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1st layout i've ever made...
Topic Started: Sep 12 2010, 05:42 PM (213 Views)
AnthonyWallace
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Can i get some feedback please folks :)

Try to be kinda haha...

Wallace Layout
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Syren
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I'm not too big a fan of the whole "little box you scroll down" style layouts, I prefer either the style I use for Syren/Ravyn where you've got a banner at the top or the style I use for Christy with one static background. That's just me though...

For that layout I'd have to say I quite like everything except one minor detail> Why make the box that size when you've got shite loads of space on the left and right of it that's just white? Why not make it wider to fill up the space? Would look better in my opinion.

The graphic at the top and the mini-graphic at the bottom look decent though, not bad at all for anybody especially for somebody who's never made a layout before. B)
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Lucas Knight
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for your first ever layout made, that's pretty decent. I don't recall what my first ever layout made was, but i'm sure it was 100 times worse than what you did. Eitherway i remember using that style of layout years ago, and it eventually annoyed the hell out of me. Which is why like pete said a static bg like Christy or many of my own knighty layouts. or the top graphich/bg style instead are my favs.

But for your first it's def decent, maybe add another picture on the right side? So it's so it doesn't have a ton of white trying to blind folks

Good work though bro. B)
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AnthonyWallace
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Thanks guys :D

Should have put money on it being you two to reply first haha. Oh if only other things were as dead set...

Anywho, i'm gonna tinker with it today i think, so will make the text box bigger and possibly add another image, depends if i can find another photo of Madsen that i like haha

Cheers for the feedback fellas :P
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AnthonyWallace
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Ok i've tinkered some more and i've got 2 new versions of it...the first one, i've made the text box bigger as Pete suggested and i've added images down the right as Jon suggested.

In the second version i've made the same changes but i've also replaced the white background with black. Lemme know which you like best :D

Version #2

Version #3
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Lucas Knight
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I really like the one with the black bg, strictly because it's a lot easier on the eyes than the white version. One other thing I'd suggest is the iframe/Layer you're using for the rp's. It seems overally huge for my taste personally.

I'm all for bigger box area's but when ever I did something like that in the past, i made sure at least that I didn't have to scroll the page so i can get a good view of the text area to read? A perfect example would be Starr's rp layout.

I know if you have a giant resolution it won't really matter, but I have a lowly 1350ishx768 and it the size of that box makes a difference.I don't remember what the size of it was like before, but I know I have seen some really annoying ones in the past.

I remember seeing one the size of a box of cig's when the actual bg for that layout was rather large. Or then you have one like holly's (which looks amazing graphically) but where the rp goes, that box width is soooo thin you know? No matter what kind of layout there's always a happy medium in my humble opinion.

I'm by no means an expert at the end of the day, people can make their stuff how they like.

Long as you're happy with it, and this goes for everyone else as well then stick with it. ;)
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AnthonyWallace
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Ok, i've tinkered for a final time and i'm actually quite happy with it now haha...gonna keep it like this me thinks, because this is the limit to my html skills :lol:

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Lucas Knight,Sep 13 2010
05:24 AM
I'm by no means an expert

You're no expert? LIES!!

On the subject though: black BG fits the whole thing so much nicer than white in my opinion, and the fourth one is just so entirely perfect compared to the others. That one is definitely a keeper!!

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AnthonyWallace
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Haha thanks Pete :D

Just so i can justify the white, i was kinda aiming for a hospital theme to go along with the fact that Wallace was in the nut house for so many years haha.

But at the same time i realised that it was equally as effective to have all black because wallace is such a dark character haha.

And yeah Jon, your a liar! We all know your the mack daddy! MAKE ME A SIG DAMMIT!!! (only kidding, please don't sue me like you did Miller, i don't wanna see you with no money again! :P )
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I like it. The #1 thing I hate about reading other peoples rps on layouts is when they have the world smallest text box. I end up doing CTRL+A in there, CTRL+C, then opening wordpad and CTRL+V. So much easier.

You should see my layout sometime.. it's simple. It's black background, red text, and a banner. Nothing fancy just easier to post on when I do larger rps.
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:lol:

I can understand the reasoning for going white, but maybe rather than a flat white, you could have gone for more of an "off white" like a very light shade of Grey instead. The full on white was just a "jesus" my eyes espeically with my monitor which is pretty bright as it is lol.

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I can understand the reasoning for going white

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Glacier,Sep 13 2010
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Lucas Knight,Sep 13 2010
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I can understand the reasoning for going white

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lmao! :lol:
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if you used a pick of madsen in free willy id laugh my ass off... good stuff though one day ill get off my ass and try making one for my chars...ok prob not im too busy writing my crazy shit lol
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AnthonyWallace
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I already said i'd try and make one for Ducky but i'll have a crack at making one for dilly too at some point if you want dude? Can't promise it'll be great but i'm willing to try at least
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no rush more looking forward to the psychotic wallace and his pet whale
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