Comments for Help Me Redesign EcoGeek Part 2! at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 27 out of 20 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:32:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-17014 The header part is good, but the below content blocks should be in top rounded with below flat corners. Try this look eco friendly... Thanks & Regards... RAGHAV... http://www.raghav4web.com - RAGHAVENDRA MAHUNDRAKAR Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:37 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16987 All in all, the one thing I'd say about the design is it's very... light. there's a ton of white and green, which is good, but there's a real lack of contrast. Some darker colors might help to improve it slightly. Other than that, the information is organized well and the design looks good! nicely done. - Chaz Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:26:26 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16979 One more thing. Maybe you should consider to add a rating bar so people can give you a feedback. And I hope the new version will fully support Firefox. - gico Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:56:18 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16969 Please get rid of comments counter on the main page. They are irrelevant at this stage. And your page would be even more cleaner. Otherwise you made a GOOD WORK! - gico Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:14:00 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16965 My hat is off to the designer. This new site surely has every possible short cut to any possible subject related to the Environment. However, that is the problem; way too much going on here. Some may view this as easier access, but I view it as way too many choices. A simple search engine or a site index is a great way to look for stuff if you are wanting to drill down. It could also help to put to the front the ability to scan previous headlines; after all; that is the reason why ECOGEEK holds my interest each week. - Mike Barnett Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:57:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16960 I like the old design, I like the new design. I totally love the underlying concept and that someone's finally done such a generally fine job of realizing it. My only big want is a little better attention to the proofreading. I'm old, and care about such things. :) I'll help with that if you like. ;) - Samantha Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:40:56 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16953 As an aside, you might want to register the domain name ecogeek.com and have it automatically redirect to the regular .org site - Gurndigarn Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:06:42 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16947 I like the green menu [home, about, forum, ...] don't think I mentioned that last time! Sorry about assuming the margins re: point 3 would be there no matter what browser size. I wondered if it was just for the mock up, then decided not to take any chances ;D - Penny Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:31:50 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16946 I think it would be a good idea for the boxes on the left and right to match... With the tan and green (left) as opposed to the green and white.. Does that make any sense at all? I tried. I like the more vivid colors and the curves on the boxes on the left! ;D - Adriane Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:59:46 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16945 One thing I forgot to mention. Put an outline:none; in the CSS for your logo to get rid of the outline when you click on it. It adds 5 Professionalism. - ChrisAN Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:54:18 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16944 Making the new layout to be flexible is going to help you with people who have a different display, e.g. mobile, Mac, etc. Use relative values for the width in your CSS. The main content box could be 80% wide or so. 14pt/16pt font would be nice, but you may loose some ad-clickers, if the font in them appears to be too small. If you like money stick with the smaller font, if you like to please your visitors go with a bigger one. - Nikita Kondraskov Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:49:37 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16943 Only been reading your site since around Christmas and Clinch has said it all for me - I prefer the current layout. I've only once or twice followed the links at the top - Carectomy etc. but there is something fitting and organic about those links being there and the corner of my eye misses them from the new design - although the cluster of related articles is useful, something you see in a lot of newspaper sites. Is there a danger that a site could get too overloaded with function i.e. would a forum on another site be an option? The site is lovely and clean the way it is. I'm also now going around saying 'laptopectomy' on the interest of one of your affiliates.. - audi Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:25:09 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16942 I like it how it is right now, but the new one is good too. Anything involving Hank Green is good in my book. - Florence Brem Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:23:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16936 I like the new design! However, I do hope you keep in mind to make sure the design doesn't go all wonky on the many MANY different browsers out there at the moment. ;) - Ali S. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:14:14 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16935 Overall I really like the new design. My only $0.02 is to avoid basically duplicating the "Are you an EcoGeek?" box in the box below (starting with "EcoGeek RSS") as repeating this can be seen a bit pushy. Or if you really want to have the same info again below to give people a chance to see it further down the page, I'd visually differentiate the box more (perhaps make it smaller/narrower) to avoid the impression of duplicating it. - Josh Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:11:01 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16932 I agree it needs a tree in the top-left. Like the related stories. The higher saturation green looks good. The right-hand column looks cluttered, I don't like having to scroll down for the popular stories (They're the top stories, why aren't they on top?) Good tweaks overall. - Izzy Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:51:49 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16931 It is definitely more focused. The background contrasts the container. The only thing I would recommend there is a darker border; a dark leaf green with the inner border darkened by the same amount. The problem with the text is not its size but its color. Currently your text is #333333 but in the new design it is black. Studies have shown that a shade of dark gray is easier to read (on a computer screen) than black. It also works the other way: making the background a shade of gray (but that is much less attractive). I like the navbar. The first thing I thought when I saw it was [url]http://www.abstractlittleshapes.com/stupid.png[/url]. Obviously not a good logo but food for thought maybe? I think the slogan font is better but not quite close enough. Nyala Sans, possibly in a bold, might fit. Or you could *cough*use my font*cough**cough*[url]http://www.abstractlittleshapes.com/silly.png[/url]*cough*(I am in a silly mood today). Overall, I like it. The one problem I really still have with the new design is the "Are you an EcoGeek?" section. All my previous criticisms still stand. The blue background color is weak. It does not fit in with the rest of the design. Frankly, it is a cop-out color. It is one of the colors people pick when they can think of nothing better because it will not draw a lot of attention. The number of readers seems like something better suited elsewhere. As it stands it looks like the "You are the 54th visitor!" on somebody's crappy personal page. The newsletter does not need a button; it is redundant (and not in the good way like the systems in an airplane). I think the RSS and the newsletter should be side, but that is probably just my opinion. All four buttons should be together, not separated by ads. Although I can see where you might put the ads in between in order to increase their value. If that is the case then go ahead but otherwise it is just poor organization. One last thing: Why is the SU button the only one not changed? Also, you need to remove the shadow from the Twitter button to match the other ones. Off to data entry! *whoosh* - ChrisAN Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:28:55 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16929 Hmmm, maybe if the corners were more rounded; I think that the borders are too sharp. Besides, rounded corners would better compliment the round logo :) - Kelly Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:46:30 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16928 I think that the "most popular" box should be in the top right instead of amongst all those ads. Whose going to see it if all that's there is ads, or at least so it seems? It should be more prominent. If you really want people to use the categories it too should be moved. - Emily S S Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:40:36 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/1923#comment-16927 First, I'm doing the new layout to get rid of some of the really broken things about this layout. The flash font rendering that takes forever to load and some general javascript problems that the current site has. But we're also hoping to make the site more functional for users, and to widen the central column so that there will be space for a forum and a wiki within ecogeek (It's hard to fit that into a 468 pixel width column.) Additionally, I honestly think that the current design looks outdated...and I always want ecogeek to look good...cleaner, better. Regarding the related stories repetition, it is repeated because it will be different for each story. If one story is about cars, there will be other car stories, if the next stories is about solar power, there will be solar power stories in there. As for the font, Im pleased to announce that you won't have to worry. The font will display exactly the same as it does on ecogeek currently. I'm starting to realize that many more people than I expected are using font smoothing during their web browsing. - Hank Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:40:24 +0100