Tinkering with templates - any comments guys?

[Dallas21]

Hi

Avanquest apparently don't have any plans to produce additional templates for Web Easy so I thought I would have a go.

www.snowdonia-web-design.co.uk

The above link is my first attempt and would appreciate any comments. Obviously it's not finished yet but I just wanted honest opinions before I spend hours refining it.

Cheers

Allan

[supa]

hey , its hard to say without some real data on your site
but overall it looks very good.
the colors and the fonts , very nice design.

you won't keep any vertical text on its side like now i hope...

good job.

Supa

[Dallas21]

Hi

Thanks.

No the fonts will be the normal way up - just experimenting with them. I may keep the logo on it's side though I,m not sure yet. This is the good thing about forums because what I think is a good idea may turn out to be a bit of a dog in the real world.

Thanks again.


Allan

[supa]

I think it is pretty annoying to see a vertical text, even a logo except if it's in Chinese... ;)

It makes one immediately twist his head to read just to think UGH...

But then again I'm only one vote so...

Supa

[Dallas21]

I think you may be right, and my wife agrees with you.


Allan

[supa]

Tell her i said she is a very smart lady ;)
hhh

[Dallas21]

She thinks she is already ..... :)

[jefito]

It's all a matter of taste. I'm a graphic designer by profession, and I happened to like the text to the side. Overall, it's not a bad design. Is it your design? and if so, what program did you use?

[Dallas21]

Yes, it is my design.

Got fed up trying to find templates that Web Easy would use. Loads of templates but issues with almost all of them in Web Easy.

I used a mixture of two programs for the design:

Microsoft Expression Design and Gimp. The Microsoft software gave me headaches and I'm only using about 10% of its potential but the Gimp software (Open Source so its free) is so difficult that I just dip in to it occasionally.

Allan

[JohnWM]

Nice scheme, execution, but I'm one more vote for no text on its side - my vertebrae are in bad enough shape already!

[Dallas21]

OK. I seem to be in the minority.

I'll put it the right way around.

Cheers

Allan

PS.
Just had a thought - how bout upside down?