Phresh Phoundation, myspace layout idea Options

[Mikeplyts]

Using some free time that I had because I managed to finish like 3 of my projects already, I designed a myspace layout for my own myspace. I wanted to get an opinion of what you guys think.

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I don't really think I'm liking the little navigation thing I have. Actually, I may just switch the page links with the main navigation links. C&C prz. Thanks. (By the way, this is only a mockup; not the actual coded layout.)

UPDATE #1: (Shortened main content text. Attained case-consistency. Made navigation sidebar links a dark gray. Altered comment box appearance and separated the box from the button. Lowered opacity of the circles bokeh in the top header content. Added a footer. Turns out I didn't save the PSD's for the icons, so I had to put a colored rectangle over the original "James Bond" text and replaced with "Mike Peters" text.)

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[fixtatik]

Very clean, I like it. If I'm gonna nit-pick:

- Like already said, dim the circles a bit. They should be almost invisible, like the shadows around your boxes.
- For the comment box, why not give it the same gradient and shadows as the rest (subtle differences, of course)? Make the button separate from the textarea, and give them both that quiet shadow.
- There's something about the folded corners that irks me a bit. I think it's because they seem flush against the background. Maybe instead of folding them, curve them?
- Change the "James Bond" to your name. Looks too much like a stock icon right now.
- Sidebar font, down about .2em. Main text, up about .2em, and shorten it. There's a limit to how much people are actually going to read.
- If you're going to have the envelope on the opposite side as the other icons, make the navigation itself different from the others. A darker grey would probably work nicely.
- Case consistency: either make the headers of the sidebar lowercase, or capitalize the headers in the content area. It looks weird as it is now.
- Softer shadow on your default photo to match with the sidebar sections.

+3 for using Yasny's brushes! Don't forget to credit her.

Also, a side note: are you planning on using Flash? If you're not, it'll really get to be a pain in the ass updating your statistics. And DHTML isn't a syntax -- it's just a term saying that there's HTML and HTML DOM/Javascript (which you can't even use on Myspace anyway) and splendiferous CSS.