Forums » Suggestions
Rebuilding The Vendetta site
Ok based on the exsact same layout im suggesting a new design which ill be developing over the coming weeks. I previously did a design about 8 months ago, and an ad which are both still open if the devs want to use them sometime later on down the road.
Old sugggestions.
http://www.artwrkz.net/crumble_planetvendetta6.jpg
http://www.artwrkz.net/vendetta_better.jpg
However I was never able to build off the logo as I could never obtain a good copy of it, but conveniantly enough with the new raptor wallpaper it was easy to cut out and save the file in Photoshop cs. This way instead of trying to build a new color set for Vendetta im drawing my colors from the logo itself. Instead of making the devs rebuilding the site completely i'm going to build it based on the current layout, just kinda upgrade it. So far i've only completed the side bar, which may be alittle off.
Vendetta Side bar
I dont think the spacing is right but ill take a screenshot of the current layout and match up the size of things. Im thinking for each of the links we would make them a roll over of some kind, probably darking the text and lightening the blues. Some things arent lined up as they should be but this is a general Idea. All colors were pulled from the vendetta logo, and the background image is a screenshot as is current with the Vendetta site.
Anyway thats what I have after 15 minutes of work on a new design.
Thanks for looking and please come back,
Chikira
PS. To the devs, if you have any design suggestions as well, id love to hear them.
Old sugggestions.
http://www.artwrkz.net/crumble_planetvendetta6.jpg
http://www.artwrkz.net/vendetta_better.jpg
However I was never able to build off the logo as I could never obtain a good copy of it, but conveniantly enough with the new raptor wallpaper it was easy to cut out and save the file in Photoshop cs. This way instead of trying to build a new color set for Vendetta im drawing my colors from the logo itself. Instead of making the devs rebuilding the site completely i'm going to build it based on the current layout, just kinda upgrade it. So far i've only completed the side bar, which may be alittle off.
Vendetta Side bar
I dont think the spacing is right but ill take a screenshot of the current layout and match up the size of things. Im thinking for each of the links we would make them a roll over of some kind, probably darking the text and lightening the blues. Some things arent lined up as they should be but this is a general Idea. All colors were pulled from the vendetta logo, and the background image is a screenshot as is current with the Vendetta site.
Anyway thats what I have after 15 minutes of work on a new design.
Thanks for looking and please come back,
Chikira
PS. To the devs, if you have any design suggestions as well, id love to hear them.
Suggestions:
Don't assume fonts. Assume that most people will be using Arial/Helvetica or Times as their system font, and it will all be the same. In your layout you've got Trajan, Verdana, Helvetica and Helvetica condensed.
Assume that the end user will want to control his/her fontsize as well, so make sure than any layout can scale, even with 18 point text for us old geezers.
Perhaps think about what the website would look like with a "hideable" sidebar.
Like I said 6 months ago when you originally posted it, I like the artwork and the general colors. But gimme a reason for the cracked planet. Show some kind of representation of the three "races" in exile (i.e. Red Prom, Blue Valk, Yellow Maud).
I've never been overly fond of the current Vendetta Logo, it beginning to look a little dated. I like the sharp serif (Times?) font that you re-did it in.
Don't assume fonts. Assume that most people will be using Arial/Helvetica or Times as their system font, and it will all be the same. In your layout you've got Trajan, Verdana, Helvetica and Helvetica condensed.
Assume that the end user will want to control his/her fontsize as well, so make sure than any layout can scale, even with 18 point text for us old geezers.
Perhaps think about what the website would look like with a "hideable" sidebar.
Like I said 6 months ago when you originally posted it, I like the artwork and the general colors. But gimme a reason for the cracked planet. Show some kind of representation of the three "races" in exile (i.e. Red Prom, Blue Valk, Yellow Maud).
I've never been overly fond of the current Vendetta Logo, it beginning to look a little dated. I like the sharp serif (Times?) font that you re-did it in.
Thanks for the suggestions Lebermac, I will note that my older designs arent quiet up to snuff with what I can do now. I've taken into account alll of your suggestions as I think you stated them before, lol let us not remember the frist few designs I did about a year ago.... eck... lol.
Unfortunately when I attempted to add in a prom/valk or maud, it just cheapened the look of the overall site, however my new design will most likely cover that. I did some work on it this evening and its turning out pretty well. The layout is basically the same as the current site, but with some modern improvements. I had to adjust the colors on the logo somewhat , as the colors being pulled from it tended to be to saturated and blew out whatever section I was working on
Overall when im done with the new design I think ill be able to please everyone with it, The way im buildng it should make the actual coding and re-working of the site very easy, as im still using the same two coloumn layout as the current one. So far most of the design is completed and ive fixed the spacing issues on the left hand side. Im reworking the main header to see if I can get a better look than the current one, however the current vendetta header works enough, and will work well with a few color corrections. The main section is mostly complete. Still futsing around with the main colors and trying to rebuild the current Vendetta ad on the front page.
Thanks for the suggestions Leber.
Chikira out
Unfortunately when I attempted to add in a prom/valk or maud, it just cheapened the look of the overall site, however my new design will most likely cover that. I did some work on it this evening and its turning out pretty well. The layout is basically the same as the current site, but with some modern improvements. I had to adjust the colors on the logo somewhat , as the colors being pulled from it tended to be to saturated and blew out whatever section I was working on
Overall when im done with the new design I think ill be able to please everyone with it, The way im buildng it should make the actual coding and re-working of the site very easy, as im still using the same two coloumn layout as the current one. So far most of the design is completed and ive fixed the spacing issues on the left hand side. Im reworking the main header to see if I can get a better look than the current one, however the current vendetta header works enough, and will work well with a few color corrections. The main section is mostly complete. Still futsing around with the main colors and trying to rebuild the current Vendetta ad on the front page.
Thanks for the suggestions Leber.
Chikira out
its going good, ask the devs or the players...get pictures of all of the cap ships and new stuff togeather..
CSS and XHTML > HTML, tables, and images.
wtf is wrong with tables you idjut?
They're for tabular data. Unsurprisingly.
make more :)
Lol I've made more, the real question is when am I gonna upload it? lol