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hexGEAR
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 07:47 Edited at: 9th Jan 2006 14:08
Yo!

http://www.hexgear.co.nr

I've pretty much finished my latest website, running on old but effective technology (basic html and little javascript). I used dreamweaver for my last site but this time around i thought i'd learn html + javascript so i could have more control and freedom over the layout and stuff. Coded the whole thing from scratch using just notepad and a helluva lot of tutorials from the web, not much of an achievement but at least its a start.

Anyways i was going for the simplest of layouts so i just need some comments on the design... i'm sure many of you might not like the whole one-sidedness look but i just prefer it to the centre of the screen, plus i dont know how to code it like that yet . Go ahead, hit me with some constructive/destructive criticism.

P.S. does anyone know how to lock the text so it stays constant even when you change your Internet Explorer text size on the menu? My site only looks right when you use the "Medium" text size.

soapyfish
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 08:06 Edited at: 9th Jan 2006 08:10
I think it's great, I really like the simplistic style and the way the buttons at the top 'light up' when you move over them. I think it would be good if you could make the background a bit darker, but no too much, because the text was difficult to see at first.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 08:06
I like the design - I assume the link is the image in your signature. Nice pale colours - however I'm not keen on the white text on light blue background. Black would look better (or a shade of dark blue-y black).

Nice site though!

Could you center the whole content block? I know some simple CSS code that works well if you need it.

To lock the font size, dont you just use 'font-size: 12px' in the style? Something like:
BODY { font-size: 12px; }

Kangaroo2 BETA2
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 13:33
I like it, very nicely done Doesn't half look skinny on my resolution though! But good job


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hexGEAR
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 14:03 Edited at: 9th Jan 2006 14:36
Thanks all for the positive feedback!

Quote: "I think it would be good if you could make the background a bit darker, but no too much, because the text was difficult to see at first."


Yeah, i might have to do that... i cant make the white text any lighter so its either i darken the background or like Nicholas said make the text dark blue-black. I'll have a play around with the colours and see what i come up with. Thanks both of you.

Quote: "Could you center the whole content block? I know some simple CSS code that works well if you need it."


Thanks but for some wierd reason i think i kinda prefer it hugging the left side of the browser.

Quote: "To lock the font size, dont you just use 'font-size: 12px' in the style? Something like:
BODY { font-size: 12px; }"


Yep, worked like a charm. I'll get to fixing up the files when i got the time. Thanks!

[edit] How about say within the html main body you need to change the font size for headings etc, how can you do this and still lock the font size? check this page out for example; http://www.hexgear.co.nr/tutorials/path/path.html, changing the IE text size doesn't affect the normal text but it does the heading/title. Any ideas?

Quote: "Doesn't half look skinny on my resolution though!"


What resolution are you using? I made the site with a 1280 x 1024 resolution and just tried to pick a width that would be kinda ok for a range of common resolutions since the width doesnt scale automatically. So far it isnt that bad...

Peter H
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Posted: 9th Jan 2006 16:18
it takes up about half the screen on my 1024*768 screen...

but it looks good!

i really like the light up images... and i'll have to look into javascript sometime like i've always been meaning to

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hexGEAR
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Posted: 10th Jan 2006 09:21
Thanks! I found javascript kinda straight-forward 'cus i've already done some work on C++. But its only function on my site is to lighten and darken the images, just replacing one with the other.

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