gregoryeric

While I like the discussions, I would have to say the design is pretty much lacking.

Lack of color, focal points, engagement and there is no intensity. In fact the only focal points seem to be the google adwords.

The page itself is very easy to read, but not nearly as aesthic as a simply newspaper. Not trying to be offensive, or overly critical, just giving an opinion.

IMHO, the site would be better served with at least some intensity in the design or even by just adding some cooling colors for a comfortable engagement.

IMHO, you did very well, escpecially for being new to the code and system. It is a dark theme, which I tend to like, but it lacks any real design elements. My current theme is pretty dark, industrial and somewhat image heavy, but I guess it’s all relative.

I do have a question, the top left menu (simplicity, silence, solitude) will those be content boxes, or just a demo in window control?

Ideas: use more color for focal aspects; make people look where you want, and add some graphics.

PS: I also like the picture you have of the crow, nice snap; me like birdies ??

Thanx for taking a peek.
It diffently has an industrial feel, and I have been having a thing for orange and yellow colors lately.
Honestly, I have to admit that it was much easier to take a design and make it a working theme then I remember. I frk’n dig WP! ??

“took 2.5 minutes to load”… eeek!
Ok, so I guess optimizing the images and cleaning out the code moved up a notch on the priority list.

As I mentioned, I moved quickly and am down to just my laptop. So I hadn’t noticed, much less tested load time.
Thanx for peeking, and the spelling catch.

(Stupid spelling!)

oh yeah, I also made the template into a Coppermine theme for the gallery. It looks pretty seamless…I think ??