So, my host decided it would be cool to run a contest for 14 days of jQuery (jquery14.com), and I decided it might be cool if I won something. So I went on a redesign of my site:


Live: http://bit.ly/6v8pAo

It's still a few days away from being finished (a lot of the transitions aren't where I want them to be and there are a few dead links), but there's something that's bugging the hell out of me and I can't figure out what it is. The link colors bugged me, so I'm going to change those, but besides that, something just doesn't feel right.

Ideas? :\

Whoa, looks pretty sick, dude. But, I think the colored lines in the background are kind of just... misplaced? It kind of doesn't look right there, it's a bit random, and it's kind of choppy too. I do like the simplicity and texture, though.

EDIT:

Also, on some pages that have the "Back to top" link, I think it should scroll the page up smoothly to the top, instead of reloading the content like that.

I like the colored bares except the outline on the box that is going across the screen should be solid so when they pass over the bares it doesn't make them lighter. If that makes sense.

I haven't gotten around to the "Back to top" links yet. Right now they're relative to the current URL, so they're broken when it comes to AJAX.

By choppy, do you mean the edges of the image, or the transitions? If it's the transitions, you might need to restart FF. Memory leaks FTW. <3


I think I might be tired...that kinda confused me.

Oh, the edges of the image. But still, if you look at it for a while, it just looks randomly slapped on there. I think you should kind of make those bars blend in, like maybe fade out the top and bottom edges or something.

And I think that Abbey was trying to say to make the stroke on the bar that goes across the page a solid color, instead of Soft Light (I think you used that, I don't know).

what he said.

I am in no condition to explain things. my baaad.

I love this! This is an exceptionally designed site, however, there was a small problem I ran across, I was trying to look for the download link to FMS but there is only a page with its features and not an actual link, I found the link by going on a page that was not yet finished. Other than that, it is great :)

I second Abbey on the bar being darker. And Mike on the random placement of the colored bars. But it looks really good. Love the contrast of it all.

Mm...I changed the colored lines a bit but I don't think I can "blend" them. It just looks awful if I try anything to make them not stand out. And I kinda like the border overlay (where it gets brighter over the colors).

I think it was the font that was bugging me. Changed it to Arial and now I like it, and the smaller one Lucida Grande/Sans Unicode. And changing the link color make a huge difference.

I actually like the colored bars. The choppy edges bother me though

Change your header fonts. The ones in light blue. Doesn't suit the look.

maybe sounds when you click a link?


haha but i love this though... gave me some ideas



So this is what JQuery is?

^No, but it's an example of what kind of things jQuery can do.

Here's more information: http://www.jquery.com/

omg why did you change it back???
that new design was.....
:(


and ever since i saw it i been reading up and
going through the whole w3 school
and videos of coding....

The topic is called "14 days of jQuery".