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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Well following the Doc's instructions (I was going to do it anyway, honest) here: [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum15/HTML/000056.html]www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum15/HTML/000056.html[/url] I finally grabbed a domain I was meaning to pick up a while back and threw some ideas together (its taken a while for my temporary free hsting to kick in - which has been frustrating). So this is just stage 1 - pretty experimental and I'm seeking opinions on whether I'm going down the right road. I had been playing with one design which had all sorts of tabbed windows and stylesheet changers but I wasn't happy (it also didn't work in Opera so I was doubly unhappy). DL-44 asked me to make a button when I became an Associate over at the GN and I ended up going for something simple and low tech which gave me the general idea for the current design. My main concern at this stage is two-fold: 1. How readable is the text. The light colour of the text on that background might not work (I think it does but I need an opinion). 2. Does the concept stink? I was aiming for something papery and Oriental but whenever I try things like this I usual push it too far and it looks awful. I was going to add some marks and features to 'dirty up the edges, for example, but didn't want to run before I could walk. 3. Is it obvious what the main navigation links say. As I'm my own worse critic I thought I'd throw in my thoughts: 1. The colour is slightly off on the Emperor logo (it looks OK on my monitor but this TFT screen takes no prisoners). 2. I've gone for a single peixel line behind the navigation but the anti-aliasing of the letters breaks up the look (esp. noticeable for me at 800x600) so I suspect I'll have to incorporate the line 3. Possibly the font size and spacing on the logo should be changed to match the navigation (or not - thoughts?). 4. I've tested it in NS4.x, NS6, IE6, Op6 on two PCs (at 2 different resolutions) and it seems OK (a little stark in NS4.x but I'll work on that) - anyone fancy looking at it with a Mac as I seem to have a talent. 5. There a few graphical issues - the 'o' of home needs to be moved over slightly. 6. Hmm wonder if I've forgotten anything?? Anyway none of the links work (although I have content for some of those pages) but before I became to fond of the design and added oher features (and carved it up into includes) I thought I'd seek your opinion. And I probably owe you all!!! Anyway its at: [url=http://www.the-emperor.org]www.the-emperor.org[/url] Let me know what you think and I can move on to bringing it up to speed or I can throw it in the bin and start again!! Emps [edit: typos and just to say that it is also up for review here: [url=http://www.gurusnetwork.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=000050]www.gurusnetwork.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=19;t=000050[/url] ] [img]http://www.miscminutiae.com/sig/emps_oz_sig.gif[/img] [b]A good buttock will always find a bench for itself[/b] - Estonian proverb [This message has been edited by Emperor (edited 03-15-2002).] Loading...
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