the colo(u)r of my website

**zmerlinz** · Apr 29th, 2002, 05:36 AM

please help me

some people think that it is too dark,
others think that it is really cool

what do you think

www.zmerlinz.co.uk

if that doesn't work try

http://users.aber.ac.uk/dlt1/

cheers

**ghost ryder** · Apr 29th, 2002, 06:15 AM

looks cool to me

what about my site??

http://www.brinkster.com/ghostryder44

??

im gonna get a domain name...was thinkin of www.lyricalterrorism.com bit that would cause problems with proxies and would probs get blocked...lol

oh and my site in under construction...check the news table to see what is up (the poems are

)

and the schmurgen is your avatar??

**zmerlinz** · Apr 29th, 2002, 06:38 AM

Originally posted by ghost ryder
looks cool to me

what about my site??

http://www.brinkster.com/ghostryder44

and the schmurgen is your avatar??

your site doesn't seem to excist ???

schmurgen ?? *** is that ??

**ghost ryder** · Apr 29th, 2002, 06:41 AM

Originally posted by zmerlinz

your site doesn't seem to excist ???

schmurgen ?? *** is that ??

its a word i made up

it can be used to replace any number of expletives

oh schmurgen (

) thats the wrong URL

http://www27.brinkster.com/ghostryder44

(btw u may consider makin the blue a lil bit darker, and makin the font san serif)

**zmerlinz** · Apr 29th, 2002, 06:44 AM

So does that mean that you like my avatar

**ghost ryder** · Apr 29th, 2002, 06:47 AM

i do...but what is it??

did u look at my site?? *threatens you with miss lodge*

**Pix** · Apr 29th, 2002, 10:50 AM

Grrrrr

I think it is a bit dark, but then I'm blind

**zmerlinz** · Apr 29th, 2002, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by ghost ryder
i do...but what is it??

did u look at my site?? *threatens you with miss lodge*

yeah your site is cool, pretty sure that *MRS* Lodge was married though

**chrisjk** · Apr 29th, 2002, 11:47 AM

it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too dark.

Black on dark blue = highlight text to read comfortably

**zmerlinz** · Apr 29th, 2002, 12:30 PM

well then i will have to use one of the other colours

i think i will use #dbdbdb or #4557A0

which do you think will be better ?

**zmerlinz** · Apr 30th, 2002, 03:54 AM

anyone suggest a better colour to go with it, what about the ones that i had previously suggested ??

cheers

**SjR** · Apr 30th, 2002, 04:33 AM

I think that the font size is big enough to get away with the dark colours (with the exception of the copyright bit at the bottom) as well as the fact you only have a small amount of text to read... I imagine it would become tiresome if there was a lot of text to read - depends on the purpose of your site.

But if you are thinking of changing the colours, I was taught that the human eye is more comfortable with light background/dark text combinations so you'd be better off choosing a lighter background colour than changing the colour of the font. (Please correct me if I'm wrong anyone!)

(Overall - looking good

)

**cafeenman** · Apr 30th, 2002, 04:43 AM

I think it's too dark also. It looks good if you just care about the "look." But it's difficult to read. In fact, I couldn't read it without trying pretty hard. I won't linger at sites like that. I don't mind waiting for a site to load, but if it causes me eyestrain (hard to read or psychedelic colors) then I'm gone.

**zmerlinz** · Apr 30th, 2002, 05:55 AM

thankyou for your input there SJR and cafeenman, i have changed it now

what do you think now ?

**cafeenman** · Apr 30th, 2002, 05:59 AM

Much better. I really like the background color you chose. Now I would call it subtle, but not hard to read.

**SjR** · Apr 30th, 2002, 06:02 AM

Better

My personal opinion would be to change the colour of the birdie thing so that it stands out more.... but as I said, thats just personal preference.

What are you thinking of putting on the site?

**Pix** · Apr 30th, 2002, 06:06 AM

Yay I can read it now

I think the bird is fine as it is, I don't think you need any changes now, not unless you can think of something better

**zmerlinz** · Apr 30th, 2002, 06:09 AM

yeah i was thinling the same about the birdie, erm the site will just have lots of things about me, ie pictures of friends and stuff programs that i have written and probbly some music or something, anyway ahs to be completly finished by 6th may as i am handing it in for a project

**SjR** · Apr 30th, 2002, 06:16 AM

Well, good luck with the project

How do they grade this? I'm always dubious about how 'art' is graded after my art teacher failed me because my pictures were unrealistic

**zmerlinz** · Apr 30th, 2002, 06:36 AM

it is a contributing mark for just doing it, not the content

thanks

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