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  1. Rimfire

    Rimfire Well-Known Member

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    Made it for a portfolio/blog a while ago. Not exactly the common style/layout of one but it would work fine. Could be used for anything really. Been hesitating posting this for a while now, not sure why. Guess I just always had in the back of my mind that there would be a template that looked similar. Inspiration came from two colors in my pallete that had been saved from previous projects, nothing else really that I can remember.

    Edited!!
    -Spiced up the header (Logo, Pattern).
    -Lowered the gradient on navigation.
    -Edited the background so not as vibrant.
    -Edited the "Contact Me" area.
    -Fixed the footer.


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    Comments appreciated.
     
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    The banner is very blank, but apart from that, it's very nice
     
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    the banner is too big to have empty space also imo
    but im new to templates so im not sure of everything else
     
  4. Rimfire

    Rimfire Well-Known Member

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    Well I'll say right now I'm not going to brush the banner to hell like I see, it wouldnt fit this tempate. It's empty because I cannot create a decent logo worth crap, but it would go there.
     
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    I actually really like that, love the use of colour. I think you could make the banner slightly smaller, but I think it looks good.

    The content is nice and simple, but I think it could do with a little spicing up, maybe a little more colour.

    Banner is simple and effective. Great work.
     
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    I like it. It has very good potential. Can I make a few suggestions?

    -For the banner, either make the text bigger and give it smoother AA or use the logo you have in the bottom left corner. Also, make the banner smaller a bit.
    -Make the gradient on the navigation more subtle. Maybe larger so its easier to navigate.
    -Lower the opacity on the drop shadow of the logo thinger on the bottom left.
    -Somehow the background is too distracting. Make it simpler.
    -The blue/green color scheme is being widely used. Take out some of the blue (?).

    I think I went a little overboard on the suggestions, but I really do like it.
     
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    looks rly good! i like text on bar
     
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    Looks pretty old style... Change the header font and color, and make the header smaller. There are some small changes that needs to be done. Work on it a bit more.

    5/10
     
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    I like the colours, the background and everything about it. The only thing is I hate the fact that you can't trust people so you have to cover it with copyright, but I think if you took it off we could rate it more accuratley. The banner at the top is dull though, as many have said. Try putting a couple more of those lines in the to fill the space. The nav is especially nice and I think if you could get a rollover going with the banner that would be great (for example the little bullet points next to each word, maybe change blue when you roll over them).
     
  10. Rimfire

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    I'll post an update later with some changes taken from your suggestions. Nice to see you like it!
     
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    LOoks nice i like it but the banner need a change...
     
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    i like it, deffinitly would make a good portfolio, i like the use of the blue and green
     
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    Sweet template you should sell it. ^_^
     
  14. GigªByte

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    nice colours :D
     
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    I like its :), only the banner need some changes :P
    But my rate is : 8,5/10 good job man
     

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