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(spam) my slashdot redesign
 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2006-09-08 04:19 [#01967321]
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although this competition is now over i thought id share
with you guys my redesign of the slashdot website to see
what you thought. the rules stated that the existing xhtml
tags must be used and only the CSS could be changed.

So this is what i came up with. I submitted it like this even though I wasnt
100 about the right column so that i could get feedback and
iterate. he said it was a very cool page, but alas not what
they were looking for! (so i didnt change it)


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2006-09-08 04:20 [#01967322]
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oh and the gap at the top is for their big ad banner!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-08 04:23 [#01967326]
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looks great to me, like a normal professional site. maybe
it's overly green and the dark green could be black. do you
have to know a programming language, or just use html or
what?


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2006-09-08 04:27 [#01967328]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker | Followup to w M w: #01967326



Just changed the existing CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)! I
think you are right about the green, thats also what they
said. I think thats what i find most difficult with
webdesign - getting colours right and knowing what to colour
what. Thanks!


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-08 04:27 [#01967329]
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the top part with the pattern is good, but there's too much
green overall. i'd have either made the main body background
much paler or completely white. i'm not sure about the right
column either, there's too many cut off corners and gaps...
and i must say the red and green look horrible together to
my eyes.


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2006-09-08 04:35 [#01967332]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker | Followup to horsefactory: #01967329



Sorry, I should also have said that the green had to be used
too as it is Slashdot's colour.

I pretty much agree, but red and green are complimentry
colours, and the green I fed to the colour combo tool spat
out that shade of red and I thought they went quite well.
Thanks though. It's nice to get feedback outside of
friends/family.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-08 04:40 [#01967333]
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i realise you had to use green, but not so much of it is the
point i was trying to make. that colour tool can be useful,
but i'd always rely on my own judgement before it.


 

offline staz on 2006-09-08 04:41 [#01967335]
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looks great, lovely simple design that's really easy to
navigate through. good job!


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-09-08 04:58 [#01967340]
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Not a bad design. I'm with Horsefactory on the green
background. I'd have preferred white or something paler.
That's just me (and him) though. Better than any design I'd
have come up with.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-09-08 05:34 [#01967359]
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Very hard to read top of the page links, at least in my
monitor...


 


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