[JoeComins - #119] Primal Design's Site Panel Future Design ? [Archive]

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 07:57 PM

I made a design for a site panel. Here it is on a live preview:

Or with the sitepanel words (Slightly informal)

http://primaldesigns.co.uk/119LivePreview/index.html
Or without the Site Panel words - More formal

http://primaldesigns.co.uk/119LivePreview/index2.html

What do you think really? And do you prefer? With or with Site Panel?
Your thoughts please?

C+C & /10

zoey101

22-10-2006, 07:58 PM

It's down!!! can you post on another server please!

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 07:59 PM

It's down!!! can you post on another server please!

Same for me ;(

Liberation

22-10-2006, 08:00 PM

mm. Not down for me. I really like them. I can't decide which one i prefure. Really nice.

zoey101

22-10-2006, 08:00 PM

;2399697']Same for me ;(
Is the server refusing us ! Post on another domain pleax

Lycan

22-10-2006, 08:00 PM

looks good.. i can't think of anything to say about it other then its good

7/10

Recursion

22-10-2006, 08:01 PM

nice designs!!!

I always love your work Joe ;)

lMattz

22-10-2006, 08:02 PM

Love it Joe, i think it would a little better in blue but thats my opinion :D

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 08:08 PM

Can anyone be so kind to post a screenshot of it for Us people who cannot acces the website.
Thanks

Olivier Pauwels
(+rep if u want ;))

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:09 PM

Works jsut fine for me :S And eveyrone else it would seem.

I dont have anywhere else to host it

zoey101

22-10-2006, 08:12 PM

host it on need2upload just put the image on

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:19 PM

http://www.****************/uploads/b90efd81f8.png

http://www.****************/uploads/b0f4a0b68d.png

They dont look too nice without the background

Try again! You dont even see the real background colour on the image - Its not the lightly purple at the side

zoey101

22-10-2006, 08:20 PM

they still look good - just as you sed no backgorund

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:21 PM

On the actual live previews, they have a darker background, and look a hell of a lot better

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 08:23 PM

Verry nice Joe.
I love how U have used +/- 2 colours but made it look good by using tint's of it.

Nice.

Greets,
Olivier Pauwels.

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:26 PM

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 08:31 PM

Huge amount of gradients, but just really subtle. Something that people forget when tehy use gradients!

Thanks Oli.

I would offer to swap links with you for Primal Designs, but your slightly too good!

Hehe, thanks.
Im willing to put your link on my site if ud like that.
U dont have to link back though, i dont want to disturb u in ur time.
;)

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:33 PM

http://primaldesigns.co.uk/

Look under: WANT TO SUPPORT PRIMAL DESIGN?

I think you'll either want a large link back, or not to have it on your site :)

SAMURAl555

22-10-2006, 08:34 PM

really nice joe more nice work but i dont remember you ever doing some bad work though

James!

22-10-2006, 08:35 PM

There nice, good job Joe.

DuHast

22-10-2006, 08:36 PM

Utter basicness in the logo which is brilliant as it can be used in any sort of layout as it can be easily vectored and transformed to any site.

Nice use of navigation with sub-categories and not just all crammed into one, but I think the main navigation should be at the top instead of the user panel as I hate going on websites where I have to search down far for a proper navigation and I leave the site as it's inaccessible for me.

Excellent content area only I have no idea what Google has to do there but you have lipsum text so i'm guessing it's just a stand-in image but you have absolutely no footer that I can see and all websites need that with a sitemap again, for SEO reasons of course they can be helpful.

Brilliant design again Joe but I don't think it's your best but i'm not entirely used to this sort of layout from you, 9.2/10. Sorry for any spelling mistakes it's very rushed as i'm trying to configure this silly thing.

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 08:37 PM

http://primaldesigns.co.uk/

Look under: WANT TO SUPPORT PRIMAL DESIGN?

I think you'll either want a large link back, or not to have it on your site :)

Ah, sorry, i cant acces their/your site.
What if i just put a link on my site.
Not a banner but just a link?

EDIT; btw Joe, on one of the screenie's u posted i just noticed u typed: "visist the site"

DuHast

22-10-2006, 08:40 PM

;2399998']Ah, sorry, i cant acces their/your site.
What if i just put a link on my site.
Not a banner but just a link?

What web browser are you using, Mozilla Firefox as I couldn't access it before on Linux but I can on MSIE6 and 7 and Opera 9.02.

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:40 PM

Thanks Dan. I was going to put teh footer on the sidebar, at the bottom(?!) in some form.

The Google logo is tehre as it was a logo that I could easily put there as an example image, as if it was a image of a website for a portfolio.

The Navigation is only 250-ish-px down at the start, so it fits on all screens. Even on a 800 x 600, its stil in view when you load the page :)

TY Dan! - I need some advertising ideas Dan :S

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:41 PM

What web browser are you using, Mozilla Firefox as I couldn't access it before on Linux but I can on MSIE6 and 7 and Opera 9.02.
I only use FF, IE, and Opera, and it works fine on all of them. I use FF 95% of the time, so I dont know. Ad everyone else can access it :)

[Oli]

22-10-2006, 08:42 PM

What web browser are you using, Mozilla Firefox as I couldn't access it before on Linux but I can on MSIE6 and 7 and Opera 9.02.

^^Im on an iMac g5

So im using Safari browser ;) but i have my pc on my desk too.
When i view in Internet Explorer or Firefox, i keep getting the screen; 'page not found'

DuHast

22-10-2006, 08:44 PM

I only use FF, IE, and Opera, and it works fine on all of them. I use FF 95% of the time, so I dont know. Ad everyone else can access it :)

Opera is the best browser hehe. As for advertising you go on SitePoint and perhaps DP? Put text-links into your signature and post something on there so you get more views hopefully and post on WebHostingTalk as you can get reccommended easily if your good.

Don't spam though dude. Also you could look into Google Adsense and PPC advertising do you go on Gtalk Joe as I deleted my Hotmail account last night (thanks sygon babe lol)

Mentor

22-10-2006, 08:47 PM

I love it, Although without the site panel words, they just look slapped on and tacky. The layout itself is Exelent, quite possibly the best work ive seen from you,

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:50 PM

WOW - Something Carl likes (L)

YOu did view it on the Live Preview right? And if Carl likes it, then Im bloody happy! :D

DuHast

22-10-2006, 08:52 PM

WOW - Something Carl likes (L)

YOu did view it on the Live Preview right? And if Carl likes it, then Im bloody happy! :D

Joe get it reviewed on SitePoint everyone gives paragraphed design critiques giving you brilliant tips there and it gets your text-link some views if you put it in your SP signature..

Mentor

22-10-2006, 08:56 PM

WOW - Something Carl likes (L)

YOu did view it on the Live Preview right? And if Carl likes it, then Im bloody happy! :D

i dunno, i haven't seen any of yours in a while, but i really really did like this one, theres maybe a few tiny annoyances, but as a whole the layout looks really impressive. Your old layouts used to look nice, but were after that pretty much unusable.
But this one, looks incredibly usable, and designed far better as a website, for example by the looks of it, the coded layout would require next to no images, vastly increasing load time and saving band width, while being very usable at the same time "/

So yea, i like it, alot.

JoeComins

22-10-2006, 08:56 PM

I was trying, but it said I coudlnt post on there yet, and I should read the form guidlines, even though Ive posted there before, and have posted on other peoples :S

I have GTalk - Whats your username

Jackboy

22-10-2006, 09:13 PM

OMGG I LOVE IT!!! So professional

200th Post :)

10/10 JOE!

JoeComins

23-10-2006, 10:36 AM

Quick Bump to get some more views . . .

J1MI (Forum Moderator) - It is not allowed to bump up a thread. Simply wait for someone to reply instead.

Jargit

23-10-2006, 10:38 AM

Their Good. But Joe at your level. You could of done better...

Josh-H

23-10-2006, 10:47 AM

I love it Joe :)

Really nice, except colour doesn't cut it for me, I think its too dark and would look even better than it does, (Which is already high) with a lighter more white colour.

This is the best of your primal design... designs I have seen as its much more usable and professional.

Its better without Site Panel as that makes it look a bit.. Eurgh lol.

Only bit I dont like is the logo and its reflection... Lets the layout down a bit.. maybe redesign it a little?

When its coded let us know as I like the idea of PM's to ask for quotes etc.