Site Design
- Thread starter Pixel
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Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Ah, crossed wires. When I said:
Yes, the one on the test page at the moment is the iTunes logo, but it's not something that Apple provides as a resource on its website - I took it from Wikipedia.
I meant on the pages Pixel linked to.
Yes, the one on the test page at the moment is the iTunes logo, but it's not something that Apple provides as a resource on its website - I took it from Wikipedia.
Pixel
The Pixie King
Another option could be to do what squarespace does and have the icons the same colour, no solid box background. It looks sleek and classy. I find the modern trend of flat box and icon really unappealing.
Check out the icons at the bottom of this page
http://www.gamingunion.net/
I would try to mock something up, but I dont have time until next week
Check out the icons at the bottom of this page
http://www.gamingunion.net/
I would try to mock something up, but I dont have time until next week
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Some of the logos have white-on-transparency versions, so I can look into it.
As for the "modern trend" of flat design - that's our theme you're describing right there. The one that we all chose together. The one you said you liked. That's what we've got to work with now so I'm not really sure what you're expecting.
As for the "modern trend" of flat design - that's our theme you're describing right there. The one that we all chose together. The one you said you liked. That's what we've got to work with now so I'm not really sure what you're expecting.
Obsidian Fire
Ahk Morn!
- AKA
- The Engineer
Are you kidding? Our theme/logo isn't flat or minimalist, that's for sure.
Pixel
The Pixie King
Some of the logos have white-on-transparency versions, so I can look into it.
As for the "modern trend" of flat design - that's our theme you're describing right there. The one that we all chose together. The one you said you liked. That's what we've got to work with now so I'm not really sure what you're expecting.
Elements of the graphics can have visual interest. Don't tie the whole design to blocks of colour. We agreed on layout and colour scheme. That doesn't mean fixating on how the original template looked. We have freedom to make it look better. And that is what I want to do, but I haven't had the time.
They look a lot more awesome in white and transparrent. Good job.
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Edit: ninja'.d
I updated the social media icons to white outlines as you suggested. The full colour versions appear on hover, and I'm going to look into using CSS sprites so that they don't blink the first time they're loaded into a visitor's cache.
The order can and probably should still be changed. At the moment it's just alphabetical.
I updated the social media icons to white outlines as you suggested. The full colour versions appear on hover, and I'm going to look into using CSS sprites so that they don't blink the first time they're loaded into a visitor's cache.
The order can and probably should still be changed. At the moment it's just alphabetical.
Channy
Bad Habit
- AKA
- Ruby Rose, Lucy
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Okay, maybe I should set out a rough timetable.
I intend to keep working on the design for the first couple of weeks of October. After that, I'll switch to preparing our most recent articles for the transition. Then I think we should have an "open beta" period, where we invite everyone to poke, push and pull the new site to find and report flaws. Hopefully that'll be by the end of October. Once that's done, I'll give the green light to Yop (or whoever) to make it go live. It won't be perfect by then but it should have no major bugs. We can - and I'm sure we will - keep tweaking it after launch.
I intend to keep working on the design for the first couple of weeks of October. After that, I'll switch to preparing our most recent articles for the transition. Then I think we should have an "open beta" period, where we invite everyone to poke, push and pull the new site to find and report flaws. Hopefully that'll be by the end of October. Once that's done, I'll give the green light to Yop (or whoever) to make it go live. It won't be perfect by then but it should have no major bugs. We can - and I'm sure we will - keep tweaking it after launch.
Flintlock
Pro Adventurer
Individual post pages are more polished now. Obviously we're going to have to edit a lot of the posts to make them look good with the new layout. I've used custom styling in some of my articles and I know I'm not the only one. We don't want to be doing that any more. (Fangu brought this up a long time ago.)
I also added the social media links to the footer. It's important to have them somewhere other than the sidebar, since that gets hidden on mobile devices.
I also added the social media links to the footer. It's important to have them somewhere other than the sidebar, since that gets hidden on mobile devices.