Gecko
July 11th, 2007, 07:26 PM
Well my old site www.cultanime.com is being revamped. From the ground up. It'll be pimped into an uber-community. I haven't put any work into the site itself in a few years, so its way outdated. Since I'm working on a revamp I though I might as well do a new layout. Thing is, my design imagination is dry in this period, and I've gotten a fair amount of positive feedback on the old (current)layout. So I have started work on revamping the old one and making an all new one, and now I need opinions as to what i should do.
I've started minor revamping stuff here:
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/index.php
no big difference as you can see, but it's far from done. And then there is the new layout I'm working on:
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9.html
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9_2.html (Logged in)
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9_3.html (Forums)
I used some of the old color scheme since I got good feedback on the colors of the old one. But I mixed it up with a bit more color, and less shadowed layers. I still haven't started on designing the actually content, but that doesn't matter right now. Whichever I choose the feature stuff will remain, meaning, just because you see login and members function in the new layout doesn't mean they wont be present in the revamping of the old.
The green an red icon will be animated glowing icons (No, not that super fast flashing thing that's really annoying. More subtle blinking)
The stock image in the top left will also be a random image that will change every time you load a new page.
I was also thinking about the fact that whichever layout I choose it will have to reflect the actually site, which will be very much and deeply community oriented. When I look at the old layout I don't get the feeling that it's a community. But the new layout has sort of a groovy style which if done right can really work as a community.
But then again, whatever I think is irrelevant right now. I just wanna hear your opinions, and which you think I should go with. Or if I need to go back to the drawing board (I really hope not).
I've started minor revamping stuff here:
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/index.php
no big difference as you can see, but it's far from done. And then there is the new layout I'm working on:
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9.html
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9_2.html (Logged in)
http://www.outsid3rs.com/temp/cultanime/layout9_3.html (Forums)
I used some of the old color scheme since I got good feedback on the colors of the old one. But I mixed it up with a bit more color, and less shadowed layers. I still haven't started on designing the actually content, but that doesn't matter right now. Whichever I choose the feature stuff will remain, meaning, just because you see login and members function in the new layout doesn't mean they wont be present in the revamping of the old.
The green an red icon will be animated glowing icons (No, not that super fast flashing thing that's really annoying. More subtle blinking)
The stock image in the top left will also be a random image that will change every time you load a new page.
I was also thinking about the fact that whichever layout I choose it will have to reflect the actually site, which will be very much and deeply community oriented. When I look at the old layout I don't get the feeling that it's a community. But the new layout has sort of a groovy style which if done right can really work as a community.
But then again, whatever I think is irrelevant right now. I just wanna hear your opinions, and which you think I should go with. Or if I need to go back to the drawing board (I really hope not).