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March 20, 2012 at 7:19 pm #1003324
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ParticipantNice, it looks good! The only thing I would do differently is decrease the size of the quote and DJ Sumir logo on the main page a little bit. It takes up the entire screen and I think it would be a little easier to read and be more aesthetically pleasing if it was a bit smaller. Also, I’m pretty sure you meant “things that MAKE me tick” on the “About” page 🙂
March 20, 2012 at 9:46 pm #17074Sumir
MemberThanks Frosh. I agree the logo is too large, my intention was t reduce the size after I had added content. Maybe I’ll go ahead and take care of that now though. I’ll check that typo error too. Take care 🙂
March 20, 2012 at 9:46 pm #1003325MemberThanks Frosh. I agree the logo is too large, my intention was t reduce the size after I had added content. Maybe I’ll go ahead and take care of that now though. I’ll check that typo error too. Take care 🙂
March 20, 2012 at 11:40 pm #17080Memberper a friend’s suggestion, I also changed the color scheme for my logo. Two females both suggested I make th logo pop more , my name has gone from the previous brown to a soft orange. The heart is more vibrant and pure red, the image behind the heart I was told “blends too much into the black”. So I gave it a lighter shade of red, and knocked up the opacity to 100%. I agree with her , it does look nicer like this..on black. I wasn’t wanting to change it because I had my heart set on the brown, I was afraid making it to bold would distract, change the emotional feel an just not look right.
I was wrong! 😉 .Also the font within my logo I lightened to a light grey, from the darker shade of grey. The font color for the rest of the page is also changed – , to a softer.. slightly grey-white. Rambling ..having a lot of fun with this. Illustrator ROCKS!! I never used it before, always been a Photoshop guy. The two of these tools together really opens things up. ILL is so much damn better for vector work. Well , check it out when ya can . Tell me what ya think of all the changes, ty 🙂March 21, 2012 at 3:18 am #17088VinnyBlanc
Participant^ I was going to make this exact suggestion. Looks like the ladies beat me to it.
What host are you using for the site? What has your expeirence been like? I am looking to make a basic site/splashpage that will link to my social media / music hubs.March 21, 2012 at 5:48 am #17095Membercheckout squarespace.com Vinny, Very intuitive I suggest upgrading to the professional package, and getting your own domain. much nicer.
March 21, 2012 at 7:01 pm #17125Todd Oddity
ParticipantI like it. Clean and uncluttered. Let us know when you get the content filled in and I’ll revisit.
March 21, 2012 at 10:20 pm #17137Papa Bear
MemberNice one, but (don’t take this as an affront, rather an advice, aight?)
– Logo is jumping as you switch from “Home” to any other page.
– and the whit font (“History and future , things that make me tick..soon.” and equivalent) seems to small, the white is blurring with the surrounding black. Try to use either a bold font (my recommendation), or make the black rather anthrazite or the white a light grey (contrast is too high).Just my two cents 😉
But an otherwise good work!
March 22, 2012 at 12:05 am #17142MemberPapa Bear, post: 17221, member: 966 wrote: Nice one, but (don’t take this as an affront, rather an advice, aight?)
– Logo is jumping as you switch from “Home” to any other page.
– and the whit font (“History and future , things that make me tick..soon.” and equivalent) seems to small, the white is blurring with the surrounding black. Try to use either a bold font (my recommendation), or make the black rather anthrazite or the white a light grey (contrast is too high).Just my two cents 😉
But an otherwise good work!
Thanks for the inout, The logo is actually My name+ the heart+symbol. Th e text behind it will not appear on other formats, like print. It’s a tagline like nike’s “just do it”. I see whatcha mean about the white font, I was having a bit of a struggle with choosing the appropriate color choice. Originally it was a mid-grey, but after I changed my logo color scheme , I changed the font for the page text..obviously too light. I’ll keep it to an off white, so it’s easier on the eyes. I’ll check out it looks in a bold font as well. Thanks for takin the time to write your ideas, appreciated…take care
March 28, 2012 at 9:03 pm #17543MemberAlrighty, thank you all for you valuable input..very much appreciated. The site is now finalized, content is up and live. There is one mix of mine there, with more to come in the future. <3
March 28, 2012 at 10:09 pm #17545D-Jam
ParticipantYour website sucks…and so do you. YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
I’m kidding. Here’s my thoughts:
1) I think your first page should be a news kind of thing. Visitors should see events you’re going to play and new mixes you’ve posted. The bio should be another page. You want to hit people immediately with what you’re doing. Let them find out about you if they want on their own.
2) I agree that the play between the logo and the tagline is too even. In that graphic I’d reduce the size of the tagline so the logo is more prominent. I also would take out some of that space between your logo/tagline and the copy.
3) For your mixes, if you can’t host the mixes, then I’d tell you to post them both on MixCloud and MixCrate. Post the nice player with your album art showing, and then link to the MixCrate entry so someone can download it.
4) The dubtribe thing is nice, but I’d tell you then to put a blog in your site and put those there. Your music/mixes page should be 100% about you. No one else. Let dubtribe promote themeselves.
5) I’d also see if you can lighten up the text a little more so it reads more easily off that background.
March 28, 2012 at 10:59 pm #17549MemberD-Jam, post: 17629, member: 3 wrote: Your website sucks…and so do you. YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
I’m kidding. Here’s my thoughts:
1) I think your first page should be a news kind of thing. Visitors should see events you’re going to play and new mixes you’ve posted. The bio should be another page. You want to hit people immediately with what you’re doing. Let them find out about you if they want on their own.
2) I agree that the play between the logo and the tagline is too even. In that graphic I’d reduce the size of the tagline so the logo is more prominent. I also would take out some of that space between your logo/tagline and the copy.
3) For your mixes, if you can’t host the mixes, then I’d tell you to post them both on MixCloud and MixCrate. Post the nice player with your album art showing, and then link to the MixCrate entry so someone can download it.
4) The dubtribe thing is nice, but I’d tell you then to put a blog in your site and put those there. Your music/mixes page should be 100% about you. No one else. Let dubtribe promote themeselves.
5) I’d also see if you can lighten up the text a little more so it reads more easily off that background.
Word to yo momma , I’m on it YO ..lol .
March 29, 2012 at 1:01 am #17556Member*Phew* . Went and changed the site around. The tagline around my logo and the space between them has been shrunk down, nice pointer. The intro page is now my mixes, the upcoming events remains as a side bar..still on each page. I joined mix cloud and mix crate. There is a mix cloud widget right on the front page now, down below it is the mix crate icon so users can down load. Mixes and tracks from other artists have been moved to a new page “inspiration” . The font..ah the font…it’s gone from dark grey to mid grey to light grey and now to a brunt orange type color. Seems to be difficult to nail that one :-p Album art has not been added, I’ll work on that in illustrator. there ya have it..fire away..this maens you D-jam,
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