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[surfnlearn.com]

Hey guys! I need pointers if any and am looking for affiliates as well.

Submit your tutorials too

Thanks!!

SurfnLearn.com

Edited by surfnlearn.com, 16 April 2008 - 03:11 PM.

[Jonhc]

Yo dude, my names Jon first off I hope your take my points into consideration

My thoughts on your site;

The logo, I'm not sure on, I have no idea what the little yellow circles are, don't think these work, also the font doesn't do much for me either, Arial I belive, just need something with a bit more impact. Not keen on the gradient you have on the 'Learn' if your keeping a grey theme, you want to try and lighten things with font colours etc.I don't think the faint lines are needed either side of the logo either.

The navigation is very simple and doesn't make me want to visit the rest of the site, look at Pixel 2 Life's for an example, it's very well integrated with the site and looks very attractive.

Try changing the colour of the box that has all the main content in to white, to break things up a bit and make thing stand out. The box on the left hand side for all the different tutorial sections, try some different colours i here, and add hover over effects to them even something simple as a change of colour.

The actual tutorial section bits need improving as well, they just look depressing, even with the use of the lovely FAM FAM Ico ns (which you need to add some padding to the left hand side of the tick to push it over a bit) they still don't stand out. Instead of the icon for the section, instead a small screenshot of the outcome of the tutorial so it doesn't look the same.

The search box, there's no search button, simple things like this make peoples lives easier.

Re-do the stars your using for your rating system, there pixelated around the edges.

The footer text is far to close to the right hand side, and rollovers to colour that's not far from the background colour doesn't seem a good idea.

Hope you appreciate the time I took, good luck with your site. If you need any clarification, just ask.

[surfnlearn.com]

Wow! Thanks, I do need a little clarification, will write back as soon as I get home!

[surfnlearn.com]

Jon, really appreciate your pointers they are helpful in many ways!

Logo has been changed, the logo that was in place was for the old look of the site, with a white background, looked really awesome but I had been working on multiple projects so never got around to changing the logo, have done a temporary job for now, will update it again soon.

Basically the navigation bar of the site will take some time to work on but yes, you are right there should be a 'click me' vibe to it and I will come up with something soon enough Pixel2life has done a great job of doing that its in clear site plus the avatars used are brilliant, colorful and very attractive. I intend to give more time to the website in a couple of weeks when I'm done with this other project and given this one exam I have to.

I will be adding hover effects to the left menu that displays the categories later today, am going to keep the grey/white to the buttons displaying the categories but, was thinking of making a button for all the headings, i.e: tutorials, categories, announcements, and making them have a glassy effect use good colours in them, they'll make the site look brighter more inviting.

The search box has been added was thinking of doing so myself. Also made a few changes to the tutorial bits. The stars are long gone, hated them anyway was going to change that too! Other than that, have also made adjustments to the footer.

You will have to elaborate a bit on this part, I really didnt get what you were trying to say.. sorry:

The actual tutorial section bits need improving as well, they just look depressing, even with the use of the lovely FAM FAM Ico ns (which you need to add some padding to the left hand side of the tick to push it over a bit) they still don't stand out. Instead of the icon for the section, instead a small screenshot of the outcome of the tutorial so it doesn't look the same.

And about the text color on hover in the footer, well it works for now but i'll see if i can come up with some good combination with black

Again Jon, thank you so much for your pointers!

[Jonhc]

Hi again,

Ok to elaborate on the point I made, there's nothing that stands on them, what I'd advise is giving every category a colour, or better yet if it's a Photoshop tutorial have a rounded box with a blue gradient in the box and then the Photoshop logo at the right hand side or left, this way you can see what it's referring to and it looks appealing.

Ok the footer, why not pick a colour for your site and run with it, your logo is a light blue, why not have light blue hover overs for your footer so it all ties in?

Forgot to add, everything goes with black

[surfnlearn.com]

I will look into it for the categories thing and blue and black in the footer seems a good idea.

Thanks for your help!

Any other ideas, suggestions or tutorial submissions would be really appreciated from anyone!

[surfnlearn.com]

Have just added a forum, so would appreciate a little contribution to it, as well as your comments and suggestions. Thanks

Any more input on the site would also be appreciated. Also please submit your tutorials.

SurfnLearn.com

Edited by surfnlearn.com, 25 April 2008 - 07:43 PM.

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surfnlearn.com, on Apr 26 2008, 12:43 AM, said:

Have just added a forum, so would appreciate a little contribution to it, as well as your comments and suggestions. Thanks

Any more input on the site would also be appreciated. Also please submit your tutorials.

SurfnLearn.com

We're not here to halp make your Forums bigger, we're here to criticize..

I can't really see much difference to the first time you posted?

[surfnlearn.com]

S0LDIER., on Apr 25 2008, 08:33 PM, said:

surfnlearn.com, on Apr 26 2008, 12:43 AM, said:

Have just added a forum, so would appreciate a little contribution to it, as well as your comments and suggestions. Thanks

Any more input on the site would also be appreciated. Also please submit your tutorials.

SurfnLearn.com

We're not here to halp make your Forums bigger, we're here to criticize..

I can't really see much difference to the first time you posted?

Sorry about that.. seem the update was giving me problems so I had taken it down.. Have added a flash header.. You think its a good addition?

[sdsdsdarear]

did u steal the headerr???? it looks lik u jus downloaded it and used it cus the textr isnt aligned, maybe from a tut?????

my names fred btw

u also need to work on makin it more of a cohesive design, looks lik jus ALOTA ads to me

[surfnlearn.com]

Hello Fred, nice to meet ya

yeah mostly, friend did it for me said its from a tut or something.. I liked it so I used it, I have been working on the design, gonna cut back on the ads a bit. traffic has been good lately, want it to increase.

Edited by surfnlearn.com, 06 June 2008 - 12:07 PM.