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Originally Posted by Tidy
I have some books but the point is that they are generalizations. And I still fail to see how I am going against the grain. Websites are nothing but cut and paste publications and the web adds a possible dynamic elements.
I grew up around professional art depts and I saw how it was done in print, the web has merely simplified the same old principles. Graphic design has been around long before the web. xhtml, php, css,, flash and all of it are merely elements. The core of it goes to basics of publishing. Visual appeal - performance- ease of use- etc. Getting a book is just following anothers lead and I still say your critiques go back to personal style issues. I could use different themes to give users options so that those wanting a clean look could have one but I choose instead to prioritize repeatability and use it towards brand imaging. These are all things I learned being around professional atmosphere's so I just find it funny to be told to read a book when my influences came from actual publishing entities.
It's like cars, Skills. Their are plenty of documented procedures to follow when working on a car. I usually don't reference a repair manual tho unless it's for specs because I already have an understanding of design and engineering. So if I can fix the car without the book, the book no longer matters since I have my own procedure to net the same results.
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Dude, you missed the point completely. You told me my statements were merely that of an "opinion" and I told you, they are not. I can careless how much knowledge you have of web building. Just take a look at all the major web sites of today and tell me just how many of them follow your "layout"... but that's not even the point either. Again, I don't really care anymore, as Andy said
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Originally Posted by andyofne
Like I said (more or less), it's pointless to offer advice to someone who has already made up his mind.
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Fact is, I; being an end user went to your site. The one you built, without any book reading, that you did all from publishing entities and realized first hand after browsing through the site that I couldn't get back to some parts of the site without 1. Starting over. 2. Hitting the "back" button on my browser repeatedly. 3. Editing the URL to go back to the page. So much for "ease of use"; eh?
Personally, I think the theme of the site looks good. Wasn't saying anything about the "theme" you laid out, which by the way, would be my opinion.
You wasn't asking for a review of the site, as you said yourself. You just want people to pat you on the back and tell you good job.
Good job.
Just like you, I only refer to a book/manual on actual specs that are needed, mostly just torque specs for the bolts. I also do the same when designing a site, I reference books (usually Google) to learn the bit of code that I need to learn. I have also read a couple books that taught me NOTHING about the programming side of web design, but the principles of web layout.
Sadly, you might know a thing or two about engineering but design is NOT one of your strong points. That's for sure.