Sijun Forums :: View topic - [CRIT] Site Re-Design (worthlessfacts.com)

The Dude · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2000 5:08 am

Hi all, haven't posted in a while...slipped
back into lurking mode.

Anyways I re-designed WorthlessFacts.com
to try and make it a little easier to
navigate. I was going for something simple.
Let me know what you think.

Oh yeah, if you want to compare it to the old
version you can see that here OLD WorthlessFacts

THanks...

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My Hobby: WorthlessFacts.com
My Art: burden

[This message has been edited by The Dude (edited November 29, 2000).]

Zeio · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2000 12:59 am

Hey, nice job on the re-design. Your version does look much cleaner and easier to navigate. However, my only suggestion would be to create more contrast between text / background, or use some elements to seperate the two a little more.

Keep the same layout, as it works quite well, but I feel like my eyes are straining to read after a few minutes. Just my opinion.

Once again, nice job.

-Z

The Dude · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2000 4:59 am

Thanks for the advice. I switched the bulk
of the informational text to white. Let me
know if that helps.

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My Art: burden

maxwell · junior member Member # Joined: 27 Jul 2000 Posts: 25

The background is kind of bright, you might consider darkening it a bit.

Max

The Dude · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 5:48 am

Well I switched the informational content back
to dark grey instead of darkening the background.
I'm pretty happy with it now, but am still
open to suggestions.

HEY!!! Feel free to post any worthless facts
that you might know in this thread or through
the site.

THanks,

| The.Dude |
My Hobby: WorthlessFacts.com
My Art: burden

Matt Elder · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 5:58 am

The site is kinda addictive in that stupid sort of a way. I went for a pick of a look and found myself reading through all this worthless stuff. Yeah the new design and much better and I went to the new one first and had a good feel for the site as all the categories where on the main page. However on the old site, I didn't really know what was going on. One thing that I found difficult was some of your links. They aren't underlined and the blue colour is only slightly different from the normal text. It isn't inituitive and I think people are just going to miss too many links too easily.

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The Dude · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 6:19 am

Thanks Matt...I think you have a good point.
Originally I kind of wanted the different
colors to have meaning like anything black
would be a link, white would be informational
and so on, but I think that may be a little
too intuitive for some people. So I kind of
reversed the roll-overs. Links are still
black, but are underlined and then the underline
disappears when moused over. I think it works
a lot better that way.

I can't believe none of you has any worthless
knowledge to share!

| The.Dude |
My Hobby: WorthlessFacts.com
My Art: burden

Matt Elder · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 3:35 pm

Concrete goes hard.

Water is wet.

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solidtransient · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 4:17 pm

site looks good. Its very fast and efficient. Thats all you need.

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Jezebel · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 4:40 pm

Doesn't work in Netscape... at least not the version I have

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The Dude · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 6:19 pm

Very Funny elder...

I'm ssorry jezebel, I tested the site with
Netscape during the dessign process, but not
since I posted it. I will fix it tomorrow
and hopefully you will take a second look.

Thanks...

| The.Dude |
My Hobby: WorthlessFacts.com
My Art: burden

RobT · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 7:45 pm

I have a worthless fact. I cannot remember where I read it but here goes.
The word "fuck" has it's origins in medieval times when you needed permission from the king to mate with your spouse. When permission was granted the couple would have to place a sign above their door that read F.U.C.K. which meant "Fornification under consent of king".

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Jezebel · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:26 pm

I checked out the site in IE and it looks nice... I like simplistic design and color combinations. Just gotta make it work in Netscape and it'll be better.

-Beth

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The Dude · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:40 pm

RobT: That is a good fact, I thought that it
stood for (F)or (U)nlawful (C)arnal (K)nowledge

hmmm....I guess they are both good?

Jezebel: I swear it works with Netscape, no
really it does I just screwed up one little
thing in the code which I didn't know about
and since Netscape is such a big stinking
pile of %$#^*&%#%**&^%%$# but I sympathize
with the Netscape users so thats why I bothered
to make it compatible in the first place and
come to find out that unbeknownst to me it
wasn't (isn't) really working....but it will!

I will save the day, right after I stop my
drunken ramblings....goodnigt for now

Freddio · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2000 11:20 pm

quote:
Strict Brits
Head teachers in England can permanently expell students

You mean Principals can't boot ppl out of schools in the US?

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The Dude · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2000 9:24 am

I guess they probably could.

Thats a pretty worthless facts then, huh?

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My Art: burden

The Dude · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2000 2:02 pm

Okay, I think I fixed the Netscape crap thing,
but I can't test it cuz I don't have netscape
on this machine and I have to go. Hope it works

later!

|The Dude