10 minute blog layout

[Fehm]

An uber quick blog layout i literally just made :L Its very basic, and grungey!

Not selling it or anything, just for my own experience, because its tooo crapp to sell,
Anything i can add??? :)
http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/4079328f50048f0blog.jpg


Thank yoo =D!

[l3etrayed]

Toooooooo Biggggg =]

[Fehm]

Help me! :) What size photoshop canvas should I use?? :)

[l3etrayed]

Help me! :) What size photoshop canvas should I use?? :)

You should use whatever canvas will fit onto your monitor. It's the content area size which you have to watch. I personally create my optimum canvas size at 1200x900 as that fits into my photoshop window quite nicely without any scrolling. I then create a new document at about 900x900 copy it into my main document im working on and then rename the layer "WIDTH" and put it to the bottom. I then ensure that all the main content will be within this area as the main resolution you should design for is 1024x768. and a width of 900 fits quite nicely with a good margin either side. (This is when Im doing centered layouts btw)

And I dont just mean the area is too big or the entire image. I mean all the fonts are too big and everything looks really blocky.

[Kyle!]

First of all, I'd like for people to stop using the phrase, "it was only made in such and such." It's getting used as a fallback plan incase anyone else thinks its ****, which you shouldn't be going about doing...

Anyway, I set mine to 900x600 or sometimes 1000x500 depends what mood I'm in! :P

[Sam]

First of all, I'd like for people to stop using the phrase, "it was only made in such and such." It's getting used as a fallback plan incase anyone else thinks its ****, which you shouldn't be going about doing...

Anyway, I set mine to 900x600 or sometimes 1000x500 depends what mood I'm in! :P

Amen ^^

I second that.

[Source]

I personally just create rules to design within, a good width I find is usually 850px (for the design, not the canvas).

I upped a psd to explain what I mean (created in photoshop CS3 ). Open it up and press ctrl + h (to enable "extras") then you will see the rulers appear for you to work in between. Press ctrl + h again to hide, on saving of the image those rules will obviously not be rendered out.

http://www.tweevo.com/downloads/850_width_template_rules.psd

[Fehm]

I personally just create rules to design within, a good width I find is usually 850px (for the design, not the canvas).

I upped a psd to explain what I mean (created in photoshop CS3 ). Open it up and press ctrl + h (to enable "extras") then you will see the rulers appear for you to work in between. Press ctrl + h again to hide, on saving of the image those rules will obviously not be rendered out.

http://www.tweevo.com/downloads/850_width_template_rules.psd


Thanks alot! :)
Helps alot, ill +Rep

[Josh-H]

This definetly looks like a 10 minute blog layout...

[Wouter]

This definetly looks like a 10 minute blog layout...

Well that's constructive.

[Fehm]

This definetly looks like a 10 minute blog layout...

Least im trying...

Thanks for all the comments guys

[Cixso]

This definetly looks like a 10 minute blog layout...


Well that's constructive.

And stating the obvious.

Image doesn't work anymore btw.