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Offlineboxcarguy07
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how's my new website look? need help
    #14041500 - 02/28/11 12:05 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Hey there pub!

Well I'm a little hesitant to post a link to my website on the shroomery, because it has my full name in it, but what the hell.

www.keithduffmusic.com

Now I'm no professional website builder by any means. In fact, i haven't made a website since the days of Geocities and Angelfire haha

But I was looking for some feedback on the website design itself... what works, what looks shitty, is the content easy enough to access, etc.? Anything really.


Thanks for any advice


***UPDATE***:

I redesigned the website... I hope it looks better now (I think it looks a lot better)

However there's one thing that's pissing me off. The top image (the speaker grill looking one) will not stretch all the way across the page... I want it to cover the green color behind the logo completely. The website was made using a "template" and I cannot change this myself. The website maker does let you change the CSS code,  but I have no idea wtf I am doing, or for that matter, if the CSS code is what controls that.

Is there some kind internet-savvy soul who can help me out? i would be eternally grateful


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14041542 - 02/28/11 12:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)



seem like a chill dude:rasta:

oh and the sites looking good. it's a pretty simplie layout, and was easy to get around


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Salomon]
    #14041569 - 02/28/11 12:15 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The font in your yellow button SUCKS. I used to use that font years ago designing aol homepages LUL

other then the yellow buttons it is

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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Buckthorn]
    #14041586 - 02/28/11 12:18 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

hi Keith Duff..
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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: P-O]
    #14041728 - 02/28/11 12:38 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

i like it. simple but effective.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14041761 - 02/28/11 12:43 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Only thing that sticks out to me is the yellow buttons, something screams out of place.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Psy Baba]
    #14041788 - 02/28/11 12:47 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

My computer says your website is suspicious :P

Other than that, fix those yellow buttons.. to something a bit more neutral, it looks pretty solid.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: astrolope]
    #14041815 - 02/28/11 12:53 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

http://www.youtube.com/user/boxcarguy07
mmm i was just thinking about how bad it is to have a somewhat unique name... if you google search my youtube one you can see all my comments... i randomly did OP's a few minutes ago... :strokebeard:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Psy Baba]
    #14041823 - 02/28/11 12:53 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Also the roll over color on the top links   
    Home
    Audio
    Videos
    Bio / Discography
    E-mail

They almost disappear turning a dark grey on a black background. Maybe turn off the rollover color change or just make it a light grey color.

I don't really mind the yellow links on the side as much but it looks funny on the Audio and Video pages having giant buttons there. I do agree a neutral color would be better.

I should add the rest of it is very nice and easy to get around, and that is what is important. Just didn't want all negative in my post on a reread of it. :thumbup:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: 4runner]
    #14042345 - 02/28/11 02:03 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

You should add a scroller or something (not really sure what it's called) to display the song name that plays on the main page.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: x Ju x]
    #14042672 - 02/28/11 02:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

thanks for the advice guys. i'll take it all into consideration


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14042786 - 02/28/11 02:59 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

id say get rid of the auto-playing music.

use a basic flash player or just embed youtube videos.. dont make it automatic though. that is really bad design.

def dump the rollover colors or, at the very least, change them.

run through the content on the site too.. just a quick look i saw some typos.

im not personally a fan of those yellow buttons at all.. even the "logo" or whatever at the top.


i am a HUGE fan of simple, clean design. you dont need to be flashy to make a beautiful site.. no crazy transitions, no background music, no weird fonts, etc..

heres a project im just about finished:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: frith]
    #14043140 - 02/28/11 04:00 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

D'oh...
Noscript plugin in affect.

I didn't even notice the background music. Had to allow your site to hear it.

I will say i hate websites with music in the background. I mean just think how many tabs one could have open and all the music that could be playing at once.

I agree with just embedding some youtube link in there or something else that is simple and easy to play and stop.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: 4runner]
    #14043228 - 02/28/11 04:13 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

anunnakian said:
D'oh...
Noscript plugin in affect.

I didn't even notice the background music. Had to allow your site to hear it.

I will say i hate websites with music in the background. I mean just think how many tabs one could have open and all the music that could be playing at once.

I agree with just embedding some youtube link in there or something else that is simple and easy to play and stop.




true true, i'll take off the autoplay background music

what do you mean by noscript plugin in affect?


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14043263 - 02/28/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

so you can play guitar right and left handed?


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14043266 - 02/28/11 04:19 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

You have a good voice man :thumbup:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14043366 - 02/28/11 04:38 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

boxcarguy07 said:
what do you mean by noscript plugin in affect?





Oh just a firefox plugin that blocks things, scripts, videos, music, etc...

Meaning the first time i went there I did not allow your site so the music did not load.

When I heard there was music there I went back and went ah I have to allow it and boom music.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #14043378 - 02/28/11 04:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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You have a good voice man :thumbup:





Hell yeah!

And good luck in your endeavors.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: 4runner]
    #14043405 - 02/28/11 04:43 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah, that font in the yellow buttons, coming from a designers point-of-view, sucks big.  It is atrocious and does nothign to work with the palate you are using.

But, it's a nice site and easily navigatable.


You should have your email address somewhere, as opposed to using a button taking you to a resident email program.  For me, on my mac, I cannot access your email address at all.  Not sure why.

Good luck!


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: macmikem]
    #14047505 - 03/01/11 09:11 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

bump for updated first post


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14047645 - 03/01/11 09:53 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The site look good...and it is easy to navigate.

There is some room for improvement though, the two different shades of green seem a bit out of place. Also the buttons look a bit...well, not necessarily cheap, but old-fashioned...go look at some wordpress.org themes to get some inspiration (if you are already using wordpress, disregard)

I like your music, sounds cool...good luck...


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: 13.step]
    #14048154 - 03/01/11 12:03 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The new buttons are MUCH more fitting. Good job on that.

Though 13.step is right, the green background is a little out of place.

If you're wanting something simple yet sleek like what you kind of have going, I would go for shades of grey.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #14048218 - 03/01/11 12:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Wow man great job!  You took everyone's suggestions, and it's actually looking quite suave now.  Good music too man!

Keep it up.


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #14048676 - 03/01/11 01:58 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

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The new buttons are MUCH more fitting. Good job on that.

Though 13.step is right, the green background is a little out of place.

If you're wanting something simple yet sleek like what you kind of have going, I would go for shades of grey.




Hmm I'll try out some different background colors... grey seems like a good choice.


Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to voice their opinions. I like what the site is now so much better than what it was, and I have the pub to thank for it!


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14048991 - 03/01/11 02:59 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

You may want to have the foreground and background the same color so there is no differentiation.

You could also play with having a black background, and grey foreground, or even the inverse.
I would just play around with it till you find what you like best.

You could take screenshots of each style and upload the images here if you feel like your designer's eye isn't too developed.

Either way,
:thumbup:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #14067119 - 03/04/11 04:13 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

any thoughts on my "final" layout?

I'm sure there's still room for improvement but I really like how it is right now, especially over what is was to start, for those that saw it


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14067344 - 03/04/11 05:11 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

It's pretty cool man. I was looking thru it a bit and found it pretty easy and nicely designed. User friendly for sure.  :awedance:


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Re: how's my new website look? need help [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #14067347 - 03/04/11 05:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

im not crazy about the duplicate menus on the home page.. seem like a waste of space to me. :shrug:

id dump either the top or right side menu.. since the top navigation is global across the whole site id be more inclined to get rid of the right side links.



id get rid of that splash page too.. let people go right to the page instead of adding a barrier between the them.

The Oatmeal's 8 Websites You Need To Stop Building has a pretty good example at #7..



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