*Bling Bling* Site Check..comments plz

[AdamDuritz99]

i just built this website www.blingice.com. It's just about finished, a few more things to do, but about done. I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions? Thanks

peace
sean

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

N I C E !

I LOVE the fact that the mouse-overs on the buttons slowly fade into the next color...





very -VERY cool

 

[AdamDuritz99]

Thanks, i must be honest, i'll give dreamweaver the credit for the flash buttons.

peace
sean

 

[Jothaxe]

Nice looking overall!

One thing I would do differently is the way it is justified. On my computer the entire page is on the left half of the screen, and the right half is just plain white (this may be different for other resolution settings.) Perhaps you could center the content in the middle of the page, so it looks balanced. Just an idea...

 

[TripleJ]

Looking good. How about a little sentence summing up what the site is about near the title? Just something to tell the new viewer what they are looking at. Something like Anandtech's.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

Thanks guys, you are giving me good ideas. i centered the site up. how does it look now? What should i put for the phrase? any suggestions?

thanks
sean

 

[AdamDuritz99]

anybody else?

 

[AdamDuritz99]

*sigh* one last bump

 

[bigrash]

looks very nice. great promo also i noticed

 

[shikhan]

Well.. I like it, just some picky things...
1) I really have never liked word's ability to make images, especially their gradients. However, the "Buy Now" button looks /okay/ but the BlingIce doesnt really fit at all. It needs to take up that white are to the right of it. And the gradient just doesnt go with the site. If you have photoshop, or have a friend who has it, get it and make something basic. Even just a plain inner bevel with a shadow or pillow bevel will look very nice with your site.

2) Instead of using black as your text color, I would use the same shade of blue as you used in the "100% Free Life Time Warrantee" or an off shoot.

3) Instead of having the news "buried" away like you have it, I would think about placing a coloum between the pendent charm item and the warrenty claim that was the length of the page

4) You switch between using a cap-locked font for sub-headings to using the word pos [sorry can't help myself] images. Pick one and stick to it. Since your using the word art for "buy now", I'd suggest staying to font.

PS. If that isn't word art, i apologize, but it defiently looks like it. I highly reccomend getting photoshop or some other image maker. You dont really have to know much. Simple many times looks better than complicated. Good luck!

 

[AdamDuritz99]

thanks for the advice man, really help..i agree the logo wasnt right, but yet, well..i dont know. i'll take some of your advice..thanks. oh and i never used word grpahix. all of it is photoshop, that i made my self. no offense though. anyone else

peace
sean

 

[shawnmos]

not bad

 

[1967mustangman]

That is one awesome site! I really like it it looks really sharp!

 

[shikhan]

Hmm, if thats allready photoshop, heres an idea you might want to try:
Get rid of the gradient effect
change global lighting to be 120* if it isn't allready
change the color to a light blue
change the shadow effect to be only a couple pxl's
add a bevel [either pillow or inner]
change the font width to fit the width available in the title

That should be a nice look to start you off with.

I've never been a fan of the color gradients and always thought it made a website look a tad childish. The only gradients I like are the fading ones, though the chrome one is okay with a little editing. That's just my opinion tho.

 

[yobarman]

the bling ice logo at the top is ass ugly im sorry. other than that it's pretty nice.

P.S: I did not know "ice" was so cheap?

 

[Azraele]

Very nice site. I like the mouse-over, but something bothers me about the "BlingIce" at the top. I can't pinpoint what it is though.

On the whole, though, excellent job.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

Yeah, i get that felling too about the logo Azraele. And obviously everyone agree's here...i'm gonna change it. Thanks anybody else?


peace
sean

 

[AdamDuritz99]

ok i updated the logo, does anybody like it now? I updated the site like some of you guys/girls suggestions. any other? I might but the news on the right like shikhan said, does anyone else think i should? it's kind of a think coloumn like 102 or something.

peace
sean

 

[Pastore]

LOL, that is all

 

[shikhan]

its much better but spread it out, you've got all that white space to the right of it, use it. Try using photoshop to change the width of the letters and spacing inbetween the letters. Not only will it use up that space but it generally looks really nice too.

Put the "~the world in a shade of Bling Bling" in a lighter color tone, light grey, light blue, something like that. And perhaps center it if you decide to strech out the title. I like the phrase tho

Also, the color gradient on the "buy now" is bothering me like crazy but i think i've picked at this site alot allready It really is a nice site.

Oh yea, I was thinking about the news thing i said and it might look better on the left rather than the right cuz then it'd break the flow of a person's concetration

 

[AdamDuritz99]

ok, i have another question for phrases which do you like better

Time to get your Bling on
or
The world in a shade of Bling Bling

peace
sean