Thread "DRUNK DUCK graphical redesign????" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 1:01AM, Jan. 14, 2018

Looks fantastic, really like it! Fresh and clean.
The only issue I found is Publish link and search input - too close to each other, so it looks to me like I have to input search query and then hit Publish :-).
Also I read DD logo as DC for the first time.
Anyway, great work!

Posted at 9:01AM, Jan. 28, 2018

These Look great!!!

Nice and sleek design like people are saying, Like the layout, and also I love the logo.

I dunno about the comparison between the logo and DC Comics, on the one hand, maybe, and with that maybe I don't know if DC would send a letter saying it looks too much like theirs, but I still feel it looks significantly different from DC.

What if you specified "DDWebcomics". And if the 'Webcomics' was a little more stylized, since currently it looks like it's using an existing typeface and that may also come into legal trouble. Maybe…

Posted at 6:02PM, Feb. 10, 2018

Emma_Clare

The design looks fantastic so far.

Posted at 12:06AM, Jun. 25, 2019

Looks good, I'm a huge fan of the blue! Looks a lot cleaner as well.

A decent mobile site would be cool too - that seems to be one advantage tapas/webtoons have in that they have apps/easy to navigate mobile sites. They also have more money to throw around because of their awful premium comic business model, I suppose, but it might be worth exploring.

One editor's pick at the top of the site could be nice, with a really big banner ad + description? I hate to suggest it because the Duck is more egalitarian but the reality is that tapas and webtoons both start you off with a polished comic with a fat backlog as soon as you open up the site. It gives you something to click on right away.

I'd kill for an ultra customisable/searchable tagging system myself - like Ao3 has. I love being able to get very very specific in searches. Discoverability is really important and a lot of the other webcomic sites shove normal creators aside in favour of the premium stuff. Stumbling across hidden gems is a great way to browse in my opinion.

For successful people (unlike me lol) a way to link your patreon could be useful. Unsure of the logistics involved in getting social medias linked up, though.

Obligatory request for a dark mode.

Posted at 12:06AM, Jun. 25, 2019

bluecuts34 wrote:
Looks good, I'm a huge fan of the blue! Looks a lot cleaner as well.

A decent mobile site would be cool too - that seems to be one advantage tapas/webtoons have in that they have apps/easy to navigate mobile sites. They also have more money to throw around because of their awful premium comic business model, I suppose, but it might be worth exploring.

One editor's pick at the top of the site could be nice, with a really big banner ad + description? I hate to suggest it because the Duck is more egalitarian but the reality is that tapas and webtoons both start you off with a polished comic with a fat backlog as soon as you open up the site. It gives you something to click on right away.

I'd kill for an ultra customisable/searchable tagging system myself - like Ao3 has. I love being able to get very very specific in searches. Discoverability is really important and a lot of the other webcomic sites shove normal creators aside in favour of the premium stuff. Stumbling across hidden gems is a great way to browse in my opinion.

For successful people (unlike me lol) a way to link your patreon could be useful. Unsure of the logistics involved in getting social medias linked up, though.

Obligatory request for a dark mode.

All great points.
We definitely need a better search system!
Starting out with a polished comic: normally we'd rely on something from the top 10 for that. They're usually popular for a good reason. But some weird ones can sneak in there XD
Great points!

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 25, 2019

I don’t know much about website designs, but I think this does look good, probably more modern than before

Posted at 5:06PM, Jun. 25, 2019

One thing that would be really helpful would be an expansion of the Recently Updated section. As far as i can figure out, there is no way to see that a comic has updated after it falls off that list. If it was 2 or 3 rows, like 20 to 30 comics in the recent updates, that would be gret.

In addition to making it easier for me to spam comments by opening 30+ tabs at a time, it would also encourage more people to post comics here if they get more front page time.
At the very least, can we get a little button or text link that says "more" for each of the sections?

That would be cool