OT (or not?) - new website

SurfingAlien · **OT (or not?) - new website -** 02.10.2011, 16:52

Hi folks,

sorry for what may seem a sneaky self-promotion campaign but actually it is not...

an unfinished/test version of my website is out in the wild and I'd be glad if some of you want to make a stop and report back any browser issues or typo (there are both an IT and an EN version)

the reason why I thought it was not totally improper to post here is that most of the images have been made using Cheetah3D at some point (and pretty often as the main app). Also, I plan to add a whole section dedicated to C3D inside the "stuff" area (currently under construction) where I'd like to share models, materials, thoughts etc. so keep an eye on it if you want (don't hold your breath though...)

don't hesitate to submit any comments/question/criticism using the contact form on the website

thank you and sorry for the intrusion...

cheers,
Alessandro

P.S.: ouch, I was about to forget the link: www.studioardesign.it

~Aurora~ · 02.10.2011, 20:53

Worked great for me using Safari 5.1, OSX 10.6.8
Nice job on it!

Erin · 05.10.2011, 02:01

Looks great Alessandro!!

Your Cheetah renderings look awesome

The only things I have concerns with, are that your menu is a little hard to read on the darker images.
And, you might want to change your 'Blog' page to open in a new window so people get knocked off of your main sight.

Erin

SurfingAlien · 05.10.2011, 10:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erin

The only things I have concerns with, are that your menu is a little hard to read on the darker images.

And, you might want to change your 'Blog' page to open in a new window so people get knocked off of your main sight.

thanks for the feedback Erin.
I know the texts can be difficult to read over some of the images but unfortunately it's an issue I have to live with while using a slideshow of extremely different images as background. I've tried to make them more visible using a dark glow/shadow (which is a css3 feature so not every browser use it) and a white "hover" but I reckon this doesn't totally solve the problem on some images...
thanks for remind me about the blog page, it was what I wanted to do indeed but forgot to set it up correctly... still a WIP as you can see

thanks everybody for the kind words

cheers,
Alessandro

Swizl · 05.10.2011, 18:03

Looks good to me! Meant to comment earlier, but have been slammed here at work. I think the contrast problem is ok. Not much you can do about it and maintain compatability across browsers & OS's. I think that there will be some cognition from memory carried across after seeing it the first time anyway. Plus the hover over shows the copy highlighted either way. I think my only bother with it might be the leading for the main links on the top right. I think I'd give just very slight more room in between. The letters are so rounded they need just a little room to breath (I do like the tight kerning and tight left and right margins though. It looks cool.) I'd probably after adjusting the leading I'd bump the size of your logo on the left to a little larger than the top and bottom margins of the copy links on the right. Especially since your logo is rounded on top and bottom. It's similar to the bowls on a rounded letter drawn higher / lower than the x-height. Just some minor suggestions. I do find inspiration from your renders. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all your advice you've given me and others!

SurfingAlien · 07.10.2011, 22:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swizl

Looks good to me! Meant to comment earlier, but have been slammed here at work. I think the contrast problem is ok. Not much you can do about it and maintain compatability across browsers & OS's. I think that there will be some cognition from memory carried across after seeing it the first time anyway. Plus the hover over shows the copy highlighted either way. I think my only bother with it might be the leading for the main links on the top right. I think I'd give just very slight more room in between. The letters are so rounded they need just a little room to breath (I do like the tight kerning and tight left and right margins though. It looks cool.) I'd probably after adjusting the leading I'd bump the size of your logo on the left to a little larger than the top and bottom margins of the copy links on the right. Especially since your logo is rounded on top and bottom. It's similar to the bowls on a rounded letter drawn higher / lower than the x-height. Just some minor suggestions. I do find inspiration from your renders. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all your advice you've given me and others!

hey Swizl,
thanks for your suggestion and kind words!
I see what you mean, not sure how much I can do about it as the main menu is a theme based jquery script and I cannot control every parameter (my fault, not the script). regarding the logo I have to wait until the site (and numbers of pages in the main menu) are done, so that I know exactly the proportion of each item... WIP on all fronts, as you can see

on a side note, I should stop designing websites on Macs just to discover they look so bad on IE powered win machines...

cheers,
Alessandro

GardenSpider · 05.10.2011, 02:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by SurfingAlien

Hi folks,

sorry for what may seem a sneaky self-promotion campaign but actually it is not...

an unfinished/test version of my website is out in the wild and I'd be glad if some of you want to make a stop and report back any browser issues or typo (there are both an IT and an EN version)

the reason why I thought it was not totally improper to post here is that most of the images have been made using Cheetah3D at some point (and pretty often as the main app). Also, I plan to add a whole section dedicated to C3D inside the "stuff" area (currently under construction) where I'd like to share models, materials, thoughts etc. so keep an eye on it if you want (don't hold your breath though...)

don't hesitate to submit any comments/question/criticism using the contact form on the website

thank you and sorry for the intrusion...

cheers,
Alessandro

P.S.: ouch, I was about to forget the link: www.studioardesign.it

Wow!!

In my experience, the best kind of site is one that immediately delivers its message.
Your site is just that kind: simple, yet extremely effective!

AWESOME!!

-- GS

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SurfingAlien (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Posts: 2,456 Join Date: 13.03.2009 Location: Italy	OT (or not?) - new website - 02.10.2011, 16:52 Hi folks, sorry for what may seem a sneaky self-promotion campaign but actually it is not... an unfinished/test version of my website is out in the wild and I'd be glad if some of you want to make a stop and report back any browser issues or typo (there are both an IT and an EN version) the reason why I thought it was not totally improper to post here is that most of the images have been made using Cheetah3D at some point (and pretty often as the main app). Also, I plan to add a whole section dedicated to C3D inside the "stuff" area (currently under construction) where I'd like to share models, materials, thoughts etc. so keep an eye on it if you want (don't hold your breath though...) don't hesitate to submit any comments/question/criticism using the contact form on the website thank you and sorry for the intrusion... cheers, Alessandro P.S.: ouch, I was about to forget the link: www.studioardesign.it Last edited by SurfingAlien : 02.10.2011 at 21:05. Reason: typo, typo and... typo :(

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~Aurora~ (Offline) Benutzer Posts: 36 Join Date: 26.09.2011	02.10.2011, 20:53 Worked great for me using Safari 5.1, OSX 10.6.8 Nice job on it!

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Erin (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Posts: 664 Join Date: 25.01.2010 Location: Toronto, Canada	05.10.2011, 02:01 Looks great Alessandro!! Your Cheetah renderings look awesome The only things I have concerns with, are that your menu is a little hard to read on the darker images. And, you might want to change your 'Blog' page to open in a new window so people get knocked off of your main sight. Erin

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Swizl (Offline) Erfahrener Benutzer Posts: 528 Join Date: 16.06.2011 Location: Atlanta, GA - USA	05.10.2011, 18:03 Looks good to me! Meant to comment earlier, but have been slammed here at work. I think the contrast problem is ok. Not much you can do about it and maintain compatability across browsers & OS's. I think that there will be some cognition from memory carried across after seeing it the first time anyway. Plus the hover over shows the copy highlighted either way. I think my only bother with it might be the leading for the main links on the top right. I think I'd give just very slight more room in between. The letters are so rounded they need just a little room to breath (I do like the tight kerning and tight left and right margins though. It looks cool.) I'd probably after adjusting the leading I'd bump the size of your logo on the left to a little larger than the top and bottom margins of the copy links on the right. Especially since your logo is rounded on top and bottom. It's similar to the bowls on a rounded letter drawn higher / lower than the x-height. Just some minor suggestions. I do find inspiration from your renders. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all your advice you've given me and others!