Summary
We decided to break from the traditional header-columns-footer style and do something a bit different, with three small boxes (plus a unobtrusive footer) on the front page, and then replacing the right two boxes with one larger one on the pages after that. Other than we have focussed strongly on ease of use and elegance.
Usability
We wanted a website where people can get the information they need very quickly. This resulted in:
- The front page being designed to give viewers a hopefully impressive representation of our design skills. The styling was designed to be absorbed for a few seconds before taking in any of the content.
- The ‘website design’ page being a bullet-point style list of what we offer in our general package. All the key features we feel people are likely to be interested in are given here.
- The portfolio pages currently use a relatively traditional style of heading-image-summary, but we intend on using image navigation as the list of entries grows.
Compatibility
Some compatibility testing for the really obscure browsers has been done using browser screenshot programmes such as http://www.browsershots.org (which is a lifesaver), but most has been done through using Vista + XP on a virtual machine. Linux and Mac exclusive rendering engines will be tested shortly, although we felt that it was time to launch the site now in order to generate some publicity for it. On the whole though things should work smoothly for all browsers.
Feedback
We would love to hear your feedback. Don’t worry about the technical issues (e.g. browser compatibility issues), because these will all be fixed shortly, but anything like aesthetics or usability would be much appreciated.
Comments
I thought the drupal
I thought the drupal copyright must remain intact ? Or is this a custom html site and your just advertising here ?
nope
no such requirement.
~silverwing - and the site does use Drupal
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Land of Midnight | MisguidedThoughts | showcaseCMS
breaking the mold!
It's probably not a bad idea breaking the header/content/sidebar/footer mold, especially as a web design company. (I'm getting tired of the standard for my site.)
Overall, good job!
~silverwing
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Land of Midnight | MisguidedThoughts | showcaseCMS
Cool site! Definitely
Cool site! Definitely doesn't look like a typical drupal site.
www.drupalmuseum.com
www.organicsitedesign.com
Nice design
The design looks good. I like the blurry transparency effect.
Quick tip: use PNG instead of GIF, you'll get smaller files.
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John Forsythe
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Thanks John, We've been
Thanks John,
We've been optimising the graphics over the past few days and they should all be converted soon. We wanted to go live as soon as possible!
Alan
Looks Great
Really nice and fresh - just the sort of site a good design company should have.
Good Job.