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Indicium
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Posted: 9th Jun 2012 01:40 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2014 03:57
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I've been writing a small web application for distributing ios apps. I've decided to rewrite it and redesign using codeigniter and twitter bootstrap (Thanks a lot Jeku!) and I wanted your opinion on the design. Granted the majority of the work is done by bootstrap, I just want to know if the feel is good and it doesn't look too twitter-ish.

Obviously, all comments are welcome.

Homepage:
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2720/homepw.png

Registration page:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7387/regyk.png

Images are only links due to hi-res.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 9th Jun 2012 05:41
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It's nice; simple and clean. But a little too empty. I'd take that fluid pixel logo and stick a smaller version of it on that top nav bar.

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Indicium
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Posted: 9th Jun 2012 19:52 Edited at: 10th Jun 2012 03:00
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I'm hoping to fill out the nav bar with more navigation links once I have the php stuff fleshed out, so that will hopefully make it less empty.

I'll take some screenshots with the logo integrated into the navbar and I'll see what you think.

EDIT:

It didn't look too great with the full logo integrated, so I minimized it to this, what do you think?
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8018/revised.png

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Libervurto
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Posted: 10th Jun 2012 04:53 Edited at: 10th Jun 2012 06:26
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That seems like a lot of text on the homepage but I don't know what you're planning to put there.
I like your logo design but something about it seems slightly "off", I feel like it needs tweaking.

[edit] I had a go at tweaking your logo. Not expecting you to use this, I'm no graphic designer.
I made it more uniform using three squares of decreasing size. The distance between the breaks on the sides,
in relation to the total length, is roughly 3/7, 1/3 and 1/4.
This was straight-edged and I smoothed the corners by hand so it's not a great version. I'm still happy with it though.
Surprisingly difficult to get something so simple to look right.



Any critique? I am still a beginner with graphics programs.

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Indicium
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Posted: 10th Jun 2012 06:23
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The text on the homepage is just filler text, it will consist of news updates and things like that. I like your logo, but it's really not my place to change it, I'm doing work experience at Fluid Pixel, I'm not actually employed by them.

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Aww man! I was gonna say I really do like the future president's rendition of the logo.

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bitJericho
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looks good, did you use a table for your forms?

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Indicium
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Posted: 11th Jun 2012 13:36
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I like OBese's logo too, I tried out what it would look like with the same font over it and it looks great, but like I've said it's not my place to change it.

Thanks Jerico, yeah I did. Any critique from what you can see about the design?


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bitJericho
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Nah, I think it looks good.

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 11th Jun 2012 16:43
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I prefer the original to OBese's. The FP stands out better, and I like the font apart from the e with no tail.

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BiggAdd
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Who designed this?
http://fpstudios.com/

As I think you should follow from the same style set in place there.
As Phaelax said, your design feels a little empty. Stuff needs breaking up vertically rather than just horizontally. It will make the design feel busier.

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Indicium
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Posted: 11th Jun 2012 23:35
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Quote: "Who designed this?"


That runs wordpress, I'm not sure who designed it though.

What do you mean by breaking things up vertically? Like by having different columns instead of only rows?

Yes I guess I should probably stick with the design. I've kept the functionality and the html quite separate so I would be able to redo the design quite easily if they dislike mine.


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