ACTIONpack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 So I'm not really a fan of the new Neowin website. I feel like there is a lot of design work that needs to be fix and improve. Lucky for me I do design website for a living(partly). I'm not done with the home page yet but I'm going to give you some screenshots until I'm finish and show all the pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 No thanks, it's a mess - it's genuinely awkward to even look at. Aergan, Rohdekill, gohpep and 10 others 13 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosense Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The concept Look's worse, the new layout is fine. It's not like they bought a WP theme and called it a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Just my opinion, but not a fan of trying to read something sideways. Probably not the only one who'd just scroll past it as a guess.. it's supposed to draw your eyes right to it as a focal point, and being hard to read negates that. Probably worse on a tablet, turn your tablet sideways to try and read it and then the thing keeps re-adjusting itself.. get in an endless loop of spinny-tablet-syndrome. +E.Worm Jimmy, gohpep and Cute James 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S. Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Your concept has too many distinct bars and lines. Ugly and unnecessary boxes surrounding the comments and author. Sorry. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Not a fan of that design. It feels rather inconsistent. I rather like the current one with a few exceptions. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Categories bar seems out of place. And kind of a pain to read the text sideways. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted August 27, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'm sorry, but I'm not a fan. I prefer the official design by quite a margin. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Yeah sorry, it's way to big - worse than the current design (which is bad enough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTIONpack Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Yea.i know what you mean by the sideways text. Didn't like when I put it in place but its not a finish design. The blue part is going to work really cool when I'm finish. It's not just eye candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 So if you knew it doesn't work, why demo it? Look man, your sig says that you are a graphic designer, and the pics on your portfolio look classy. There's this huge disparity here between a graphic designer and someone who want's to be a graphic designer - which makes me wonder about who created all the design shown on your portfolio. You know? What I'm saying is that by demonstrating this mess (and it IS a mess, it breaks so many design guidelines that it hurts) you seem to have undermined yourself. +E.Worm Jimmy and Aergan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosense Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 So if you knew it doesn't work, why demo it? Look man, your sig says that you are a graphic designer, and the pics on your portfolio look classy. There's this huge disparity here between a graphic designer and someone who want's to be a graphic designer - which makes me wonder about who created all the design shown on your portfolio. You know? What I'm saying is that by demonstrating this mess (and it IS a mess, it breaks so many design guidelines that it hurts) you seem to have undermined yourself. That's the problem with web designers\graphics designers these days. All they do is install CMS (drupal\joomla\wordpress), buy a design from themeforest for 50 bucks and charge couple hundred for adding content to an unoriginal design. I have no problem with CMS made websites, but at least you can make your own theme. Dick Montage and Nick H. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted August 28, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted August 28, 2014 One thing I do like about that was the red comments. Makes it much easier to see then the light grey which Neowin currently has. Other then that, sorry, but pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTIONpack Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 That's the problem with web designers\graphics designers these days. All they do is install CMS (drupal\joomla\wordpress), buy a design from themeforest for 50 bucks and charge couple hundred for adding content to an unoriginal design. I have no problem with CMS made websites, but at least you can make your own theme. My website is a template.i have no to create from scratch.it would take at least a month todo. All my web work on my portfolio site are from me. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 My website is a template.i have no to create from scratch.it would take at least a month todo. All my web work on my portfolio site are from me. Just saying YOu used the same template on other sites as well from your work tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTIONpack Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 What site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosense Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 My website is a template.i have no to create from scratch.it would take at least a month todo. All my web work on my portfolio site are from me. Just saying If you really don't want to invest time in hard coding css\php\etc, invest into a program call artisteer. You can make a CMS template in less than a couple hours and than you can add what ever css codes you want to add to your website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scar Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I like the new design. However, I'd really like to see the Forum share a similar design to match the new look sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldiers33 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Not being rude but the concept is just as bad as the real thing. Literally I hate this new crap which neowin created. I dont even enjoy browsing the site anymore. Takes forever to load and everything is so huge and bulky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The whole banner area is messy. I'm not sure what's going on there. Too many elements drawing your attention, and too many elements overlapping that shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted August 28, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2014 Sorry i dont like that at all, its a mess and extremely hard to read/view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Not being rude but the concept is just as bad as the real thing. Literally I hate this new crap which neowin created. I dont even enjoy browsing the site anymore. Takes forever to load and everything is so huge and bulky. Takes forever to load & you're based in London, UK? Stop stealing your internet from someone else in your apartment block then, geez site loads in under 2 seconds for me... Haggis 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 What did you improve? (Hint: nothing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdong3000 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 There is nothing good about that design... You have made it worse actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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