May 27, 200818 yr 3…2…1…Lift off of the Mark 5 Experimental Rocket Ship Rawkes. On a mission to explore cyberspace and boldly go where no web designer has ever gone before. Rawkes has finally gone live! :yahoo: Thanks for all the kind words everyone gave about the redesign in the reviews area, it helped immensely. I'd like to thank Wizely for taking the time to go through my content, without him the website would be half of what it is right now. After 3 months of hard work I'm not sure what to do with myself now!
May 27, 200818 yr Author Thanks (again) everyone. It really makes the hard work worthwhile when I hear things like that! I know there isn't much yet, but if you subscribe to the blog feed there will be some pretty cool posts coming up in the future
May 27, 200818 yr I'm so happy now, especially now that you have made it official It looks amazing and all the little details are purely amazing. This was well worth the wait and I am still so very jealous
May 27, 200818 yr Congrats on getting the site up and running Rob. It looks great aswell. Adding you to my RSS reader
May 27, 200818 yr Author I'm so happy now, especially now that you have made it official It looks amazing and all the little details are purely amazing. This was well worth the wait and I am still so very jealous Well don't be, I absolutely love your website. You have nothing to be jealous over! I'm still a bit overwhelmed by the warm welcome the redesign has received!
May 27, 200818 yr I have to say this is quite possibly one of the worst websites I've ever seen in my life. Okay so that's a blatent lie, I love it. I guess I can kiss website of the month goodbye .
May 27, 200818 yr I have to say this is quite possibly one of the worst websites I've ever seen in my life. Okay so that's a blatent lie, I love it. I guess I can kiss website of the month goodbye . Lol! I was just thinking... Wow... lol
May 27, 200818 yr I have to say this is quite possibly one of the worst websites I've ever seen in my life.Okay so that's a blatent lie, I love it. I guess I can kiss website of the month goodbye .
May 27, 200818 yr Author Excellent stuff Rob - are you really a space cadet? I am indeed, I have the certificate to prove it!
May 27, 200818 yr It looks excellent - well done. My only suggestion is add a telephone number as a method of contact too.
May 27, 200818 yr Author It looks excellent - well done. My only suggestion is add a telephone number as a method of contact too. Thank you. The phone number would be a good idea, but I don't want people ringing my mobile. Plus I can't justify carrying a second phone around.
May 27, 200818 yr Wow Rob GREAT work, ( to bad the top corners arent rounded ) this means i wont be entering a WOTM soon
May 27, 200818 yr it's beautiful, Rob. The only thing is, I'm having terrible trouble reading your navigation links
May 27, 200818 yr it's beautiful, Rob. The only thing is, I'm having terrible trouble reading your navigation links i thought it was just me. I think its helevetica which Windoze dosent render right...
May 27, 200818 yr i thought it was just me. I think its helevetica which Windoze dosent render right... I'm on linux...
May 27, 200818 yr Author Congrats on getting it finished Rob! I think it looks stunning! Thanks ElanMan! it's beautiful, Rob. The only thing is, I'm having terrible trouble reading your navigation links i thought it was just me. I think its helevetica which Windoze dosent render right... Thanks for bringing this up, I'm looking into it. I've made the navigation bold as a temporary measure. Is it any better now?
May 27, 200818 yr Thanks ElanMan!Thanks for bringing this up, I'm looking into it. I've made the navigation bold as a temporary measure. Is it any better now? I'll let the screenshot do the talking
May 27, 200818 yr Author I'll let the screenshot do the talking Ouch! I'll look into it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
May 27, 200818 yr Very nice site Rob well done. I love the content as much as the look of the website aswell.
May 27, 200818 yr Author PS did you have any help with the copy? It's rather good... Now that would be telling! *cough* points towards the other side of the world *cough*
May 27, 200818 yr Very nice work Rob. A few questions - did you draw, create the space craft and other 'sketches' etc your self? If so they are fantastic. Were you inspired by either the current 02/Vodaphone (can't recall which) or a Starbucks Xmas campaign...it brings both to mind. It all reads very nicely, navigates well and comes together as a whole. Love the drawings at top of blog and about pages.
May 27, 200818 yr Well done on launching Rawkes - it's a great site! My only advice is to get rid of all those graphics and let the copy shine through!!!!! I'm glad it's a hit with everyone because you've 'bust your left nut' on getting it live!
May 28, 200818 yr I love it! Would like to see more in the portfolio though. I subscribed to your blog-can't wait to see some good blog material!
May 28, 200818 yr Congratulation. It's been a long long time Did manage to find one tiny pixel bug Your footer has a 1 pixel offset at certain screen widths.
May 28, 200818 yr Author Why are you using feedburner??? wordpress has RSS bulit in Feedburner is excellent for tracking the subscription statistics, amongst other things. Very nice work Rob. A few questions - did you draw, create the space craft and other 'sketches' etc your self? If so they are fantastic. Were you inspired by either the current 02/Vodaphone (can't recall which) or a Starbucks Xmas campaign...it brings both to mind. It all reads very nicely, navigates well and comes together as a whole. Love the drawings at top of blog and about pages. I did indeed draw those sketches myself, thank you for the kind words about them! I wasn't inspired by any of those. One commercial that looks similar is the Carphone Warehouse one where you get a free laptop. Well done on launching Rawkes - it's a great site! My only advice is to get rid of all those graphics and let the copy shine through!!!!! I'm glad it's a hit with everyone because you've 'bust your left nut' on getting it live! I couldn't have done this without you... well, I could've but it would have been let down by the content! Thank you so much Wizely. Congratulation. It's been a long long time Did manage to find one tiny pixel bug Your footer has a 1 pixel offset at certain screen widths. Thanks for letting me know, I'll have a look into it!
May 28, 200818 yr I wasn't inspired by any of those. One commercial that looks similar is the Carphone Warehouse one where you get a free laptop. Ah that could be the one, was defo a mobile phone campaign I saw recently (and being a bit of a mobile phone hater I'd never recall which one), think it used a similar blue bg with something like a flash memory stick or phone being launched. Great work with the sketches as mentioned. Suggestion - (gotta work of my jealousy some how!) - I'm not convinced by using the very stretched landscape image in the 'lightbox' type folio display. Firstly it counters your vertical flow and secondly it somehow just seems too wide... Wize the copy is superb (and that's from someone who is naturally alright pathologically averse to any attempt at branding subtle, obvious or otherwise).....
May 28, 200818 yr My only advice is to get rid of all those graphics and let the copy shine through!!!!! Good point well made. DOOM ON GRAPHICS!
May 28, 200818 yr lmao, I'm not submitting my site for website of the month until this one is out of the way! Nice work mate My one gripe is that you need javascript to see the copyright information - which renders your copyright notice useless because if it DID come down to it, anyone using your content could say there was no copyright information available to them. Personally I'd just do it with CSS Other than that, as previously mentioned - awsome site very clean. Makes me want to scrap my current redesign.. lol
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