New template design?opinions plese

[darnoldy]

Folks-

I am trying to work through a redesign. I have put a page up live at http://www.arnoldy.us/DTPFOR/. This is NOT an active forum...it is a static version of the new FORUMHOME (which is all that I have worked on so far). It should be responsive from 1440px down to 280px wide. Please take a look and let me know what you think of the layout, and if you see any glitches.

Thanks!

--don

[darnoldy]

Hmmm...

4 days;
3 section moves;
65 views;
1 low rating (was that for the site I asked to be evaluated, or the topic?);
and 0 replies!

Maybe I'll do better in this section.

[SBlueman]

Interesting, too bad we can't see more of the template.

[darnoldy]

I'm glad you found it interesting... I sorta thought I'd never get a response. I haven't done too much more with it. I did build a showthread page to go with it.

Reaction to the design has been lukewarm at best—but I still like it a lot.

--don

[exel]

Hm.

[darnoldy]

Hm good or Hm bad?

[SBlueman]

Any links to the showthread?

[darnoldy]

SBlueman-

http://www.arnoldy.us/DTPFOR/showthread.htm

Remember, these are static pages—not a working forum. They are also a work-in-progress, so feedback is welcome.

--don

[exel]

I should have completely read your thread, lol.

My Review:

- FORUMHOME is nice and clean, and unique.
- This is really hard to read. (http://i.imgur.com/ck5d0DB.png)
- I don't like a lot of box-shadow, I think notifications will look better without it. (http://i.imgur.com/MjpRjiQ.png)
- I would change spacing on this to be in the center. (http://i.imgur.com/ZjaFchE.png)
- I always hide this, don't like it. (http://i.imgur.com/K5wONt1.png)
- Same goes for this box-shadow. (http://i.imgur.com/6ijQu5V.png)

Nice work.

[darnoldy]

Excel-

Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate the time you took to review my design. I will seriously consider your recommendations.

I think that shadow boxes are overused... I added them in after a number of early comments thought my pages looked "not web 2.0 enough"

--don