GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

http://www.esupersoft.com/lips/

that is the pain in the ass i had to work with.
The green color scheme for the first design was me trying to use there color scheme while focusing on reorganizing the information.
The Blue design was me focusing on the same organization while using tints of the colors in there logo.

btw, if you do look at the website I had to work with. i don't recommend listening to the entire thing, its about an hour long.

I would stick with the blue one it's easier on the eyes and has better unity.

The blue design looks better, and looks more dynamic. Maybe add more imagery to the design.

Nathan-
I enjoy the blue design more than the green. I like that you used the typewriter font for your navigation. I think that adding some imagery somewhere would add more dynamics to the design. Great job tho!

You've got two similarly clean designs here. I personally prefer the blue one.

It's super easy to navigate and pull information from. The text is easy to read and the logo is large and present you with their brand early and often.

Unfortunately, it's boring and needs to be spiced up a bit. I'd start by pulling the Courier font and replacing it with a bolder version of the sans serif you use in your bodycopy. I also don't think your titles need to have blue boxes behind them, a drop shadow would pop the type fine. And if it wouldn't, then darken up your gradient so that they do pop. Maybe make the gradient a dark blue like your top banner so it looks like a smooth gradation from dark blue top to white bottom. Also, include some images. They'll really help explain what your website is about to users and help guide them along. A picture is worth a thousand words.

You've got a good start here. Keep pushing it and you'll have a good web design.

I like boring sites. To me, it means you're spending more time THINKING about what doing rather than trying to sell me on the IDEA of what you're doing. I am much more inclined to take a boring person - or website - more seriously. Software design is a serious endeavor. I want to know you've spent more time writing code than working on some graphic.

charliepecot wrote:I like boring sites. To me, it means you're spending more time THINKING about what doing rather than trying to sell me on the IDEA of what you're doing. I am much more inclined to take a boring person - or website - more seriously. Software design is a serious endeavor. I want to know you've spent more time writing code than working on some graphic.

Heh. This is clearly an area where Charlie and I disagree. Yes, you should clearly spend time thinking about your product or idea and making it work, otherwise all the best marketing in the world ain't gonna' mean jack diddley squat. However, your website the place to market your product or idea most thoroughly. It's a deeply informational ad for your product or service. Where a magazine ad or a commercial is meant to catch their eye and imprint your brand name/colors/slogan onto their brain, your website is where people come to find out about that meme you've implanted in their heads. This is where you give people detailed specs and descriptions of your products, a detailed description of what your company is about and where it is, how to get in touch with you, and a way to buy your product or service.

But just because your informing them doesn't mean you have to be boring. In fact just the opposite. You want to keep them engaged as they go through the website and make sure everything looks both cool and professional wherever they may go.

Great examples of this:

http://www.vmware.com/

http://www.salesforce.com/

http://www.cisco.com/

http://www.oracle.com/index.html

http://www.apple.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

I like the format you used, but have to agree with everyone else, it is a little boring. Maybe try some bolder fonts and more imagery.

I like the blue design better the colors you chose look really nice together and it is neat and organized. My suggestion is to maybe add some images because it looks a little plain.