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Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:10 PM (#1)

lynxphp design

Please be rude about my new design for lynxphp: http://cl.ly/413z2R3W0J1d1O1B1q3o/o

It is based somewhat on a design by Renegade, but all the bad bits are mine :-)

Anyway, criticism please!

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Current design: http://cl.ly/092o2t2p0W1x2t1x2q2b/o

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:58 PM (#2)

Typography.

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:59 PM (#3)

NeilHanlon, on 09 May 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Typography.

In developer speak? 0_o

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 02:56 PM (#4)

callumacrae, on 09 May 2012 - 01:59 PM, said:

In developer speak? 0_o

The relative sizing of the different text elements in your design need to be reworked. The content paragraphs seem too big and bold, the title of the article is bigger than the logo-type, the date is too large. The spacing could be better as well, I'd add some padding between the date and the first paragraph... and to make this sound not as sour and make it constructive criticism, I like the colour scheme and good job!

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 03:36 PM (#5)

iCyan, on 09 May 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 03:47 PM (#6)

iCyan, on 09 May 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

Thanks, I'll fix some of that later :-)

Re title being bigger than logo, what's wrong with that?

@Fike: Thanks for your helpful and constructive criticism.

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 03:51 PM (#7)

callumacrae, on 09 May 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Re title being bigger than logo, what's wrong with that?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so others might be fine with it, and there's nothing "wrong" per say, but from a UI/UX perspective, it throws me off a bit when I see such a large title, in reference to the things around it.

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 05:25 PM (#8)

I swear Ive seen that background on a developer documentation site with the same sort of theme.

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 05:42 PM (#9)

Hmmm. Personally for me, it looks pretty bland. I'm normally a minimilist kinda person, but I think it NEEDS something. Whether that be a vertical menu bar below the banner, or a very simple column to the ;eft/right with a calender/archive/recommened reading/fb/twitter/YT/g+/digg etc. links. I think on the right would look good.

I like the colour scheme!

Is that the logo for lynxphp? Because I think you need to make a logo for it. It would the site look overal alot better if there was a logo.

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 06:08 PM (#10)

Callum isn't a designer, TheMaster. I'm sure one of us could make him a logo.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 12:01 AM (#11)

+1 bland

Maybe you should have done more work before posting here.

Lynx ... Logo ... Something that symbolizes the pointy striped ears.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 12:02 AM (#12)

I'm not doing a logo yet, I'm going to do that when I've changed the name.

SapporoGuy, on 10 May 2012 - 12:01 AM, said:

+1 bland

Maybe you should have done more work before posting here.

Lynx ... Logo ... Something that symbolizes the pointy striped ears.

Wrong lynx!

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 03:56 AM (#13)

callumacrae, on 10 May 2012 - 12:02 AM, said:

Wrong lynx!

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 04:24 AM (#14)

Sephern, on 10 May 2012 - 03:56 AM, said:

Wrong lynx!

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 05:56 AM (#15)

Made some changes: http://cl.ly/092o2t2p0W1x2t1x2q2b/o

In addition to fixing a few typography issues, I also added the links to the header, changed the article text, and added tags.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 02:54 PM (#16)

Made the index page: http://cl.ly/0w193y04391U2P0g2n1a/o

I don't like it. I don't know why.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 05:51 PM (#17)

I feel like the titles are too big. And the text of the date is not a fitting font. The tags really draw my eye away from the text. Also, the search bar should align with something instead of just kinda floating. Have you considered no rounded corners for the search bar, as everything else is right angles besides that?

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 12:04 AM (#18)

The date font is the same font as everything else, and the search bar won't let me straighten it out.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 01:23 PM (#19)

callumacrae, on 09 May 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Thanks, I'll fix some of that later :-)

Re title being bigger than logo, what's wrong with that?

@Fike: Thanks for your helpful and constructive criticism.

I was just agreeing with what he said.