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Unread 08-04-2011, 19:47
EthanMiller EthanMiller is offline
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Re: New Website Feedback

Going to http://bayessoftware.com/robotics/joomla/ and http://bayessoftware.com/robotics/ give different sites. That should be fixed.

Graphic artist in me coming out, the color choices for the header look good, but tend to make it read as "What is FIRST" and "New Website Features." That's great for those two, but when you get to "Competition Checklist" there's a bit of dissonance - it feels like Checklist should be black, not competition.

Regarding the three teams, the site I'm building for my team solves it with a portal - Three big buttons for the sites for the three teams and a list of upcoming events for all teams underneath. Allows each team to have a different feel to it - Our FRC team is the K Island Gears, with colors blue and yellow, whereas one of our FTC teams is the Zip Ties, colors Black and Neon,* and the other is the Hippy Bots, colors tie-die. I don't know if your teams are separate like that, but it's probably worth considering. That would also allow you to get the clunky FJH/GKHS next to a dense set of numbers away.

The problem, IMHO, with the current logo block is twofold. It doesn't give any real identity other than the platypus. That is, the sets of letters and numbers isn't memorable. The other problem is that it's dense - it takes too long to parse it. Again, just my opinion. Splitting the site as above could help.

That said, you've already got the CMS set up, and I don't know how much work reorganization on that scale with Joomla.

Otherwise, I really like the colors and layout.
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Last edited by EthanMiller : 08-04-2011 at 19:55.