Not that you guys are known for pulling punches anyway. But I've re-re-re-re-redesigned the website and I need honest opinions on the look.
We're trying to be the new Matbattle (but no homo).
Thegarv.com
Thanks!!
one word: wordpress
- too many obtrusive, ugly ads (sell out)
2. font is cheap looking
3. i see you are trying to emulate matbattle's color scheme, but the black and red combo is ugly and bad for workers
4. each individual blog post takes up too much space...make them more compact...also the pics dont need to be that big
5. simple is better
Correct. I experimented with Joomla a bit, but find that out of the box WP gives the best search engine results, etc.
the red and black is hard to look at.
Goku, thanks. The font on article titles is going to change. I think the red field at the top might be better off as a dark gray.
Also agree about the articles being too long. We noticed that too and are now putting "read more" in there a lot.
The ads are annoying, I have to think on that. Good stuff tho. Keep it coming.
not bad. seems a little heavy on the right side with both menu lists and nothing on the left, but that's nothing major.
edit: maybe that's because I have Adblock on so I don't see any ads.
tjmitch - the red and black is hard to look at.
I got rid of red text, do you meant the titles?
forrestfan - not bad. seems a little heavy on the right side with both menu lists and nothing on the left, but that's nothing major.
The left is actually going to have banners from sites that want to trade with us. I'll also be putting pics and stuff there to make it look better.
Needs some flames and pitbulls.
I can't stand black sites;, regular black or grey text on a white or pale background is so much easier on the eyes.
And I don't know if it's adblock or what, but the title banner is just a big giant empty (aside from your logo) red thing taking up half the page, and the whole left side of the page is an empty space.
You look good Garv. What was the 1 rule you obeyed to lose 20 years of wrinkles? I'm to lazy to read your story.
I don't like the black background. I also think you should make your links more visible. Also, the empty spaces just seem radom.
I don't care for the way you need to scroll down to get at each article. Could you make it kind of like a newspaper? Make the better or more important articles bigger.
I look forward to your finished result, I appreciate your efforts!
Good food for thought here. Much appreciated. It's hard to design a site that everyone likes.
Slow, yeah I think your ad blocker is created the empty space. They say if you click on google ads on MMA sites, you get more pussy. I have no idea, that's just what I read.
Justinmacd - Looks terrible.
I need specifics please.
Hey I like the site a lot, it's looking good. I'll be sure to keep checking it out. One thing I noticed in the font is a little big and spaced out both between the characters and the line spacing. If you picked a little denser font you could probably fit a lot more articles in the main area on the homepage.
I know what you are trying for, but the site has a feel of a myspace page. I don't know why......Keep up the good work.
I think it looks great...although I usually do not like black backgrounded sites...for the GARV I make exceptions