Well, I haven't had a personal website in about 2-1/2 years.
Decided it was time to make a new one, and (of course) it's Apple-inspired.
This is still in the extremely early build stages...
No links work...plan to have mouseovers for the buttons.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be very appreciated! 
Thanks.
P.S. Even if you think it sucks, tell me, I can take it >.<
everythings pixelated.
Originally posted by contrasutra@Aug 27 2003, 11:30 PMeverythings pixelated.
Not sure...
Looks fine in my browser.
Checked Mozilla & IE...fine in both.
What res do you have your screen?
Originally posted by contrasutra@Aug 27 2003, 11:40 PM1024x768, 24bit color. Mozilla Firebird 6.1 nightly
Its especially noticable around the text.
O.K.
I'm running at 1280x960, and switched to 1024x768.
I see what you're talking about, I tried to make the
files small...guess I went too small and lost quality.
I'll fix it in a few.
That aside, any other comments or suggestions?
Its better, but still pixelated around the text.
Why use JPEGs? PNGs will remove that pixelization.
Originally posted by contrasutra@Aug 28 2003, 12:05 AMIts better, but still pixelated around the text.
Why use JPEGs? PNGs will remove that pixelization.
I don't know why you're still seeing pixels
it's nice and clean, good start.
i used to see the pixels (looks like noise), but it's gone now. nice that you cleaned it up.
these are my thoughts, some positive critiques (like what we did in my art class): having a gray background with black text isn't too appealing, and everything is centered. there's no real balance (i mean, everything's in the middle), no rhythm for the eye to follow, and it's kind of prosaic and uninviting at first glance.
i hope that wasn't too harsh, but they're just some thoughts i had when i saw the site. you're still working on it, and i'm sure it'll be a great looking site by the time you're done! i can't wait to see how it turns out after all the hard work has paid off! (Y) 
Originally posted by DHSMaroon13@Aug 28 2003, 12:06 AMor just don't use images for the text
looks awesome so far!
Thanks DHSMaroon13!
I would like to use text....
Please forgive me as I'm still a relative novice at web design. :baby:
Can I embed a font in the page, and also lock its position?
So it doesn't change from one computer to another?
Thanks again.
dreamz
Thanks for the input.
I know, it is still kinda bland.
I put it together in the 20 minutes or so before I posted it.
As I said I'm kinda tired right now and I think some of the design centers
in my brain have already shut down for the nght. 
I'm gonna go to bed and come back fresh tomorrow.
@jbgamble: for 20 mins., it's better than what i could pull off. it should be cool once it's up.
@contrasutra: on my crt (1024x768, 32bit) the text is pretty clear, no pixels here. i'm guessing it's the monitor technology then. should be cleared up when he switches to text instead of images.
Originally posted by contrasutra@Aug 28 2003, 12:26 AMDo you have an LCD?
I can see the pixels pretty easily on my LCD, but not on my CRT.
Ahhh....it's all so clear now.
No, the LCD fairy hasn't visited me yet.
Uh Oh, I think I hear my bed calling me.
I"ll be back tomorrow.
One more thing before I'm off....
I did spend quite a while creating the button/tabs.
When I said 20 min, I meant the overall composition,
including the text, border and image placement.
Thanks to all for your suggestions
One more thing before I'm off....I did spend quite a while creating the button/tabs.
When I said 20 min, I meant the overall composition,
including the text, border and image placement.
hehe, i knew that. and even in 20 mins, it's better than what i could ever come up with. i'm not much of a designer at all, haha.
I like the design.
I would suggest a left and right border for the big image at the top. The way you have it it looks somehow cut off from an unseen rest of a picture.
Also, I personally enjoy crisp, high-contrast texts. The buttons are really good, but the colouring of ther text and the buttons alltogether with the shadows make the text less easy to the eye to read them .. i hope you know what i mean...
But, for a beginning this thing rocks!
Have fun,
McTrinsic
Thanks McTrinsic
I'll try to sharpen up the text in the buttons.
As for the other text, I'm still looking into using "real" text istead of graphics.
I want to embed/lock the font so it looks the same no matter who is veiwing it.
I just don't know how yet. 
All: Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
nice brushed theme!
Originally posted by jbgamble@Aug 28 2003, 04:33 PMAs for the other text, I'm still looking into using "real" text istead of graphics.
I want to embed/lock the font so it looks the same no matter who is veiwing it.
I just don't know how yet.
As much as I know, this isnt possible with standard html.
The origins of html lie in *structuring* text, not presenting / displaying it. The idea was you could use some text on different displays, and every user could set the display to his/her likings. This goes especially out to text.
Even if you use wide-spred fonts like times new roman, arial or verdana you can never be 100% sure the reader has this font installed on his computer (there are a lot of linux users and a few Amiga/MorphOs, BeOS, OS/2 and a few more users out there).
The only workaround (as much as I know, i am very limited in that) is using graphics, like you already do.
There might be a more flexible way for using graphics (SVG?), but I dont know.
Have fun,
McTrinsic
Originally posted by McTrinsic@Aug 29 2003, 02:19 AMAs much as I know, this isnt possible with standard html.
Yeah, I think you're right about standard HTML.
I wonder if there's something in SHTML, XML, or JS....Hmmmm
!!Update!!
Well, I think I found what I was looking for....
at Webmonkey
Still have to go through the tutorial
yes, it is possible
i don't remember off the top of my head how... but it is
the only problem is it makes big file sizes if people have to download the font every time. personally, i'd go with a generic font to apease the dial up users, or have a version with and a version without the embedded font
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