hi guys,

 

i've got past the stage of coding, however i feel that something is not right with the design/layout of the site.

 

Could you please take a look at the content section and recommend what i could do to make it look more part of the site.

 

Please take extra note of the darker grey box where the text goes...it looks a bit odd, so can you recommend any changes to maybe colour or even the layout?

 

 

thanks

Looks good, you have a yellow border on the left side of the template, I would put one on the right too to make the design more consistent.

Looks good, you have a yellow border on the left side of the template, I would put one on the right too to make the design more consistent.

 

Yeah i think the yellow is the wrong contrast to be applied in certain areas, just needs re-worked a lil bit.

 

If you wanna have content in the style of the grey box, i use a similar effect quite often for <blockquote></blockquote>

 

and apply a CSS style of something like

 

blockquote

{

background-color: #EEEEEE;

border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;

padding: 7px;

color: A darky grey, so it blends well with #EEEEEE as the background, cant remember HEX value right now.

}

 

That style will also go well with the image borders you have used above with the #FFFFFF background and the #CCCCCC 1px solid border.

Nearly everything else on the page has a border and it doesn't, so maybe thats the problem. You could add a border similar to the images' to the dark grey area. That might be too fancy though.

Well guys, i took your advice and added the yellow border on the right too.

 

@ a.g.r.c - I've tried the blockquote mate. I don't know why, but it still feels odd..maybe its just me. I tried with a white background and a #EEEEE background, but something within the content seems to be out...maybe its the font or some other colours i need to change?

 

 

any advice guys???

I quite like the blockquote in the first image, in the second the contrast between background/foreground isn't that good.

 

The footer looks like it ends too abruptly, try to position it at the bottom of the page, or at least try adding a border under it.

Here's the method I used for positioning footers at the bottom - linky

hi mrbrightside,

 

i tried positioning the footer to the bottom of the page, but i ended up messing the whole layout. Maybe its because the template is already set and i can't change it, unless done from scratch.

 

someone said change the yellows, but i think the yellows are what make the site stand out more.

 

Its just the content area i'm having problems with and after messing around, i found out what looked odd. I had the bullet points in the grey background and the normal text in the white background.

 

Now my question is that even though its looking much better, the text looks a bit boring, so would u say that i should add some pictures within the white blockquote to make it a bit more jazzed up or leave it?

 

Also what could i do to the bullet points to make them stand out more? colours? styles?

 

 

thanks!

I'd get yourself some custom list icons.

 

They will definitely help, how about some nice arrows?

I would perhaps use some gradients instead of block colours, in the logo for example.

Well guys, i took your advice and added the yellow border on the right too.

 

@ a.g.r.c - I've tried the blockquote mate. I don't know why, but it still feels odd..maybe its just me. I tried with a white background and a #EEEEE background, but something within the content seems to be out...maybe its the font or some other colours i need to change?

 

 

 

Generally, I think there is another problem that you have too many text on this page, are you sure visitors are gonna read it?

 

I like the first version after you've changed the background.