FSP New Look

[mattyc]

Can you check the banner now? We made some adjustments for Firefox, Netscape, etc users.

Thankyee. Like the new look by the way.

[Slomo]

The new thumbnails look a lot better. The problem was the edges between dark and light parts were jagged. I noticed that the new pics are twice as big than the old ones (kB wise) so it was probably a too agresive compression setting.

I've recently had the opportunity to test Macromedia Fireworks, its not great for editing but has a fantastic export utility that does a great job of optimizing the pics for web publishing - but if you already have Photoshop I wouldn't switch to anything else.

Which sotware do you use for the website design&publishing (I'd guess Frontpage since your Apache server has the Frontpage extensions installed)?

[timvp]

Which sotware do you use for the website design&publishing (I'd guess Frontpage since your Apache server has the Frontpage extensions installed)?

I just use notepad 99% of the time. I hate frontpage ... the rare times I use software, I use Cofee Cup or Macromedia Dreamworks.

There is an article manager software in place now for FullSportPress.com that handles all the creation, deployment and storage of all new articles.

[tlongII]

WAAY too much focus on the Spurs! It's like you're from San Antonio or something...

[Slomo]

That's good to know since Frontpage handles code for other browser really bad. I share your hatred for that software. I use Dreamworks myself and correct things by hand when I find a problem in different browsers. But I do not do a lot of web designing anyway (animations and video are my forte).

[timvp]

animations and video are my forte

I can tell.

[genghisrex]

I just use notepad 99% of the time.

Notepad is by far the best page editor.

[blackbucket]

It looks outstanding! Very well done.

My only suggestion would be regarding the banner. I agree with Brodels. I think it could be improved to draw attention to it; let new visitors know where they are. My eyes are immediately drawn to the articles with the color pics. Maybe changing the grey background to a shade of blue? There is no doubt the content will keep people coming back but adding some pop to the banner could be advantagous.

Just my $.02

Again, great look. I appreciate the hard work!

[spurster]

From the "eyes just got too old crowd":

The format is nice, but size=-2 on the font puts it at difficult to read. Generally, I try to put my browser at the lowest comfortable size (same for most people I would guess), so going a lot smaller than that will be a problem. Below is how part of it appears.

[timvp]

Thanks for the input, blackbucket. I'll come up with some changes later today.

Spurster, what browser are you using? It should be verdana font ... and that looks like something else.

[iminlakerland]

Looks good guys two thumbs up!

[Medvedenko]

Looks good...better than Lakerground....I like it..even though it's a spur site..

[blackbucket]

Honest props from a Laker fan. Cheers

[pooh]

That looks very nice.

[E20]

It's simple and looks good. Bueno job!

[smeagol]

Thumbs up!

[spurster]

I'm using Mozilla on Linux, which doesn't have a verdana font. I'll compare it to WIndoze later today.