Focus on the Coast Magazine - Simplix Template Mod
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- The Wingman
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Scrumptious
...and a delight on the eyes when browsing through the articles too. ;D I love the magazine style pictures of the articles themselves (I will remember that and use it myself) Its like the best of both worlds - the magazine eye catcher (layout and design) with the convenience of the web - you don't even have to struggle with trying to go all out with making each article have its own look.
The way you did the pictures accent the article so that readers can decide whether to read article or not. Sort of like when you flip through a magazine and to decide what to read - Sheer Genius.
Great Work - "You can learn a lot from a dummy. So, pay attention to yourself." Quote by me.
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- Robby Timmermans
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Much better, only the image rotate seems to have a problem with padding or so (see screenshot).
Maybe you could make the slogan (where to shop, done, play) bigger, since this is an important motivator to continue browsing the site.
Good implementation of Rokzoom. Under the pictures, instead of "click on the picture to view a larger image" you could put: "click the picture for a larger view", this might go on two lines instead of three.
Small detail: the text under the picture. On "people and places" it is right below the pic, on "home and garden" there's a space between the pic and the text. - Last Edit: 17 years 4 months ago by Robby Timmermans.
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- Robby Timmermans
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Just saw something else: on the people and places page, there is a problem with the plus sign on the top (see screenshot). I guess also a css problem.
ps. I like the pictures besides the content. Gives it a much livelier look. - Last Edit: 17 years 4 months ago by Robby Timmermans.
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- Sander Noorman
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I love this design! Right now I'm playing with it and trying to emulate some of the things you've done (just for study purposes )
But i can't figure out how you managed to wrap all up the way you did it. I discovered an embedded div.wrapper style but when I try it that way it doesn't come out good. Can you shed some light on how you managed to do this?
Again, compliments for a very inspirational design.
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- Heather Claus
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I love the magazine style pictures of the articles themselves (I will remember that and use it myself) Its like the best of both worlds - the magazine eye catcher (layout and design) with the convenience of the web - you don't even have to struggle with trying to go all out with making each article have its own look.
THANK YOU! <blush> It was my best compromise for the print design vs. web design dynamic, while still keeping the site clean and as "client-updated" as possible.
Great Work
Thank you.
Much better, only the image rotate seems to have a problem with padding or so (see screenshot).
That is the Simple Image Rotator I am still working on.
Maybe you could make the slogan (where to shop, done, play) bigger, since this is an important motivator to continue browsing the site.
Good idea. I'll see if I can swing that by.
Good implementation of Rokzoom. Under the pictures, instead of "click on the picture to view a larger image" you could put: "click the picture for a larger view", this might go on two lines instead of three. Much better, only the image rotate seems to have a problem with padding or so (see screenshot).
Maybe you could make the slogan (where to shop, done, play) bigger, since this is an important motivator to continue browsing the site.
Good implementation of Rokzoom. Under the pictures, instead of "click on the picture to view a larger image" you could put: "click the picture for a larger view", this might go on two lines instead of three.
THANK YOU!!! This was a wonderful suggestion, and worked perfectly.
BTW, I used the JosReplace Mambot in a really neat way with this that I think some of you might find useful.
I wanted to set up the RokZoom images so that they would go to both the left and the right, and did not want to have to create a new alignment for each.
Now I know tables are not the most elegant solution (If someone can come up with an elegant CSS solution here, that would be AMAZING), but they CAN easily be aligned.
SO, I created a table that aligned left and one that aligned right, took the opening code from each, and the end code for both (it was the same), and created JosReplace entries to hold them. Now, when I am placing a picture, I add a tag before it, either "picl" or "picr", and after it, "pic2"
JosReplace automatically replaces these words with the following code:
picl:<table border='0' width='100' align='left'><tbody><tr><td align='center'>
picr:<table border='0' width='100' align='right><tbody><tr><td align='center'>
pic2:<span class='pic-click'>click the picture for a larger view</span> </td></tr></tbody></table>
Now, thanks to Robby, I have a shorter lower caption, and thanks to JosReplace this is WAY faster than MosImage or any other image system, and gets my image in the alignment I need.
Small detail: the text under the picture. On "people and places" it is right below the pic, on "home and garden" there's a space between the pic and the text.
I couldn't see this (but then again, I didn't check until after I changed the caption)...
Just saw something else: on the people and places page, there is a problem with the plus sign on the top (see screenshot). I guess also a css problem.
Hmmm, I wonder why only on that page? Thanks.
ps. I like the pictures besides the content. Gives it a much livelier look.
Thank you.
I love this design! Right now I'm playing with it and trying to emulate some of the things you've done (just for study purposes Smiley)
LOL! I do the same thing. I am really a designer first, coder second, so I pick things apart and put them back together as I can.
But i can't figure out how you managed to wrap all up the way you did it. I discovered an embedded div.wrapper style but when I try it that way it doesn't come out good. Can you shed some light on how you managed to do this?
I had to change the padding stuff and put the wrapper all the way around. The hard part was with the different page styles (A and... I've attached the current version. of the index page and the CSS files I am using, if you want to take a peek. Since I was only using one style, I renamed that colors.css. I will eventually be combining them into one file, so it is easy to search for and replace the colors with each issue.
Again, compliments for a very inspirational design.
Thank you.
Thanks all for the suggestions. Keep anything coming. You guys have already helped make the site MUCH better than it would have been without your suggestions, and I don't even mind the extra work. - Last Edit: 17 years 4 months ago by Heather Claus.
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Heather Claus wrote:
Small detail: the text under the picture. On "people and places" it is right below the pic, on "home and garden" there's a space between the pic and the text.I couldn't see this (but then again, I didn't check until after I changed the caption)...
Indeed, now it's a space everywhere
Try removing the space, just to see the difference. I think that it then will be clearer that the text belongs to the picture (I know... nitpicking
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Heather Claus wrote:Just saw something else: on the people and places page, there is a problem with the plus sign on the top (see screenshot). I guess also a css problem.Hmmm, I wonder why only on that page? Thanks.
I just checked, it's on every page that uses that module. I guess this also is something IE7 specific.
Oh, and I saw that you removed all the white-space on the frontpage. Much better !
I just went to the contact us page to see where "The Coast" is, but that wasn't filled in yet. Which coast are we talking about here ?
(and a small tip to go: change the icons on the contact page to match the rest of the site layout). - I use simplix, does this mean that I'm a simple guy ?
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- Heather Claus
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Try removing the space, just to see the difference. I think that it then will be clearer that the text belongs to the picture (I know... nitpicking Wink
Nitpicking is GOOD. I think this is probably the space I put in between the JosReplace text and the RokZoom tags. I wonder if I need it. I'll play with it, and see if it can be removed.
I just checked, it's on every page that uses that module. I guess this also is something IE7 specific.
I removed the padding from the table cell and applied it to the link block. Does it look better for you? Thanks!
Oh, and I saw that you removed all the white-space on the frontpage. Much better !
Thanks. I noticed that I had applied too many sizes to the Frontpage location in FlexAdvert.
I just went to the contact us page to see where "The Coast" is, but that wasn't filled in yet. Which coast are we talking about here ?
Coastal North Carolina.
(and a small tip to go: change the icons on the contact page to match the rest of the site layout).
I'll actually be completely customizing that page, once I get the final information from my client about contact details, and how they want them available to the visitors.
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Heather Claus wrote:
I just checked, it's on every page that uses that module. I guess this also is something IE7 specific.I removed the padding from the table cell and applied it to the link block. Does it look better for you? Thanks!
Perfect, see the attached pic.
Heather Claus wrote:(and a small tip to go: change the icons on the contact page to match the rest of the site layout).I'll actually be completely customizing that page, once I get the final information from my client about contact details, and how they want them available to the visitors.
I used performs on this site:
notexa.be/~nxcavag/index.php?option=com_performs&Itemid=57
notexa.be/~nxcavag/index.php?option=com_performs&Itemid=58
Not the best there is, but easy to use.
But look around on the extensions site, there are several good form components.
Maybe another thing: with the artices, make the title clickable (in site configuration). This way people have two options to read the full article: title and read more. - Last Edit: 17 years 4 months ago by Robby Timmermans.
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- Heather Claus
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I have phil-a-form, which I really like. It is easy and versatile, and well worth the small dollars I spent on it. I'll check out performs, though. I'm always open to suggestions and new extensions.
Maybe another thing: with the artices, make the title clickable (in site configuration). This way people have two options to read the full article: title and read more.
I have been toying with the idea... Thanks for the suggestion. I was wondering if people would use it or not. - --
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Wow - I am defiantly going to use some of your layout for future sites I have planned...the tweaks you've done made it flow so nicely. Again - it has the feel of flipping through a magazine...instead of page clicking though a website trying to find stuff.
My Vegas Party Site (We Show You How To Party Right In Vegas) is My Dream Site that I will one day make...I am the "Party Master in Vegas" LOL and I owe it to the world to teach them LMAO, but I will be watching you for ideas...and hitting you up for reviews. - "You can learn a lot from a dummy. So, pay attention to yourself." Quote by me.
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