Exception Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Website link: [http://glaciate.net/](http://glaciate.net/)Forum link: [http://glaciate.net/forums/](http://glaciate.net/forums/)This is just my site for my team, and, I'm in the process of designing stuff. Opinions would be great, and please don't flame without reason!The site is coded with just plain HTML5, CSS3, PHP, and jQuery (Nivo.)The theme is just the default myBB theme that I've modified to fit around my site design. I'm aware of many nuances, but even if they're obvious, please, point them out to me, to make sure I've missed nothing!In the near future, I'll be integrating the forum to The Tower, Time's Hourglass, Onyxmon, and a few other things I should keep quiet, so it's worth signing up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPony Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Overall i like it, but there was one thing i thought looked funny.In the below attachment, the letters were hard to look at with the background.Edit: Apparently attachments don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tslusny Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 So pages arent done by Page Manager mybb plugin?  Btw nice site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 No, they're not. I think an obvious indication would be that they're on a separate directory. And, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Crusade Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Not bad, and coming up with a business/company name is tricky. Glaciate sounds good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socuine Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Looks good. However, I think the blocky look is very disturbing. The logo (specially the text) looks non-AA, which looks weird on a dynamic background.Get rid of the checker look on your top bar, instead, back it a gradient from black to dark gray, adding a 1px bottom border as well (make sure it looks right). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 > Looks good.Thank you.> However, I think the blocky look is very disturbing.Define disturbing, that's fairly offputting to say. xD> The logo (specially the text) looks non-AA, which looks weird on a dynamic background.Fixing as I type.> Get rid of the checker look on your top bar, instead, back it a gradient from black to dark gray, adding a 1px bottom border as well (make sure it looks right).Mm, I knew I wasn't the only person who was unsure of it. I'll try out a gradient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socuine Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 > Thank you.No problem.> Define disturbing, that's fairly offputting to say. xDIt hurts my eyes, not because it's ugly but the repetive block-square look is disturbing.> Fixing as I type.It's still really non-AA'!> Mm, I knew I wasn't the only person who was unsure of it. I'll try out a gradient.Awesome, I'll anxiously await. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Uhm, took me long enough to reply.> It hurts my eyes, not because it's ugly but the repetive block-square look is disturbing.Uh, yeah, I understand that. Lemme go take a look at the patterns I have available.> It's still really non-AA'!Yup, I should probably look that up for Photoshop. As a sidenote, I've got Adsense in place, and I'd like to see if anybody thinks it clashes with the design. And, if you feel like it, click a few.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keebler Elf Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Are you single? I have this thing for disney… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Uhm…it's the default thing that Nivo comes with, I haven't changed the images yet D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keebler Elf Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Who said anything about hurting? I just wanted to watch dinsey movies with someone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 :'DAnyway, I've changed the background..comments, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keebler Elf Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The top banner does not seem to mesh well with your mozaic style background in my opinion. It does not look bad per say however changing the style of one or the other is something you might look at if your not dead set on either. The only other quip I have is the copyright statement at the bottom of the page. Unless you were to actually file for a copyright, dba, trademark, or other sort of legal protection it is not a neccesary or even truthful thing to have. Many sites just do not add that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Mosaic? Ick, I just changed the thing, stupid caches. Give it a short while, or hit Shift + F5.Plus, in the UK, no official form of registering for copyright is required for anything, provided it's obvious that it's mine (It's true, look it up!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxaria Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hello,I quite like your branding idea, It's very clean, and catchy. Logo is clean too, I hate with a passion, messy logo designs.Your website, while plain appears functional. Kinda unsure what the deal is with the Pixar pictures, but to each their own. I am kinda confused why you have a gradient top-bar for, do you have plans for this? The typography is kinda bleh too, nothing exciting. I do fairly elaborate designs, so to me this would be a very mild dish of mexican.As for the forum, I am hoping you're planning to improve, because it's definately the ugly sister. The width is off (if you were hoping to make it like the main site), which bothers me personally. I am not a fan of the buttons…at all. The text is pure white, I would consider making the background white/light grey instead, and making the text black, or dark grey (like your main site). It's a better contrast, imo.Look forward to seeing the progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 > Hello,Hello. :'D> I quite like your branding idea, It's very clean, and catchy. Logo is clean too, I hate with a passion, messy logo designs.Thanks, that's the general intention, even though I still need to AA the logo.> Your website, while plain appears functional. Kinda unsure what the deal is with the Pixar pictures, but to each their own. I am kinda confused why you have a gradient top-bar for, do you have plans for this? The typography is kinda bleh too, nothing exciting. I do fairly elaborate designs, so to me this would be a very mild dish of mexican.The slider images are the default Nivo slider images, I've just not changed it. The top-bar is there, because I plan to incorporate a breadcrumb-style navigation through all of the sites (For example, [http://services.glaciate.net/file_host/](http://services.glaciate.net/file_host/)).And, for the font, do you really think it's that…bland? I'm just looking for something clean and readable, although, it would be nice to be able to pick something more better looking.> As for the forum, I am hoping you're planning to improve, because it's definately the ugly sister. The width is off (if you were hoping to make it like the main site), which bothers me personally. I am not a fan of the buttons…at all. The text is pure white, I would consider making the background white/light grey instead, and making the text black, or dark grey (like your main site). It's a better contrast, imo.Definitely, it's a hasty modification of the default myBB site, and I plan to reinstall it, and try again. I rushed too much for my liking.> Look forward to seeing the progress.Thank you.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likestodraw Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Great overall design; I applaud your effort. It looks really great, but the images for new posts and such on the forum are very pixelated, and not all your services necessarily reflect the overall look of your site. Granted this may not be what you want, but it may be a good idea to at least have the services all have the same design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 The forum is scheduled to have another go at it, frankly, it is bloody ugly, and the service issue is more to do with the current lack of projects. When we do have some more done, it'll start to fill up!Thanks! ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likestodraw Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 LOVE the updates to the website! The blocks are a really nice addition! The Nivo-Slider wasn't on ALL pages before, was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 It wasn't, as I only recently changed all the entire site to work from templates, so, while I was on the abject of changing things, I thought I'd just make it all consistent (the non forum pages, anyway.)And, thanks.Edit: Abject? Damned touch keyboards, *subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 OK, I redid the forums. Check them out, and give me a new opinion on it, please! (And, while you're there, sign up! xD)[http://glaciate.net/forums/](http://glaciate.net/forums/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaron Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 i forgut mi passwrd.The new forum theme looks alright. Could use some improvements. *navbar* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxaria Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Forums look MUCH better. I wish it were more custom, and not the Accord Dusk skin with minor changes, but then again I personally hate skinning forums myself (I just buy them lul). 0 points for originality, but a couple points for actually making it look better (from how it looked before, oh lawd). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 I would've made it custom, but I don't have the patience or skill to do so. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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