Thread: A Concept

Nice Recycling of those clouds though.

"though" ? "Nice Recyclicng of those clours *though*" ??

What's that supposed to mean. You don't like this one either? are you kidding me? .... I don't believe this. I think it's awesome.


And Lomebririon, let's see the wallpaper you made. Is it anywhere on this site? Link me.

It's here.

Originally posted by Dylan
\"though\" ? * *\"Nice Recyclicng of those clours *though*\" ??

What's that supposed to mean. You don't like this one either? are you kidding me? .... I don't believe this. I think it's awesome.

I don't recall saying I never liked it, nor did I comment on its level of awesomeness. I simply commented on the good job you did using those clouds again.

You assumed a hell of a lot from that one word with no other words following it. No offence, but of course you think its awesome, you made it.

Originally posted by If after his comment Aphius had

We'd all have been fine.

Well I guess I did assume, which maybe I shouldnt have, but I wasn't mad or anything, I was just confused. I still don't get what you meant by "though". Regardless, it's really not a big deal.

Anyway, thanks for the cloud comment.

What are your (and other people's) thoughts? More to do with specific things that could be improved or changed, and how it works for the site altogether. We should get some more discussion/ideas rolling, be it for this design or a new one altogether!

Dylan

Originally posted by Dylan

This one is my favorite - but I still like the 'church' one. Serene cloud scenes are great.

Thus far I think you have the lead in awsome-ness. Keep it up, man!

I DO like the look of the space one but...

The problem with having a nice big one with a bunch of stuff in it is it won't match up with the website design. That's why our current one is good, because it is simplistic and it isn't way too "full" if you know what I mean. I like how it looks, but I don't think it would be the best for OUR banner.

It is indeed a predicament. I could see a more complcated banner working...

What I see to be a problem is that I and others run at 1280x1024 screen resolution, how would we fill the extra space of those who run at smaller or larger resolutions? Well maybe not smaller, looks like they'd fit ok, but on large ones. Like, the current one has a transparency on the logo and a background that can be repeated.

Well, for the ones I've made so far, I designed them to be able to be extended to fit any browser size. Even at the smallest size, they should work (with the picture alone). But if you look at the far right ends of the pictures, with whatever space is there, a background would be made that could be repeated. I've tried it actually. It works quite well.

Let me whip up an example. I'll post it in a few minutes, but I have the PSD file on another computer so i'll have to work with the image I have here. I'll create one for the clouds and space, but of course the principle could be used for any header.

Cheers,
Dylan

Okay here's what I meant. They're big so I just linked them:

The sky one.
The star one.

To be honest, I really don't think I like them anymore. But the way the BG is done could be implimented in the next one. Hmmm... I gotta think of another header now! But first we should all bounce ideas off eachother... and I gotta ask again, is the entire site going to be redesigned as well? or is it ONLY the header?

Dylan

Oh, only the header. Ice has already got the site design like he wants it.

hey,

i like the 'church' one and night one as well, but i still haven't seen 'the one.' i dunno what guidance to suggest...

first off, i'm probably going to change the scheme somewhat because as i mentioned earlier i want to redesign the forum's index page completely (i mentioned i liked the folder look from http://www.planetsoulnetwork.com/forum/index.php and also the look of http://forums.xcheater.com/), and if that's done then generally changes will need to percolate throughout the board. i like blues and greys, so i think we'll stick with those in some form...thus, any banners consisting of those colours will probably coalesce well.

as mentioned, the right or left of the banner can be extended to accommodate varying resolutions; also, however, sometimes the middle is extended between two images (generally fading images into a solid colour).

apparently very plain banners are popular now:

(links removed)

holy shit...crazy how they all seem to jump on the bandwagon...i mean, ALL those banners are *very* plain (in case you don't feel like clicking on them all). a while ago fading repeated horizontal lines and fading images were popular, as long as they were in a very simple design with just a few colours...that's what i'd prefer i think.

HA! i found one that still retains the old style: http://www.ml.com/ see the horizontal lines? the fading images? i don't like that particular banner, but it at least demonstrates the style that used to be very popular w/ corporate sites.

Hhm... Ok I see what you mean. But a lot, if not all of those sites (didn't check them all out) are companies specializing in computer services or digital type things... those looks are, yes, popular... but popular among corporations, very plain... professional, but a different type of professional look than I think this site should have. Are you sure you want that? I agree that perhaps the designs I've done so far have been a bit "busy", but I mean, this is a website about lucid dreaming, it's not some corporation. I think it would be really effective if it had a clean / professional, YET artistic and dreamlike look. Do you know what I mean? Not that I really have any say or anything, but I'm just giving a really (really) big suggestion.

Tell me what you think... a professional look, yet still with a big artistic influence.

Cheers,
Dylan

I agree with Dylan that those sites suggested such as microsoft and IBM, etc. are just a plain color stripe, it seems too boring and unfeeling. I think the banner should look professional and not too busy, but I agree that this is a lucid dreaming forum and it would be nice if the banner had a lighter or airy etherial nature to it. Those other site designs bore me to death. But I also think that the suggested ones so far with the stars/clouds/etc. are a bit too busy...and still too dark. We just need to find something in between in guess?

i didn't suggest those sites because i liked the design; as i stated, i prefer the older style (horizontal lines, fading images). i merely included those because i was just amazed how they all follow trends so closely. regardless of the fact that those are business sites they do set the tone for "in" site design, and they obv. do lots of research to determine what really is appealing to people and what isn't.

i'd like this place to have a professional look; as stated on the main page i don't want it to really look "dreamy." having said that, though, i'm imagining we're going to have to reach a hybrid between the two.

i'd like this place to have a professional look; as stated on the main page i don't want it to really look \"dreamy.\" having said that, though, i'm imagining we're going to have to reach a hybrid between the two.[/b]

What if everything on the page was more compact. I think the difference between these forums and those sites you linked to is more of the layout and size then the title bar alone.

How about a change to something like this?

Originally posted by AcidBasick
What if everything on the page was more compact. I think the difference between these forums and those sites you linked to is more of the layout and size then the title bar alone.

i've been thinking about that and i think we'll try that; as it is, some of the things stretch out too much on my resolution, so perhaps imposing a set width might work. i'm going to immediately guess that 800 pixels is an industry standard size, but later when i'm not so lazy i'll go check it out. the only problem here is the main site has to be flush against the left (otherwise the menu on the left just doesn't look right to me) but i think the forum should be centered...thus inconsistency.

anyway, i think i'll grab one of the new banners thus far (perhaps the most recent one, although i think it's too dark) for testing, throw a grey bar above it and add the login text fields, then design the grey buttons i want below it, and then do up a mock forum. perhaps that'll make it a little easier for people to see what i want.


on another note the site's patterened grey background is SO going to have to go; i'm not sure what to replace it with, but it's definitely gone.

also, to those of you who have banner ideas that you think contravene what i've suggested please go ahead anyway if you're interested...perhaps someone can prove me wrong or we can combine some ideas together, etc.

finally, in the image that AcidBasick posted depicting the reduced width the top bar above the forum list comes out a darker blue, and i think that looks pretty good. i wanted to change those anyway, so perhaps with the mock forum i can start experimenting with that. the earliest any of this is going to happen though is next week.


'k bye

I really want to make you a banner like you want!

I'm so goddamn busy! A guy with nothing but free time should NOT be this busy! What the hell is this!?!

Tried the "minimalistic" approach. I think it is really boring but I just wanted to see if that is close to what you wanted...
There are two... one

and

Wow! That IS boring.

Originally posted by Lomebririon


Wow! That IS boring.

Yeah I know,
But it IS moderately "professional" I guess...

Oh and I found out what your signature is.

A test would be testicle.

...i like where this is going

... but here. I don't like this one at all, but I like the eye that's in it, maybe you guys could think of something to do with it.



[EDIT: Or maybe a closed eye would be better?]

Dylan

Originally posted by wasup
Tried the \"minimalistic\" approach. *I think it is really boring but I just wanted to see if that is close to what you wanted...
There are two... one

hey,

actually i think that does look pretty good, but as i said that's popular now but not what i'm looking for (i prefer the older style). perhaps i'll remove all the links to those corporate sites because maybe that's confusing people.


p.s. no eyes.