Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Hi everyone! I just launched the new website for my band Stroave. Spent about a month designing and coding it. Pretty satisfied with the result, but some feedback is always welcome. :) Check it out if you want: stroave.com Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Phenom II Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 1st impression - very professional looking, smart design and nicely laid out, easy to navigate - well done ! 1 criticism - Get some different photos !! Loads looking the same :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 e-berlin.org Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Great achievement, bravo. P.S. Photos are also fine IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PT 13 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Good job :) Very clean and effective. (better thank most big bands out there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thanks all! Much appreciated. :D 1st impression - very professional looking, smart design and nicely laid out, easy to navigate - well done ! 1 criticism - Get some different photos !! Loads looking the same :) Yeah I'm still hoping to get some live photos. These photos are just from one single photoshoot, so I hope the photographer will send me some good shots from one of our gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RoomKid Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Indeed, professional. One thing to do, instead of linking the background image using html, do it using CSS. Way more effective, also optimize the background image. It does take some time to load it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ashpowell Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 get a favicon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Apex. Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 It's pretty good, I'm impressed. Good music too, I hope you do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calum Veteran Posted April 11, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 11, 2010 I really like this. I think the menu would be better if there was a hover effect of some sort though; just something simple like the colour changing (just like 'news' is a different colour when you're on the home page). P.S. Your song 'Tonight' is great ;) That's the only one I've heard at the moment :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BoneyardBrew Member Posted April 11, 2010 Member Share Posted April 11, 2010 I agree with everyone so far, I am very impressed. I was expecting something that was just thrown together and rather unprofessional looking. I am pleasantly surprised to find the exact opposite. Really great job! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +John. Subscriber¹ Posted April 11, 2010 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 11, 2010 Aye, very very nice. Exceptionally clean, gets the point across, won't confuse the user. Very good. Get a header title and a favicon, though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 primexx Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 looks very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andrew_f Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I like it a lot. Possibly vertically centre the page, that might make it look neater on higher resolution monitors considering your design is nice and compact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Great suggestions! I'll get to work on a favicon to start! Indeed, professional. One thing to do, instead of linking the background image using html, do it using CSS. Way more effective, also optimize the background image. It does take some time to load it. The background image size changes through Javascript, so that it stays centered and has the correct aspect ratio. I'm not sure if I can pull that off using the CSS method. I'll need to experiment a bit. I'll definitely look into the optimizing though, thanks. :) It's pretty good, I'm impressed. Good music too, I hope you do well. I really like this. I think the menu would be better if there was a hover effect of some sort though; just something simple like the colour changing (just like 'news' is a different colour when you're on the home page). P.S. Your song 'Tonight' is great ;) That's the only one I've heard at the moment :p Thank you very much! We'll be playing an "acoustic" version of 'Tonight' on our tv appearance tomorrow. I'll add videos to the website hopefully this week. :) I like it a lot. Possibly vertically centre the page, that might make it look neater on higher resolution monitors considering your design is nice and compact. That's a good idea. I should test how it will look when there's more vertical content though. Thanks again for all the feedback. You people are the best! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 I added a favicon. Best thing I could come up with in 16*16px and with our logo. I'll change it though if I think of something better. :) Also made the a:hover addition on the top menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Des429 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 for your navigation at the top, try doing something flashier with the underlining part. some ideas ive seen before: change the color so that when you hover over it, not just the text changes color, the underline (which im assuming you're using a border to show) changes color. http://mashable.com/ does this well. or get rid of the border-bottom and only have it be shown for the page that you're on, or if you hover over it. right now that border is erking me because every time i hovered over one of the links, they did nothing. i want them to be apart of the links themselves, right now they're kind of just floating there. tie them to the links a little better and it'll look awesome! good luck! edit: also want to add that i tested it on my other monitor that is 1024x768 and there was a little horizontal scrolling. not sure if you are designing for resolutions bigger than that, but a lot of computers still use that resolution, so you may want to consider making it a little thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 for your navigation at the top, try doing something flashier with the underlining part. some ideas ive seen before: change the color so that when you hover over it, not just the text changes color, the underline (which im assuming you're using a border to show) changes color. http://mashable.com/ does this well. or get rid of the border-bottom and only have it be shown for the page that you're on, or if you hover over it. right now that border is erking me because every time i hovered over one of the links, they did nothing. i want them to be apart of the links themselves, right now they're kind of just floating there. tie them to the links a little better and it'll look awesome! good luck! edit: also want to add that i tested it on my other monitor that is 1024x768 and there was a little horizontal scrolling. not sure if you are designing for resolutions bigger than that, but a lot of computers still use that resolution, so you may want to consider making it a little thinner. Thanks for the suggestion! I updated the site. :) It does look better. I'm not sure if I can squeeze the site some more, it's pretty thin as it is. But you're right. More people than I expected still use that resolution! I'll look into it. :) Also, the media page now includes our first videoclip. My friend who edited it just sent it to me, so I uploaded it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Phenom II Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thanks all! Much appreciated. :D Yeah I'm still hoping to get some live photos. These photos are just from one single photoshoot, so I hope the photographer will send me some good shots from one of our gigs. Excellent, you will have to update us once they new pics are up there, look forward to it, and do you have any vids / mp3's of your band playing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Des429 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thanks for the suggestion! I updated the site. :) It does look better. I'm not sure if I can squeeze the site some more, it's pretty thin as it is. But you're right. More people than I expected still use that resolution! I'll look into it. :) Also, the media page now includes our first videoclip. My friend who edited it just sent it to me, so I uploaded it right away. Theres some space on the sides, at least the left hand side where you have your background image. i would cut that out of the layout, and then make it a 2pixel x 1000 pixel (or w/e the layout's height is set at) and then just have it repeat along the x-axis. This way if someone goes ot your site that uses a larger resolution, it will cover the entire area. http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/ does this very well. notice how no matter how large your window is set, the header/background continues to be drawn across? its a pretty simple trick that'll go a long ways. of course you could rewrite everything to use percentages. but thats a bit of a hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Excellent, you will have to update us once they new pics are up there, look forward to it, and do you have any vids / mp3's of your band playing ? Yes I do! You can find mp3's and a video on the media page -> http://stroave.com/?p=media Theres some space on the sides, at least the left hand side where you have your background image. i would cut that out of the layout, and then make it a 2pixel x 1000 pixel (or w/e the layout's height is set at) and then just have it repeat along the x-axis. This way if someone goes ot your site that uses a larger resolution, it will cover the entire area. http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/ does this very well. notice how no matter how large your window is set, the header/background continues to be drawn across? its a pretty simple trick that'll go a long ways. of course you could rewrite everything to use percentages. but thats a bit of a hassle. The background image should stretch nicely already. JavaScript is taking care of that. But I admit I haven't thoroughly tested any other resolutions. I'll get on that though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sachleen Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Looks very nice, just one minor typo: In the media page, "photo's" should be "photos". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pajter Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 D'oh! Thanks for mentioning that. I'll correct it first thing in the morning. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calum Veteran Posted April 12, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 12, 2010 [...] Also made the a:hover addition on the top menu. Excellent. Thank you for taking my suggestion on board :) It looks very nice and adds a touch more interaction to the site. Thank you very much! We'll be playing an "acoustic" version of 'Tonight' on our tv appearance tomorrow. I'll add videos to the website hopefully this week. :) Great. I'll be sure to look out for it :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RoomKid Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 The background image size changes through Javascript, so that it stays centered and has the correct aspect ratio. I'm not sure if I can pull that off using the CSS method. I'll need to experiment a bit. Why not use this: body { background: url(bg.jpg) center center; } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Phenom II Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yes I do! You can find mp3's and a video on the media page -> http://stroave.com/?p=media Doh! Of course, should have looked there first lol, thanks, will listen tomorrow via surround sound :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Azies Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 On a semi-related note, I like your band's sound. I think I'll check the promo kit out, do you guys mind if I pass the website around to a few friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I just launched the new website for my band Stroave.
Spent about a month designing and coding it. Pretty satisfied with the result, but some feedback is always welcome. :)
Check it out if you want: stroave.com
Thanks in advance!
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