Forte Inc
 

Started on my website.

http://forte.bloodsportgaming.com/Forte_inc_r.htm

Just have the basic layout done so far, but you get the idea of what it will look like in the end. comments?

take a graphics/web-design class. then share your work. other than that, keep on practicing.

at least align the text on the buttons properly oOo:

[quote="Jin-Roh":d9f80]take a graphics/web-design class. then share your work. other than that, keep on practicing.[/quote:d9f80]
I am oOo:

[quote=Forte]I am oOo:[/quote:edfd9]

you're not getting very much out of it, then. eek:

[quote="Jin-Roh":c364f][quote=Forte]I am oOo:[/quote:c364f]

you're not getting very much out of it, then. eek:[/quote:c364f]
public school website design.

utter shit

please stop.

thanks. thats sooooo helpfull.

It really is terrible though.

telling me specefic things that are terrible about it would be a little more helpful.

For a start:

*Center the text on ALL the buttons.

*Limit your website to no more than 3 main colours. Make sure they match.
(This includes buttons)

*Make sure the banners and headings have anti-aliased text. It looks really ugly without.

*Don't use more than 2 typefaces (a.k.a fonts ....Use one if you can, but ONLY two if you MUST) and make sure those two match. Your current choices could be improved. You should only really need one font because of the lack of text on your site anyway.

*Sort out the borders around the links...Make them all match.

*I'd look into making the general layout look more interesting and less "half-assed." Black and white is really quite boring when it's used like that. Throw in a colour.

*The anti-aliasing throughout really bugs me....

....Fix that and then show us how you go with it... freak:

put a table around the whole lot and centre it.

Make it look more appealing - add colours rather than black and white.

Like trip said, try to use only 1 font

You need something at the bottom to finish off the design.

thanks. this is actually very helpful.
I prefer the look of black and white over everything. considering everything on the website will be grayscale, except for those links at the top.

what are you using to do the scripting? directly from photoshop? Id recommend using Dreamweaver to do all the finite stuff, like creating the table and centering it. or you could edit the code directly

[code:3529a]<table width="779" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
[/code:3529a]

this is the line you need to edit at the top, copy and paste it if you want, notice i added the align="center"

Also for the color button links at the top, create a second set, grayscale, and create a mouse over, that would fade them into color, that will look better. Use dreamweaver if you can to do the coding or Google for the script to do that, i cant think of what it is, but as far as i know youd edit the CSS file to do so

me love ur cartoons

[img]http://www.vhtrc.org/fourplay/2003/coyote-poop.jpg[/img]

is that poo?

is that you?

updated very often.

[quote="Sgt. Paine":1f329]updated very often.[/quote:1f329]

meh...became to much of a pain in the ass...i just use it for huge storage

yeah im using Dreamweaver for this. Thanks for the tip. Ill try and fix all this up on monday in webdesign class.

photoshop = one of them ost powerful webdesign tools when not using html, learn the splice tool and you are set.

While we are at it, ill throw mine up.

http://www.4adrive.net


ignore the non-matching URL, and the GF1 copied forums. sleeping:

The text color is fine on my screen, but i guess its wayyy to dark on others, oh well calmdown:

looks good moon, work on the text though. rock:

[quote="Short Hand":83a0f]photoshop = one of them ost powerful webdesign tools when not using html, learn the splice tool and you are set.[/quote:83a0f]

took your advice. im rebuilding the site in Fireworks. I find it to be much cleaner. heres a preview of what it will look like.

[img]http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9701/forteinc8qs.png[/img]

the whole site looks like its been copied from the old aa.com site its even got the links displaying the old forum links from aa.com


Forte: the layout is looking better, still needs some work though

not too bad ...

my advice to you is : try to find a site you like and them duplicate it ... itll help you learn how to do what it is you like about the site and then you can apply it to your site however you see fit. im not saying to do exactly what theyve done, chances are you wont anyway, but itll be pretty damn close.

http://www.butterflysmasher.com is actually what I am going off of.

simple is always better when making a website. First you should think of what your trying to do with the site(what is the point of you making the site) which should determine a lot of the style. Also think of who will be looking at the site and try to cater to them. Your buttons should be accessible and clear and there should be some arrangement to the overall site. Graphics help attract people and there should be 1 or 2 fonts at the most like others have said, and the font should match the overall theme of the site.

heres one layout i just made to show you simplicity works.
http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... opy2to.jpg

heres another:
http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... opy8tu.jpg

yeah, your in pretty good shape so far. some things i noticed are the differences in the logos and their positions, and you should also consider adding some other colors.

I like the clean look of black and white. + when I do photography, I only do black and white.

stfu seńor!

Anyone likes a clean black and white, if it's clean. Yours is to irritating on the eyes. Ease it up a little with some gray or something and make it less blocky and smooth everything out.