,0,255), but everyone uses color extremitys when they first start. Comic Sans made me laugh, my favorite font in grade school. I'm not sure if your using Paint or not, but if you want to further improve the site, google GIMP its free and almost Photoshop. Your header is pretty bad, but thats no biggie. A website isn't 100% defined by its layout. Your content is great so it makes the site worth the occasional eyesore. I read the blog, inspiring. I'm 16 so I know what you mean about your early childhood. some color suggestions RGBR,G,B) (10,25,100) (25,45,85) rollover navigation would be nice your turn to check my site out __________________ John john@johnharrisdesign.com http://johnharrisdesign.com/blog

11-30-2008, 03:16 PM	#13
pingeyeg Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 126	The layout looks decent, but the blue background is a bit bright. The header kind of gets lost in with the background. __________________ Goodboy Web Design \| Content Management Systems \| eCommerce \| Website Hosting

11-30-2008, 09:29 PM	#14
adamblan Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 235	Much better __________________ <ablank.us>

11-30-2008, 11:21 PM	#15
adx Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 224	It's starting to look really good! Was the text background always white? It looks different, in a good way! All I can think of now is that the Huffsfitness text is a bit big, I kind of have to tilt my head back to read it. I've got a really small computer though no worries! __________________ http://www.htmlswag.com

12-01-2008, 02:21 AM	#17
huffsfitness New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 14	Alright, just put up a new header-man, I'm out of ideas, making a header is difficult. Guess this is what I'll have to go with until I can find someone who'd like to help me out wink, nudge...no really if you guys wouldn't mind I'd like to have you check things out 1 more time for the rookie See ya! __________________ www.huffsfitness.com

12-01-2008, 05:06 AM	#18
Geodun1 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Mexico Posts: 145	Ok, first impression when coming to your site: Broken flow - Your flow (the path your eyes follow when you first see something) immediately broke for me when the page loaded. The navbar is red and just kinda sticks out into the page, ya know? This makes the page seem jagged. Then when my eyes hit that marquee I got a little aggravated (I'm a fast reader so marquee's are annoying for me). Good practice would be to avoid marquees when designing, users are more likely to read the content if it's stationary. Next issue: the header. I like the idea, but it's way to small to fit the page. Center it and match the background color it's on, to the primary red you're using. This will help bring it into the page and pull things together, while fixing your flow at the same time. Next, I have issues with the color choice. I'm not a fan of that... beigeish pink color you have set as the page's background, try experimenting with contrasting colors a bit. (I don't mean bright blue and bright yellow ) Next, that form will scare away people who hate filling stuff out. You might want to give it a page of its on and put a link in the place that it is now. This will still give new users easy access to creating account, and won't scare people away Finally: content. Content, content, content. You'll hear that word a LOT when you practice web design. (It's something I struggle with.) Your home page isn't very organized, and presents information in a way that seems very broken and undecided, like you were thinking on your feet. Sometimes this is what you shoot for, but here you should organize things a bit and clean up your sites content in general. If you need more suggestions, myself or one of the other members will answer promptly __________________ My Personal Blog http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...DD-B11copy.jpg

12-07-2008, 07:40 PM	#19
satanswrath New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5	Not a bad website.. But im sure you can improve

07-20-2009, 02:34 PM	#20
calskin New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Hopefully this isn't too old of a post to comment on. For a first website, I think it's quite respectable. I just started attending a boot camp, and found myself quite interested in the articles posted there. There's some really neat info on it. If you would like something to work on, the first thing I noticed was the logo was pixelated. To improve this, if you do your design at around 300 pixels per inch and then resize for the web as you desire after, it will cut this down totally.

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