What do you think of the design?

[PK8]

Hello, I am looking for feedback from people on how the site looks. http://rmxpuniverse.5gbfree.com

Bad? Good? Let me know. :please:

Thanks in advance.

 

[Andy6000]

It's got like 8(5) iframes that look terrible and are annoying to browse around, the logo is not visually appealing at all... The general effort to use a bunch of fractal brushes with blue and green generally just came out looking terrible...

On an upnote I like how the navbar looks, though the fact that it doesn't fill the whole thing looks kind of bad, and the dropdown buttons don't match the style of the bar well at all.

Also too many gradients everywhere. Gradients for headers and stuff is fine, but when you text background is gradients (not to mention the exact same hue of gradient as your headers), it just gets visually confusing.

 

[PK8]

I'm a little new to the brushes. Although I shouldn't be saying that because it makes me look like I'm hiding behind the "new to the brushes" line. I'll see what I can do about that.

As for those iframes, I'll admit. I'm a bit lazy. I don't know php at all and I thought iframes would be useful. Makes it easier for me to update the content.

The navbar isn't completely filled with stuff yet because I've yet to add alot more content to the site. I do see what you mean about the dropdown menu and thanks for telling me about that. I'll fix that right up.

Hmm, I didn't know that those background gradients would come off as visually confusing. I may remove it or change its color.

Thanks for the feedback Andy.

 

[Cruelty]

I'm seeing this

Spoiler

function mmLoadMenus() { if (window.mm_menu_0502150714_0) return; window.mm_menu_0502150714_0 = new Menu("root",108,9,"Tahoma, Verdana",9,"#000000","#000000","#6699CC","#66CC66","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0502150714_0.addMenuItem("About Topsites","window.open('abouttopsites.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0502150714_0.addMenuItem("Topsites","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.itopsites.com', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502150714_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0502150714_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0502150714_0.menuBorder=0; mm_menu_0502150714_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0502150714_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0502161437_0 = new Menu("root",122,15,"Tahoma, Verdana",9,"#000000","#FFFFFF","#CCCCCC","#0033CC","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("About Wiki","window.open('aboutwiki.htm', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Wiki","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Wiki Help","window.open('http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Register","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/user/join?', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Log In","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/site/signin?goto', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Forgot Password","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/user/remind', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Recent Changes","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/changes', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Recent Discussions","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/changes/messages', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("List Pages","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/pagelist', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("List/Upload Files","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/filelist', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Overall Wiki Stats","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/stats/overview', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.addMenuItem("Page Views","window.open('http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/stats/page', '_self');"); mm_menu_0502161437_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0502161437_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0502161437_0.menuBorder=1; mm_menu_0502161437_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0502161437_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0503163111_0 = new Menu("root",108,10,"Tahoma, Verdana",10,"#000000","#000000","#6699CC","#66CC66","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0503163111_0.addMenuItem("Site","window.open('welcome.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0503163111_0.addMenuItem("About Us","window.open('about.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0503163111_0.addMenuItem("RMXPUnizine","window.open('zine.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0503163111_0.addMenuItem("Chat","window.open('chat.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0503163111_0.addMenuItem("Affiliate with us","window.open('become.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0503163111_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0503163111_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0503163111_0.menuBorder=0; mm_menu_0503163111_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0503163111_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0503182917_0 = new Menu("root",144,16,"Tahoma, Verdana",10,"#FFFFFF","#0099FF","#333333","#000033","left","middle",3,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0503182917_0.addMenuItem("Recent Edits/Changes","location='http://rmxpu.wikispaces.com/space/changes/edits'"); mm_menu_0503182917_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0503182917_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0503182917_0.menuBorder=1; mm_menu_0503182917_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0503182917_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0516202426_0 = new Menu("root",144,16,"Tahoma, Verdana",10,"#FFFFFF","#0066FF","#333333","#000033","left","middle",3,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0516202426_0.addMenuItem("New item"); mm_menu_0516202426_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0516202426_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0516202426_0.menuBorder=1; mm_menu_0516202426_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0516202426_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0520235402_0 = new Menu("root",108,9,"Tahoma, Verdana",9,"#000000","#000000","#6699CC","#66CC66","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0520235402_0.addMenuItem("About Blog","window.open('aboutblog.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0520235402_0.addMenuItem("RMXPUni Blog","window.open('blog/', '_self');"); mm_menu_0520235402_0.addMenuItem("Log In","window.open('blog/wp-login.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0520235402_0.addMenuItem("Register","window.open('blog/wp-register.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0520235402_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0520235402_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0520235402_0.menuBorder=0; mm_menu_0520235402_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0520235402_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0525000433_0 = new Menu("root",118,9,"Tahoma, Verdana",9,"#000000","#000000","#6699CC","#66CC66","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("About YOUniverse","window.open('aboutryou.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("YOUniverse","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.ning.com/', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("Videos","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.ning.com/video', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("Photos","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.ning.com/photo', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("Forum","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.ning.com/forum', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.addMenuItem("Groups","window.open('http://rmxpuniverse.ning.com/groups', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525000433_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0525000433_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0525000433_0.menuBorder=0; mm_menu_0525000433_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0525000433_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; window.mm_menu_0525085432_0 = new Menu("root",108,9,"Tahoma, Verdana",9,"#000000","#000000","#6699CC","#66CC66","left","middle",0,0,300,-5,7,true,true,true,0,false,true); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("About Gallery","window.open('aboutgallery.htm', 'content');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("Gallery","window.open('gallery/index.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("Register","window.open('gallery/register.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("Forgot Pass","window.open('gallery/forgot_passwd.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("FAQs","window.open('gallery/faq.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.addMenuItem("Search","window.open('gallery/search.php', '_self');"); mm_menu_0525085432_0.hideOnMouseOut=true; mm_menu_0525085432_0.bgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0525085432_0.menuBorder=0; mm_menu_0525085432_0.menuLiteBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0525085432_0.menuBorderBgColor='#000000'; mm_menu_0525085432_0.writeMenus(); } // mmLoadMenus()

 

[PK8]

That's odd. It hasn't occured to me. But I'll take the problem into consideration and see what I could do with that.

 

[Wogann]

About cruelty's problem :
Put all your javascript code (and to an extent css code) between commenting brackets :

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

And for the design, I'm afraid I don't like it at all. Well, that's personal but I think the colors and all the gradient make the whole thing very hard to read.
Also, it's not bad to use so many iframes (we use a lot for our site) but seeing all those scrollbars makes he site really annoying to browse.
It's a good idea to use iframes with scrollbars when you want all your content to display on a fixed page, for example.

 

[PK8]

Thanks for the feedback. I gave it a new look.

 

[djzalzer]

I would suggest two things:

Making all of the content containers a uniform color

Putting the most important stuff at the top (ie updats, blog entries) and the least important stuff (ie the music player) at the bottom.

I don't mind the splash page but many consider it "Bad design".

 

[PK8]

Hmm...I'll go do what I can and hopefully come back with a new update on its design. Thanks DJzalzer.