By akuma on

well, it's been a labour of love for the last month or so, but it's finally gone live. lemme know what you think:

http://www.melgabinternational.com/

be brutal - honesty's the only way i'll learn.

major-props to the guys at my hosting company (http://hetzner.co.za/) for such brilliant backend support. i recommend them as the best web hosting company to anyone in south africa.

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sciman commented

Really nice design. I'm no scripter or designer, but those are some beautiful pages.

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akuma commented

you're too kind.

actually, it's an adapted version of heilemann's kubrick theme for drupal, so massive props to him.

the design is 100% mine though. ;)

"Verbing weirds language." -- Calvin (& Hobbes)

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shyam2053 commented

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shyam2053 commented

Hi Akuma

Great job!!!! The site is amazing!

Do you do website design?

If so contact me using my Drupal contact.

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scrypter commented

Reminds me of a css tutorial I saw once by a girl called vierle or something. A minor point is that some glossary terms pertaining to wine like big, style and stock get glossaried when they are used in their non-wine context, which is a bit distracting. Not sure how you can fix this other than choosing your words very carefully.

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akuma commented

thanks. before i started on the design, i sat down and looked at a couple of csszengarden designs:

colours:
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/161/161.css&page=2
(actually, the majority of colours i ended up using were sampled from the header photo)

layout:
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/128/128.css&page=6

header pic inspiration:
http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/166/166.css&page=1
(the photo itself is of Castello Della Paneretta, in Chianti, taken by my brother earlier this year and used with permission from both parties)

the background pattern was one i created a while back called "St. George". featured here:
http://www.k10k.net/frames.aspx?section=patterns
(View by name... » St. George)

the column's background was created using characters i combined from a paisley dingbat font, which i reflected on a vertical axis for symmetry.

any knowledge i have regarding css i can attribute to these guys:

http://www.zeldman.com/
http://www.meyerweb.com/

peanuts.

"Verbing weirds language." -- Calvin (& Hobbes)