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[w1lz]

Hey guys,

Just want your oppinions on my first website, its the first version, some has asked me to make them a portfolio(he's a coder). He wanted just one page with a dark background, so i had a bit of a blank canvas....



Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, remember this is my first one so be nice ^.^

Thanks
w1lz

Edited by w1lz, 13 June 2007 - 10:17 AM.

[Will0wz]

Very nice mate, especially for your first website! I would say it could do with a bit of tweeking but at the moment I believe u shuld keep up the good work your producing and focus on taking one step at a time.. If your looking to create much more involved templates and wanna go that one step further may i request you view some of the templates posted on here or even take inspiration from the ones off Template Monster as they produce high quality designs.

Back to your design, I love the way you've introduced them margin lines it looks great! The over design with the content boxes is a bit tacky and could use a bit of tweeking, For example i wouldn't advise using Rounded edge content boxes INSIDE of a rectangle, looks unprofesional, try to keep it the same style throughout also.

If you have any problems or queries let me know mate.

Regards

[Adam Sheridan]

First website? Very well done my friend!

I agree with Will0wz, it's great but needs a bit of work (as I'm sure you've expected).

One of the things I would like to mention is the colours, the cyan, light blue and dark blue look a bit off together. Try sticking to a similar colour hue and making things darker or lighter. Or using a very good web based application known as Adobe Kuler (http://kuler.adobe.com) for some great colour schemes!

Another thing would be the typefaces, personally for my content's font I use Verdana 11px with no anti-aliasing. The decorative text needs some detail aswell. Also try making the header's characters uppercase.

I like what you have done with the gradient in the corner of the margins, that is very effective!

Remember it's all in the details!

I hope this helps,
- Adam

[Bug]

You have done an excellent job at your first website! That's unbelievable!

But yeah, take the advice given already in this topic -- Personally I'd love to see some more colour variation in the template, as it's looking a little boring.

Adam Sheridan, on Jun 14 2007, 09:54 AM, said:

Or using a very good web based application known as Adobe Kuler (http://kuler.adobe.com) for some great colour schemes!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I didnt' even know this thing existed! WAY better than all the other colour picker sites I've found

[w1lz]

Wow guys thanks for the really positive replies .
Thanks for the info too, i knew it needed some work but i just didnt know quite what:D.

Will get to work with it and post an updated version here,

btw, adam, i have used the same colour throughout, its just the portfolio has had opacity change and the name "Tom Lyall" is a gradient, but i see where your coming from and im gonna try and tweak the colours tonight...

thanks
w1lz

Edited by w1lz, 14 June 2007 - 09:52 AM.

[l3lueMage]

Wow my first website was like crap compared to that, nice work XD

[Adam Sheridan]

l3lueMage, on Jun 14 2007, 07:01 PM, said:

Wow my first website was like crap compared to that, nice work XD

Haha, ditto!

Render Clouds and Liqify baby!

ahh the memories

- Adam

[CAMILLUS]

for ur first website!!


unbelievable!

wow!

im prety speechless

its NICE!

[α∂αмяoss]

A good first try. But you've still got a long way to go. Good luck