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Major changes to Website
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:58 pm
by ducatiwannabe
I added and changed a bunch of stuff at my site, tell me what ya think.
Really cool backgrounds and etc.
http://www.rangfar.com/hosted/bzflagworld
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:05 pm
by The Red Baron
the font is really hard to read against that background, I'd make it black.
while the background is really cool, it rather distracts from the font, and can be irritating on the eyes.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:08 pm
by RPG
I think you should find some way to make the text more readable with the laser background- It's cool it's just hard to read. Also, you should make the links more visible, because I had trouble finding those
HTML for giving your text a black background: <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000">YOURTEXT</font>
Change #000000 to your color of choice
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:35 pm
by Scorch
rpg, what laser background? and the links are in plain site.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:39 pm
by RPG
Ummm... the background of that site is one of dw's crazy laser screenshots. It makes it hard to see the words. Maybe you didn't wait long enough for it to load.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:25 pm
by Scorch
AAH yah your right about dw's site rpg
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:46 pm
by Workaphobia
Look, don't go all insane with the pictures and font size; go for simplicity first, then elegance. Start with a simple background and a font color that's easy to read, and keep the font size smaller even if you don't have a lot of text on that particular page. If you want a repeating background picture, don't use a screenshot but rather something that doesn't distract from the text at all. Add in pictures that don't overlap with the text using tables or something.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:00 am
by ducatiwannabe
Ok
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:07 am
by ducatiwannabe
Fixed, tell me what you think of laser background and text now?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:37 am
by RPG
Good, but I liked the laser show.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:50 am
by ducatiwannabe
Laser is still there...
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:35 am
by Dutchrai
Yikes...can't read it. Try this: font color black, and open your laser picture in PhotoShop or something. Filter it in one way or another (lower contrast AND increase brightness) to make it much lighter, this way you can create a more subtle background. Hard backgrounds like this cannot be read upon
You could even play with the HUE values and set it to one color only. Would be far better for a background.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:36 am
by Dutchrai
If you don't have Adobe's PhotoShop, try the free PhotoFiltre...very powerful!
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:43 pm
by ducatiwannabe
Ok thanks!
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:53 pm
by ducatiwannabe
Pixia all the way
go Pixia
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:53 pm
by Scorch
use the mighty Gimp!
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:57 pm
by ducatiwannabe
Nope, PIXIA
Mwahahhaaha
Um I changed it again
tell me what you think again!
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:58 pm
by Scorch
much better.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:08 pm
by Dutchrai
Yes..that's it.
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:18 pm
by Logwad
Gimp rules all.
And I can't seem to access your site, is the server down?
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:48 pm
by ducatiwannabe
It seems slow or down..odd....