2009-11-15, 09:53 PM
(2009-11-15, 09:27 PM)kilroyfx link Wrote: I don't have time to read through such a long post, but I tried....so are you remaking the SOM website to look different? I understand the new look, I think its much harder to read for several reasons....
Well find the time to read before you post again.
Quote:There is a double vision thing going on, which is hard on the eyes....
That is the Moonlight sword. The theme is the Moonlight sword itself if you pay attention. If contrast is really a problem for you you might wanna change your browser stylesheet settings. There will probably be some usability options for logged in users. Have you seen the website lately? The effect has been toned down as much as possible and does its present best to center itself in your reading area. The final background graphics might be darker so the text will stand out more. I had not intended them to be so bright, but it adds to the radiance of the sword I think. I could tone it down more but at some point it goes from atmosphere to just distracting.
Quote:and the [Forums,Addons,Games,Links] is so far at the top, and so small its hard to get at.....
Well that's left over from the old layouts. We haven't really thought about this yet. I don't think it's small however.
Quote:Also, its way too narrow....theres a lot of information thats too small to read, why can't it be wider??? I guess just from a artistic/compositing standpoint it doesn't really
lead the eye to the appropriate locations....it seems overly complex for the information being presented...
All websites should fit inside an 800x600 display with room for a scrollbar or it's just real bad design. Some sites like imdb.com are not even readable on many PCs (unless there is an option to change the way the site reads I've never found)
You can scale the site up different ways, but that's usually best done by an OS or browser. The width of the website is about a wide as you want a column of text. This is the 21st century, the majority of screens are getting smaller, not larger, some people still don't get this.
Quote:Are you getting rid of the musical hit in the opening, because that was really cool....I guess I just dont understand why its being changed......I like the old one
better....
Well it's not safe as it is. It's not something we've thought about. It could be a login option if put back. People don't like their web browsers randomly making noises, everyone figured that out like 5yrs ago when for a while that was socially acceptable.
Quote:Also, there is no interesting ART to let people know its SOM.....My overall feeling is YUK....it doesn't flow or make me say "WOW!" but there are examples of site out
there that do that.
Maybe we should post links of sites that we think look really cool, and you could make SOM look like those?? What does DMPdesign think?
We've decided on the theme. This isn't a post so much about that. As it says.
Quote:I will study it some more and make some suggestions...but thats my first impression :)
Lets hope it grows on you. It's a logical theme for a website called swordofmoonlight. It's literally the sword of moonlight. Makes sense. Design wise everything you see is standard. If anything we're taking the website from a dysfunctional/non-scalable state and bringing it inline with modern standards.