That screen shot looks very very busy….Seriously, it's not as bad as it looks in that regard. The pic Volte's got there is just cropped too close. It's actually ok and pretty compact. All it lacks is some good delineation between the 3 list really.
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Plus: White template makes it look more professional. The use of images gives you a good hint as to what a comic will be like, and opening up that ability to everyone is a major plus. The scroll over for descriptions is nice too, gives more room for images, which this template seems heavy on.
Cons: If the image server messes up or loads slowly, it can really bone a user. The use of images will push other information down from the looks of things. The ads are poorly placed, having two above your user bar is frankly just silly, why not put the two under?
It's good, but also bad. A nice mix of the two. I'm sure you can make it look amazing by the time you're done though. The templates so far have been nothing short of great.
noticed Volte favorites! :)He does what?
also noticed Volte filters out sprite, sketch, experimental, photographic, and stick figure comics. :(
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If this is true I'm changing my comic from stick figure.
Also, I think the admin's descriptions of featured comics are better.
EDIT - Oh wait, HE filters out the stick figure on his end.
But we can change it for our selves?
Hm, I guess that's an alright idea.
…The old page was much more friendly, I must say, even if it was a bit wordy. This new layout is almost like…picture vomit. With ad takeover. It was much easier to sort through before, now some newcomer could come to the site and not know what the crap is going on…"What does top shelf mean? how is it different from 'the rack'? What is this site even for?"
EDIT: Thumbnails are also more deceiving than titles. You'd have to censor them in the end to weed out those who attract veiwers with "pretty pictures" including, but not limted to, porn.
Although I'll miss elements such as having the top 10 for BOTH stories and strips, I like a lot of the new functions.
However, the look of it feels very… unfinished, to me, compared to the old one. I loved the old design, and this one seems like the functional elements were put in place with only a half-done design, and left at that. I'd like to see some more colour, some more arrangement especially in the main background and with the faves list, which to me looks very unattractive.
Functionality is great, but it's the initial look that's going to attract (or put off) new comic artists and readers, and I worry this is a look which might turn people away
Are you still integrating this thing, as at the moment it seems to be quite the mess. I'm sure it could be thanks to the lack of any shade of white, or tables, etc, but then again it does seem like it's not finished quite yet. Mate, it's got a ton of potential, I actually think it could look a hell of a lot better than that last template, but at the moment I can't help but think it's got a ways to go.
Also, fat ad over the user bar still counts as just a dumb idea. :/
I also miss the admin talk with the featured comics (and the way that was set up before with the numbers and rotating features looked more professional), and agree that the white needs to be less…..white.
Other than that, there is nothing about this new look that I can't live with. Except things load in a kind of laggy way now…
I know this is still beign worked on by I'll just throw my two cents in as I think it stands now.
- I'm throwing in with the "Crampt & Bliding" crowd. It manages to look really basic and empty while at the same time over loading people with stuff. It reminds me to much of the Wizards of the Coast's Magic Site except this one physically is hurting my eyes.
- My comic news doesn't really seem to be doing anything the news tab doesn't take care of.
-The loading time on my comics is a clear drawback over the last site design.
- The ads crowding our control are not so good too. I don't mind ads (up to a point) but I've got the baaaaaaaad feeling I'm goint to end up clicking these things on accident a lot which isn't a good thing.
- I don't think the preferce thing is working as it only takes me to my PQ's.
+ On the plus side I like the way ads while browsing comics are handled much better in this lay out.
+I like that the comic descriptions are finally working.
- But how come the descriptions only work on the main page? That isn't cool.
+ I kind of like the new search box.
Vastly vastly vastly prefer the old one over this new one.
What would be perfect would be a refinement/fix of the old one, not this completely foreign alien one that makes my bar slow with all the loading. I want to come to the homepage and immediately be able to look over my bar.
I do not want to have to first scroll down to get to my bar, then have to click on the tabs, then wait for this to load. Every page.
Look, why don't we just have the old design back, fix the non-updating thumbnails, fix the Manga/Horror page feature box, and call it a day?
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