Website Redesign
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- JG_LB
So my company wants me to redesign the homepage to our website. But (a) they dont want to use flash or anything besides simple html and (b) they want the same info that it currently has.
It's so lame...i dont know what to do to please these people
- madirish0
are you fucking serious? you honesty think a redesign must use flash and all new content to be either fun or interesting?
- JG_LB0
not necessarily...i just dont know what to do with this to make it better; besides laying it out differently. ive done that a million times already
- madirish0
we are talking about this page:
http://www.artfairsinc.com/
no?
- JG_LB0
yeah
- digilee0
not the whole site?
- JG_LB0
no, they just want me to do the homepage. but they dont know what they want except to "make it look better"...its hard to design something for a clueless client...
- morilla0
keep it clean
- TheBlueOne0
How about use some of the artwork/photos there as giant backgrounds that rotate on refresh with some sort of javascript and put some transparent divs over it with the appropriate links and logo?
- TheBlueOne0
and by "giant" I mean full page, or letterbox it kinda sorta...
- digilee0
Ask them to specify 'better'.
Ask them to list 5 things that are wrong and why.Either they'll leave you alone or give you some fresh ideas.
There are a million ways you could redesign that but none of them are neccessarily what your bosses want.
- JG_LB0
ive tried adding images to the bg and making it the most minimal page possible but theyre just stupid. they give me no direction.. im ready to quit
- digilee0
quit then.
that's it. give up.
move on to something a bit easier like html emails and banner ads.
- JG_LB0
hahahaha i do that as well. dont worry.
- sureshot0
just rip off the old 2A splash page..nobody will notice.
- morilla0
have you looked around at other gallery sites that you like?
- morilla0
yeah, like above but minus the albino.
There is pretty much a set look when working with galleries and such. Simple, clean, modern and if you can squeeze in some creativity that is a plus.
- TheBlueOne0
yeah, like above but minus the albino.
morilla
(Jun 15 07, 12:19)Hey, the albino was from that site..I was just working with what he has...and frankly I think we'd all be better off with more albino exposure.
- morilla0
Hahhahah, I know. What I meant to say was a different pick.
But maybe we do need alby exposure. Imagine opening the page and Bam! A 1280 x 1024 cornrowed Albino giving you the stink eye.