new design

[dipsb_13]

hey guys

I'm making a new version of my site and would like to know what you all think so far - it doesnt have a preloader and the content is not all there + the contact form will not work

but still click through and let me know what you think

link (http://www.new.designreel.com)

cheers

DIPS

[valeka]

I like it. It is clean and simple but I would like to se faster moving of pages andI dont think that you need pink.
Everything else is just fine!

[dipsb_13]

cheers for the feedback - I only used pink to add some colour to it

pink was fashionable a while back so figured it was woth a shot and plus my colour choices are pretty rubbish

any more comments?

Dips

[Headshotz]

I like it, clean and simple, runs nicely. Good job :D

[dipsb_13]

cool beans cheers

keep the comments comming

Dips

[Billy T]

nice start but seems to be a fair bit of wasted space...will the fat column next to the menu ever be used for anything?

the welcome 2 designreel.com type needs some work...spacing seems unbalanced

be nice if the current button deactivated and changed colour to show the user where they were located

be nice if the logo glow had a subtle animation or something

be nice if the vertical lines and columns were utilised more in the transitions

hope that helps

[dipsb_13]

thanks billy actually helps loads - its always good to get opinions

I want going to use the fat column next to the menu for anything really just got where the fade of the menu text appears - wanted to use empty spave to keep things clean however thinking about it I might add something just not that good at overall design so dont want to screw it up

"be nice if the logo glow had a subtle animation or something" - hmmmmm might try that out too

"be nice if the vertical lines and columns were utilised more in the transitions" - might look into this as I need to think of how I want tehj portfolio to be displayed

Cheers

keep them coming

Dips

[dipsb_13]

hey guys can you have another look

check out the portfolio section and click the 1st one

What do you think about the way the portfolio sections are displayed in the next slide - yay or nay

I'm not sure about it myself

link (http://www.new.designreel.com)

cheers

Dips

[Billy T]

I would speed up the transition and leave the main menu always accessible (move it to the left during transition to make more room). When looking at a piece, have quick links to other work so the user doesnt have to keep going back

cheers

[Flash Gordon]

Hey man,

I just wanted to say I saw you were "Looking" for some freelancers to work with/for you. If you need something done, don't ever hestitate to contact me.

BTW, I like it, however somethings aren't very intutive like closing the porfollio.

[Headshotz]

Yeah, I need to work so I can keep eating, havent had much recently though :eek: damn festering chums of guru ! :p

[dipsb_13]

hmmmmmm cheers billy thats what I was thinking about having it so that the menu is always accessible - just trying to work out how to display the portfolio so that is still the case hmmmmmm

I think I might be better off including the individual portfolio sections within the actual sliding pages - although that will increase file size and them if someone is on the last link of portfolio work and they click home it'll scroll for quite a while...

hmmmm I need to have a sliding page where the portfolio work would be and then have some sort of loader which will load individual .jpgs of the portfolio images within the sliding pages or something

ARGH I can see myself getting confused with the preloader

Also Flash do me a favour - give me a link to your site or pieces that you have made - and tell me what you would charge the average client based on your work i.e. what you charged the client for each piece...and we'll go from there as there is work coming in

Cheers

Dips

[FormerSwinger]

Overall look is great!
But I do think it looks a bit unbalanced. To little stuff on the left and too much on the right maybe. Or just move the logo a little bit down.
Don't get me wrong I like it, there's just something that bothers me bit, I'm not quite sure what it is.

[dipsb_13]

Yeah I get what you mean - I'm going to put some more bits and bobs on the site - weird little animations or something just try and balance things out a bit more...as soon as I've got the bulk of it done and I know that it functions well

Cosmetics are easier to add and change - even tho I don't have a design bone in my body in comparision to making the thing work - which usually takes me a bit more time

although its a learning experience and trust me I've learnt LOADS!

Dips

[Flash Gordon]

BTW, you contact form appears not to work.

[dipsb_13]

yup don't worry flash I know it doesn't work - although it will as soon as I host it properly

just making an improvement from my current boring site: (contact form works here)

link (http://www.designreel.com)

this one is deffinately better in my opinion

new version (in the making): new version (http://www.new.designreel.com)

Dips

[Flash Gordon]

with all the talk of unbalanced, I just don't see it. I really like the design. You have a knack for design very sleak looking things. I really like it. Sometimes it is kool to have things "off center"

Suggestion: you could cut the background into a tiny piece and make it just repeat x: and not y. It will load faster.

Also, click here to launch doesn't work.

[dipsb_13]

Flash I heard about the bground cutting it up so it loads wuicker...how does that work exactly - as the image is a gradient so it doesn't flow therefore if I cut it up it wouldn't line up right?

Also how would I get it so that it repeats x and y?

all i know how to do is make flash sites - fully flash and then drop them into a HTML bground

DIPS

[dipsb_13]

hey guys I've added a bit of a portfolio section just wanted your opinion on how it comes in and the way the portfolio looks etc

value all your opinions!

link (http://www.new.designreel.com)

don't worry about the contact form I know that doesn't work

just so you know the old version of the site where the contact form does work is:

old link (http://www.designreel.com)

MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT right?

Dips

[Headshotz]

Looks alot better :)

[dipsb_13]

cool - i reckon i'd freak out if someone said they liked the old one

Dips

[outlando]

When you select an option in the portfolio section, the link you selected remains active when the content loads over it. Move the mouse pointer around over the white area to the left of the photo of the girl, you'll see what I mean.

Other than that, good job! Keep it up :)

[goliatone]

the only i want to say, theres a nice improvement btw www.new.designreel.com and www.desingreel.com, you can allways make it better, but's allready worth the time you put into it.

good luck

[dipsb_13]

OUTLANDO - very well spoted cheers for that I probably wouldn't have noticed that - I'll fix that either tonight or tomorrow - completely shattered

thanks everyone

Really appreciate the feedback

dips

[dipsb_13]

hey guys

about the problem outlando spotted:

"When you select an option in the portfolio section, the link you selected remains active when the content loads over it. Move the mouse pointer around over the white area to the left of the photo of the girl, you'll see what I mean."

I'm struggling to stop that happening - as the button that is causing the problem is within the sliding page - I can't take the sliding page out of that section of the movie as if I do when the user closes the portfolio section the sliding page will slide back to the "about" section - instead of returning to the portfolio main section which there were at (sliding page portfolio section)

I tried another way which was to add a solid colour over where the buttons would be to block them on the layer above the sliding pages - but that didn't work either

I have a feeling this is going to be a tricky one...hope somebody can help to solve this issue

Dips

[goliatone]

I'm struggling to stop that happening - as the button that is causing the problem is within the sliding page - I can't take the sliding page out of that section of the movie as if I do when the user closes the portfolio section the sliding page will slide back to the "about" section - instead of returning to the portfolio main section which there were at (sliding page portfolio section)

have you tried to use the prop Button.enabled=true/false?

add yourBtn.enabled=false to the code on the buttons link you have, then when you close the portfolio enable them again (code iof the big X button)

makes any sense?

[dipsb_13]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm that might actually work as I used that function on something esle I did before completely forgot about that

I'll try it forst thing 2mro as my brain is fried at the mo

cheers for that

I'll let you know if it doesn't

Dips

[dipsb_13]

hey goliatone

I couldn't sleep until I tried it out and I still can't get it to work - I think I'm doing it the correct way...it still doesn't work though

hmmmmm

I've been trying desperatly to attach an .fla and have stripped it completely but it's still too big even when zipped - don't suppose anybody will let me email it to them personally?

Hope someone can help

Dips

[goliatone]

...
I'll try it forst thing 2mro as my brain is fried at the mo
...Dips

best thing to do...rest a bit and let the caffein run out of y'ur system.
take a look at the attached..damn it, not working. tell me tomorrow (sorry)

[dipsb_13]

WOOHOOOOOOO problem solved

Guys I had a quick question:

on my site http://www.new.designreel.com

I have a HTML bground - at the moment the dimensions of the .jpg are something like 1024 x 768 - so obviously with a slow connection the user wouldn't see the bground for a while

I've heard that there is a way of doing it so that the .jpg image gets tiled therefore you're actual jpg file can only be 1px X 1px

however as this bground is a gradient fill the image wouln't flow even if it was tiled - is there a way around this

if not...what dimensions should I be setting the bground .jpg as?

Dips