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Slimjimer · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 3:41 pm

I am sick of my current website and it is time for a new one. I have been thinking forever about how I should make it. I have made a color scheme and I know what fonts I am going to use but I am completely blank for ideas on the layout

. How did you decide on the layout for your site? Could anyone give me some advice on how I can go about designing my site and how to choose what goes where and whatnot? I want to make something completely original that doesn't look like the same old thing I see all day. Thanks in advance.

My current site is here by the way.

[ July 13, 2002: Message edited by: Slimjimer ]

AndyT · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 4:38 pm

Just read the most important dos and don'ts! If you actually pay heed to what is said there your site will stand out eventually!
I found that it's what people appreciate most...
...besides the content (of course) if art is what the page is about!
Layout wise I personally like pages that stick to the most common design ideas.
You don't have to be that resourceful in that respect I guess!

zak · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:48 am

hmm, a nice and easy way to navigate, thats what i went for, not incredibly flashy i know, but i does the job. force yourself to sit down for a few hours and just think about what the damn bugger should look like, youre bound to come out with someting interesting

Slimjimer · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:06 pm

That javascript thing sounds good. Where can I find some script or tutorials on how to write some basic gallery handling stuff?

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2) - Make it very simple to maintain - to add new artwork and remove old artwork.

-I agree! I need to remember that.

I just got offered a little web design job from my dad for the company he is a part of. At least now I will have someone to make me actually finish my site.

eyewoo · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 11:26 pm

When I designed my last site - after several previous sites - I had two things chiefly in mind...

1) - The site is to show off my artwork, not my website design.

2) - Make it very simple to maintain - to add new artwork and remove old artwork.

To satisfy the first, I decided on a simple left side navigation with full right side content (thumbnails and picture displays)

To satisfy the second, I used a single included javascript file to control the entire site... so that adding a new picture is simply a matter of adding one line of code to the file. Removing a picture entails removing the picture's code line. (I'd recommend getting into Javascript if you haven't already)

oh yeah, and there was a third thing ... stay away from Flash ...