"Emo" blog design.

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06-05-2007, 10:07 PM
Invent

"Emo" blog design.

Hey,

I designed a sort of "emo" template for my blog, it says it's valid xhtml/css, etc but its not at the moment :P

The site can be found at www.emoandproud.com.

Please comment on it and tell me where I can improve :)

Thanks

-Simon
06-05-2007, 10:10 PM
:Liam

Its ok :). 8/10 good work :)
06-05-2007, 10:11 PM
Invent

Thanks :)

I've still got to do some things like move the content & nav furthur to the right.
06-05-2007, 10:22 PM
Colin-Roberts

the background on index2.php takes forever to load.
06-05-2007, 10:29 PM
Aflux

Yes, BG takes forever.
06-05-2007, 10:30 PM
Invent

I know >.<

Don't know how to make it load faster. It fits as a desktop background thats why it takes so long.
06-05-2007, 10:36 PM
Mentor

*grabs shotgun*
06-05-2007, 10:39 PM
Invent

Would that be because of the emo style? :rolleyes:
06-05-2007, 10:41 PM
:alexxTURNER

Overall I would say 8/10 it's alright.
Make the red on the background a bit darker.
+rep.
06-05-2007, 10:44 PM
The Professor

Quote:

Originally Posted by 01101101entor

*grabs shotgun*

Im the first to join you ;)
06-05-2007, 11:14 PM
killermickle

I like that alot 9.5/10 As the font isnt great ;)
06-05-2007, 11:28 PM
PinkFM

Whats the font on the banner?
The one with wings it's nice :]

also 9/10
06-05-2007, 11:32 PM
lew!

I dont like it, probberly because im not emo. LOl i like the first bit of the site where you need 2 click enter or w.e
06-05-2007, 11:52 PM
Mentor

In addition to the shotgun comment. It looks pretty horrible to anyone not useing the screenres the wallpaper your useing as a background fits to, the repetes look pretty tacky and misaligned, you should ether get a backrgound that will look right for people with bigger screen sizes or center it as a ridgid layout. Doing nether aint a good idea.
The font used in the layout dosnt really fit, its far to formal looking. The nav being text based doesnt fit with the highly graphical theme of the rest ether, it also has some pretty dodgy spaceing.
The bottom bit, with all the w3 standards and copyright, dispite just being an image looks pretty good as does the logo on the spash page. Although it doesnt fit well with the red used on the main site.

So im not really a fan, doesnt appeal to me. Secondly as a more bias point your giving a bad name to british teens. *regrabs shotgun*
06-05-2007, 11:57 PM
QuickScriptz

Not bad although I think that somewhere in there you should technically credit the creator of the font you used as the "wings" are just part of the font file and you are kinda using it as your logo :S just a thought?

But other than that it looks pretty good, but bg does load slow :(
07-05-2007, 06:34 AM
Recursion

V. Nice template, but as other people said, BG Takes forever to load :]

Emoz FTW.
07-05-2007, 09:19 AM
Blob

NOOO! WE ARE LOSING HIM*

*Before mods infract me, I was joking seems to Si making his life into an emo.
07-05-2007, 09:31 AM
redtom

Love it +rep once the server lags gone

I think you've just inspired me for my next few templates.

BTW: it did't take long to load at all for me.
07-05-2007, 10:14 AM
Mr.OSH

I like the whole thing really. Nice use of colours and various effects across the page. Nice use of the header font. The whole thing looks generally great Simon! Well Done 9/10. Also I like the domain name, well done. :P + rep. Only one negative comment (you knew it was coming!) the background does load a little slower than the rest of the layout, OK for most people that wont matter but for the people who have slower internet connections I could be slightly annoying. Anyway overall its great!
07-05-2007, 11:03 AM
Luckyrare

mmm, nothing much there to rate or comment on.

On the welcome page you could embed the background so it downloads it into the cache and then when you go onto the next page it will be there / take less time.

If the sites about emos then it should look emo, at the moment it doesn't really look emo at all.
07-05-2007, 11:55 AM
Oni

*Grabs uzi* I think I will join you
07-05-2007, 02:42 PM
ScottDiamond

*Grabs shotgun*

I'll join you.

UGH, I don't liek emo'ish stuff. :P

and LOL Ryan. made me laugh.
07-05-2007, 05:05 PM
Robbie

*grabs shotgun*

Takes forever to load, dont really like it sorry. 3/10.
07-05-2007, 05:08 PM
Blob

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolby

*grabs shotgun*

Takes forever to load, dont really like it sorry. 3/10.

The gun or the layout?
07-05-2007, 05:10 PM
Robbie

Lol! Layout.
07-05-2007, 05:13 PM
Blob

Anyway, Si, well done :D
07-05-2007, 05:54 PM
redtom

I think if no one said anything about emo lots of people would of said they like it but instead because the word emo is said they all go anti-emo.
07-05-2007, 06:09 PM
Oni

The layout itself isnt great its ok but EMOS GRRR
07-05-2007, 06:34 PM
Mentor

Quote:

Originally Posted by redtom

I think if no one said anything about emo lots of people would of said they like it but instead because the word emo is said they all go anti-emo.

In all honestly, the layout looks crap reguadless of the anti-emo sentiment. It doesnt fit in my browser screen at all. My screen is to big so the background doubles up in to a horrible mess.
07-05-2007, 06:36 PM
Oni

Quote:

Originally Posted by 01101101entor

In all honestly, the layout looks crap reguadless of the anti-emo sentiment. It doesnt fit in my browser screen at all. My screen is to big so the background doubles up in to a horrible mess.

Same as mine, repeatingness.
07-05-2007, 07:47 PM
QuickScriptz

@Everyone - LMAO

Honestly people... I have made some amazing msn display pics lately and they are all "emo style" but looks fantastic... I will post some later...
07-05-2007, 07:53 PM
redtom

Quote:

Originally Posted by 01101101entor

In all honestly, the layout looks crap reguadless of the anti-emo sentiment. It doesnt fit in my browser screen at all. My screen is to big so the background doubles up in to a horrible mess.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozzie

Same as mine, repeatingness.

I did't mean every one would love it I'm just saying more people would of said that they liked it, and if it doesn't then change your rez to view it then change it back.

Anyway please don't post back saying change my rez and I still don't like it, thats your view I'm not saying that you have to think its good or not.
07-05-2007, 08:54 PM
Mentor

Quote:

Originally Posted by redtom

I did't mean every one would love it I'm just saying more people would of said that they liked it, and if it doesn't then change your rez to view it then change it back.

Anyway please don't post back saying change my rez and I still don't like it, thats your view I'm not saying that you have to think its good or not.

Thats possibly one of the stupidest comments ive heard in a while? i should change my screen resolution to view a website? Thats horribly bad practice a good site should work in pretty much any resolution, on any bowser. Telling someone to change there own setup to view someones site because its so poorly designed its unable to correctly work on others is pure stupidity.

IF Invent wants his layout to suck less hes bloody well going to have to improve it, like any decent designer. Not tell people something so stupid as to change there own setup to fix an issue with his site, as you are doing now.

If you think people should have to change webbrowser, screen resolution or anything else in order for a site to look good, you have no business pretending to be a decent web designer.

</rant>
08-05-2007, 01:14 PM
bullwinkle

Nice private myspace.
08-05-2007, 02:41 PM
Oni

I agree with carl it should be rated on how it looks in your browser as thats how id normally look at it if it was a normal site.
08-05-2007, 02:49 PM
arouse

i don't see anything emo about it, apart from you about me. "yer...well pplz call meh em0z so i gess i am wun!!11"

sorry, i don't like it at all.
08-05-2007, 03:04 PM
redtom

Simon how come you've pointed the domain it at your myspace? Use the it for a proper website, the domains ace.

@ 01101101entor;

Theres a reason I asked you not to reply because it's just spam if you had any comment sense you would know that I meant to view the design not for the web site, also I don't see how you can say its a stupid remark when theres the huge IE & FF problems on many sites, even you have advertised to people to get FF to view your site better.

If you still want to waste your time fight over something stupid like this then you know how to pm people, this has to be like the 3rd time we have argued over our own views each time I've asked you not to carry on post yet you still do and then try to make it look like your ending it by posting childish stuff like this;

Quote:

</rant>

if it happens again just pm me don't spam some one other guys thread.
08-05-2007, 03:09 PM
Oni

Redtom you are completely wrong this time in my opinion, he wants us to rate his blog so we do, we rate it on how it looks not how it should look. No one will visit his site if you have to change your resolution.
08-05-2007, 03:48 PM
Invent

Quote:

i don't see anything emo about it, apart from you about me. "yer...well pplz call meh em0z so i gess i am wun!!11"

sorry, i don't like it at all.

If you haven't realised I have directed it to my MySpace for the moment until I've finished my blog/portfolio ;]
08-05-2007, 05:15 PM
Sam

Whats with the whole emo trend Simon?

Rofl ;P