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- shotgunflat
Low budget project for local landscaper. What do you all think?
- BonSeff0
rad
- redFridge0
:)
- shotgunflat0
Jeez I'm an idiot tonight. URL is http://www.maconlandscape.com
- welded0
Low key, I always like that. However, I'm not diggin' the drop shadow. (Get it? "Diggin"! HA!) Do you think it would look better if you just maintained the 1px border as on the buttons?
- shotgunflat0
Good one! :)
Interesting you bring up the drop shadows. I am kind of weary of them myself, but the site just kind of felt flat without them.
- fate0
ok, problem: You need to make the Title/Logo over the photo much bigger and much more apparent. Right now it's obscure.
Also make sure your drop shadows extend to the bottom of the screen. I'm on 1280x1024 and they don't reach :(
- welded0
I just don't think that the content boxes, if you will, sit well with the buttons. They look extra flat as compared to the boxes. So on the sujbect of depth, what about adding some subtle shades to the background? Say have the outer vertical fields darkest, then a lighter shade in the middle, then leave the content boxes white. It doesn't have to be a dramatic shift, but you could have a sort of implied depth without resorting to good ol' drop shadow.
Oh, and on Firefox 0.9 on Mac OSX 1.3.4 I'm seeing the box just below the menu is shifted to the right by one pixel. Looks a little funny.
- welded0
ok, problem: You need to make the Title/Logo over the photo much bigger and much more apparent. Right now it's obscure.
fate
(jun 30 04, 23:17)Good call on the logo, I didn't even notice it... Maybe have a very subtle dark/semi-opaque outline around it so it maintains visibility on dark and light backgrounds
- welded0
Hey look, me again.
Here's an interesting site that, to my eye, creates an effective and subtle sense of depth with the background image. To me it looks like some sort of corrogated surface.
- welded0
Ah, fuck. My turn to forget the URL...
- ********0
text is all over the logo on safari, i like the look, what is the file size on those big pix, is interlace not hip anymore...
- slappy0
blue doesnt work as a colour for the drop shadow... id go with grey like the other shadows or loose them altogether...
when you go deeper into the site the logo disappears completely into the photo. Its a good logo make the most of it!
the pastel blue tab rollover is abit too wishy washy for me.
- unsexypixel0
loose the blue drop shadow, replace with a grey one and soften/lighten it alot more.
put the logo above the nav, it is lost in the image. nice photos a simple clean layout. not mad on the green text though, or the rollover blue
- who0
drop blue shadow and green letters and replace then with grey shadow and blue letters....Nice photos....
- slappy0
Blue letters?
what about grey scale text and shadow and let the photos bring the colour?
- uncle_helv0
The "Macon Landscape" logo doesn't really suggest low budget?! It looks expensive, decadant even...
- blackspade0
agreed bout the blue a:link
why not do somthin more subtle with the links in css, a:hover etc
- Peter0
* steps out of line *
How about adding a background color?
- shotgunflat0
You know, I've been lurking here for a long time, and rarely speak up. I was nervous about putting this out there; it was the first thing I've done that I wasn't worried about just getting laughed out of PVN. Thanks for the constructive criticism. You guys are great.
- Soler0
Only thing I don't really dig is the blue fade on either side... looks cheap.
A nice thin green line or a slight gray shadow instead.
my 2cents