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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

10/15/2004 07:24:42 PM · #1

I figure Travis got such a a response with that title, it must be good!

www.Turn1images.com

I'm still fine tuning and converting some pages over from the old look to the new look. The basic idea is there and most is complete.

Message edited by author 2004-10-15 19:24:57.

vince31874

10/15/2004 07:28:38 PM · #2

Nice layout.

I can list you in my links section of my site. Let me know if you are interested.

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

10/15/2004 07:38:15 PM · #3

Overall it has a nice look. A few things I personally didn't care for though... The headings are a little hard to read with the heavy drop shadows and dark colors. (welcome, latest additions, etc) If you make it a lighter drop shadow it would be more readable.

Might also be nice to have some sort of placeholder image for each of the galleries so it's visually easier to find the individual galleries.

When you go to a gallery the color scheme changes completely which makes it look like an unrelated site. Also, some gallery links open to what you think is the actual gallery but is only a splash page that you have to click again to get to the actual gallery which again opens another window. I don't mind the first new window but it should be reused as long as you are in the same gallery.

Other than these issues the layout is very clean with a nice color pallet.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/15/2004 07:43:59 PM · #4

the double lined links are kind of annoying, how about bold, or a different color?

try to keep the number of pages opened to a minimum. keep things consistant.

you can tear my site apart too if you'd like

10/15/2004 07:47:08 PM · #5

Techno: Thats the part that I still need to convert from the old look to the new look, hence the drastic change to a black back ground. I'll be changing those this weekend. Also the opening of new pages that you commented on. A new window will open for the gallery that you enter but going past the splash screen will not open yet another window once I'm done.

I can try a lighter drop shadow around the navigation items. I tried it without any shadow at first and it defianetly needed something to bring the text out from the backgrounds. I'll try a lighter shadow and see how it looks.

The hard part was making the red work. Red is the primary color of my business and I wanted to encorporate it into the site. But making red work on a website is difficult to say the least because it can easily strain the eyes and over power images. I hope I found a good balance without being tacky about it.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/15/2004 07:48:49 PM · #6

I wasnt sure about the double lines either when hovering the mouse over a link, I'll make it so it changes color instead.

Imagineer

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/15/2004 07:49:49 PM · #7

Perhaps these new "Cool My..." threads should be renamed "Give me my design consultancy for free - it's not as if it's a skilled trade like banking, plumbing, accountancy or computer networks after all - is it?"
; )