Proposed website redesign

KZeni · Post by **KZeni** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:55 pm

Due to boredom I have redesigned the wolfire website.
You can visit what I have come up with at http://www.kzeni.com/wolfire/

I am not aware if David will choose my redesign, but I am defiantly open to him using my design. I have redesigned the entire website, even the blog, so it matches the theme. I wouldn't be against making a theme for the forum to make it fit the theme of the website.

Post what you think of this and we'll see if David chooses to use the design I made. (i won't charge money for it if that's a worry)

lpod100 · Post by **lpod100** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:36 pm

lol "defiantly open"

well its very ... smooth, and I prefer your blog over the one up right now, but I don't like how the selected menu bar item has that little dent in it, because it looks like a rendering (?) problem.

zip · Post by **zip** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:41 pm

lpod100 wrote:lol "defiantly open"

well its very ... smooth, and I prefer your blog over the one up right now, but I don't like how the selected menu bar item has that little dent in it, because it looks like a rendering (?) problem.

Same thing happens when you hover, I'm pretty certain it's intentional.

Post by **Jeff** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:10 pm

While the current website is not the greatest and we are trying to find someone to redesign it (anyone have any leads?), I have to say that I prefer the original to this one. Yours has some good ideas though.

Sectaurs · Post by **Sectaurs** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:31 pm

light text on a dark background is harder on the eyes than the traditional dark text on light background.

Albab · Post by **Albab** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:50 pm

I like:The games page, the blog

And that's it. Not the greatest.

erazorhead · Post by **erazorhead** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:25 pm

I think it's a good effort, and the folks here are being a little harsh. Just curious... was this done in iWeb?

Some of us on the Lugaru 2 team have been working on a new site design, dark text on an earth-tone background and a little more engaging in the navigation department.

Although Jeff's post above makes me think he does not like it...?

lpod100 · Post by **lpod100** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 am

yes zip, I realize it was intentional, I just said that it looks like a rendering (?) problem.

zip · Post by **zip** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:03 am

lpod100 wrote:yes zip, I realize it was intentional, I just said that it looks like a rendering (?) problem.

Ohh, now I see what you mean =p
Apologies.

Post by **Jeff** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 am

erazorhead wrote:I think it's a good effort, and the folks here are being a little harsh. Just curious... was this done in iWeb?

Some of us on the Lugaru 2 team have been working on a new site design, dark text on an earth-tone background and a little more engaging in the navigation department.

Although Jeff's post above makes me think he does not like it...?

I dunno, I still prefer the original site.

Post by **Eric** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:15 am

yeah I agree. there is something about the uniformity here that bothers me more than the current site. The white on black is qutie hard to read for me. I definetly like your idea of going away from the traditional blog design.

KZeni · Post by **KZeni** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:09 am

Alright, i was just sticking it out there to see if anyone wanted the website built out of boredom. lol

Crill3 · Post by **Crill3** » Tue May 30, 2006 11:11 am

I really like the current design, thought I realize it can be improved.
Still I prefer the current design over KZenis.

I liked the games page and the blog.
but not the gray button bar appering on mouseover,
and not the gray color wave under the button bar.
Well, I think you should get rid of anything gray, because
it just doesn't belong on a Wolfire page.
It should be only black, red and very little white, with black as main colour.

erazorhead · Post by **erazorhead** » Tue May 30, 2006 9:20 pm

Jeff wrote:
erazorhead wrote:I think it's a good effort, and the folks here are being a little harsh. Just curious... was this done in iWeb?

Some of us on the Lugaru 2 team have been working on a new site design, dark text on an earth-tone background and a little more engaging in the navigation department.

Although Jeff's post above makes me think he does not like it...?
I dunno, I still prefer the original site.

I meant you do not like the site we've been working on, in the Lugaru 2 dev forum. Is that what you're talking about?

Post by **Jeff** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:24 pm

erazorhead wrote:
Jeff wrote:
erazorhead wrote:I think it's a good effort, and the folks here are being a little harsh. Just curious... was this done in iWeb?

Some of us on the Lugaru 2 team have been working on a new site design, dark text on an earth-tone background and a little more engaging in the navigation department.

Although Jeff's post above makes me think he does not like it...?
I dunno, I still prefer the original site.
I meant you do not like the site we've been working on, in the Lugaru 2 dev forum. Is that what you're talking about?

Correct