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Help me out dudes -I'm the band's "webmaster" now. I have never worked with HTML so I'm clueless as to what I'm doing, but I'm learning. This site is "in progress" & I recently gave it a facelift.
- What y'all think? - Please critique (gloves off)
http://www.challengetheory.com


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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159595 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 09:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well, as Vitaminous (he's actually good at web design, other than that... meh) and I agreed upon last time, you have too little content space. If you're going to have 3 columns, my suggestion is to widen the width of the site, either that or go to 2 columns and shorten the width of the navigation. The text is too big and it makes that column bigger than it needs to be. I'm on 1280 x 1024 and I can read it just fine, so you can definetely shrink it. Also, if you haven't already noticed, your rollovers don't work like they should. You still have your old rollover images uploaded.

Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159599 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 09:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Who made you a webmaster? If you don't know what your doing then why are you looking after their site :/

Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159604 is a reply to message #159599] Mon, 13 June 2005 10:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Mindtzar wrote on Mon, 13 June 2005 12:57

Who made you a webmaster? If you don't know what your doing then why are you looking after their site :/

...because I am the "shizznit" & can figure this stuff out in time.
Yeah j' - I just started this two nights ago & haven't had time to remake all of the button rollovers (all of the photos, images & gifs are my work). My problem is that I'm trying to work with the raw HTML code without the help of HTML editing software. A friend is going to try to hook me up with some software, so I don't have to do so much head scratching. Then I can work with the 'real estate' & resize and move things around. Right now, I'm just re-doing the 'look' of the site - Am I on the right track?


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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159611 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 11:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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if you want I can hook you with with a version of Dreamweaver "free" *cough* of charge.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159615 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 11:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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pfft, i'm starting to learn to code, so i'm using araneae, which is a free program. It isn't, however, a program like frontpage or dreamweaver.

Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159623 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 12:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You want dreamweaver? Come to your uncle Dave.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159630 is a reply to message #159623] Mon, 13 June 2005 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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My perspective is this... clarity. I see all kinds of stuff but the focal point is lost somewhat. The monochromatic palette hurts a bit but I feel that it might be the band's colors? Anyway... it lacks a cohesive flow. Clean and clear menus are a major place to start. Easy navigation is the heart of a truly good design for a site. You can still pull off lots of flashy stuff but the base must be clear.

Now that I've thrown out ambiguous points go from there! Big Grin
Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159672 is a reply to message #159630] Mon, 13 June 2005 15:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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phlakaton wrote on Mon, 13 June 2005 20:49

My perspective is this... clarity. I see all kinds of stuff but the focal point is lost somewhat. The monochromatic palette hurts a bit but I feel that it might be the band's colors? Anyway... it lacks a cohesive flow. Clean and clear menus are a major place to start. Easy navigation is the heart of a truly good design for a site. You can still pull off lots of flashy stuff but the base must be clear.

Now that I've thrown out ambiguous points go from there! Big Grin


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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159677 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yea, thats what I was trying to say about the graphics. The banner seemed to give the message "look at my awesome design", not so much "Hey, this is challenge theory, you like?" but no no I like the banner now sicko.
Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159680 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just got to say, I really don't like the animation of the sound waves.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159733 is a reply to message #159594] Mon, 13 June 2005 19:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Me either, and the buttons need work because the image quality is somewaht blurry www.good-tutorials.com can show you how to do some good web-quality work. I see you went with a more pure HTML than a template with a Sliced Template. Which probably works pretty well for a starter website. Perhaps in the future you can get the hang of using photoshop to create sliced templates for your design. Nice work for going in blind though.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159789 is a reply to message #159733] Tue, 14 June 2005 07:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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gbull wrote on Mon, 13 June 2005 22:08

Me either, and the buttons need work because the image quality is somewaht blurry www.good-tutorials.com can show you how to do some good web-quality work. I see you went with a more pure HTML than a template with a Sliced Template. Which probably works pretty well for a starter website. Perhaps in the future you can get the hang of using photoshop to create sliced templates for your design. Nice work for going in blind though.

OK thanks guys - it's appreciated. I got a copy of DreamWeaver last night & I know it will make it much easier but you know....
I want it to look like this - http://www.redbullxfighters.com/
Big Grin Flash hard to work with?


Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159793 is a reply to message #159594] Tue, 14 June 2005 08:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You got the full copy?

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159916 is a reply to message #159594] Tue, 14 June 2005 19:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Flash isn't hard to get the basics, but its hard to master.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159927 is a reply to message #159594] Tue, 14 June 2005 21:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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SickO wrote:

OK thanks guys - it's appreciated. I got a copy of DreamWeaver last night & I know it will make it much easier but you know....
I want it to look like this - http://www.redbullxfighters.com/
Flash hard to work with?


In the navigation menu if you notice the motocross...ahhh, makes me feel at home. The only sport I do, motocross. Motocross is a sport that is one of a kind. I love it. *Although I don't like the part when I brake my bones which I have done mayn times.*


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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159930 is a reply to message #159789] Tue, 14 June 2005 21:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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SickOptometrist wrote on Tue, 14 June 2005 10:48


Big Grin Flash hard to work with?


What that site has done in Flash is simple.. what this site has done is hard: http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm

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whoever did that site is a fucking genius.

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159934 is a reply to message #159594] Tue, 14 June 2005 22:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The whole team probably did that.

Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159935 is a reply to message #159934] Tue, 14 June 2005 23:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Err,it's a band,put music in backround of course!!!

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Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #159936 is a reply to message #159935] Wed, 15 June 2005 00:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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zgunner12 wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 02:26

Err,it's a band,put music in backround of course!!!

Nah, i don't like music ion background of websites. It just never sounds right and it suddenly restart if u go to a new section or it ends too promptly or it takes ages to lad... Nah, no music in background.

And yes: Flash is freaking difficult to get really good at. The basics are quite ok but you'll need hell loads of time and tutorials to make something really nice!


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Ok maybe you can put there music videos in WMP form

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4941/zgunnernodgdi1copy4ps.jpg

Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #160017 is a reply to message #159930] Wed, 15 June 2005 12:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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msgtpain wrote on Wed, 15 June 2005 00:29

SickOptometrist wrote on Tue, 14 June 2005 10:48


Big Grin Flash hard to work with?


What that site has done in Flash is simple.. what this site has done is hard: http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm

Yes that is way cool- I wanna do that! In Love
Since we are on the subject of flash sites, this one is cool as well - http://www.cafcat.com/
I got FlashMX demo last pm & spent a couple of hours tryin' to figure it out... Huh ...with time I'll get it.


Re: What do you Chumps think?... [message #160056 is a reply to message #159594] Wed, 15 June 2005 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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First you do the tutorials in the help files. They will start you off. if you don't have them I might be able to mail them.

Then you go here. For basic websites.

http://www.apdz.com/v5/tuts/viewtut.php?tut=20

Then here. Make sure you sort by easy first. There are lots of starter text effects for you.

http://webdesign.templatemonster.com/web/flash/tutorials/

You learn action script here.

http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials.shtml

Everything else you will need is here.

http://www.metamorphozis.com/tutorials/table_of_content.php











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Hey Walrus - thanks! I did the first tutorial & it helped a bunch. Big Ups

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