Need help on designs
I was asked to develop a site for my alma mater. The site is pre-made by my co-alumni and I will be the one to continue it. There aren't any contents yet, it's just the layout that is there. I would like to ask for some suggestion on what to place on the main page. I'm not very good on designs and layout.
Many of the alumni who have seen the layout suggested that it would be nice to make the front page more attractive so people would be eager to continue surfing the site than just leave. They suggested that it would be nice that there would be less text and more graphics on the front page.
Can anybody suggest how to make the front page more attractive? I have some pictures that I plan to place it there, anybody willing to help make me a collage out of those pictures to be place on the site?
Thanks in advance.
Carlo
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The Webmistress posted this at 18:47 — 17th September 2002.
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Can you please let us know the url so we can have a look for you.
Busy posted this at 20:19 — 17th September 2002.
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Sometimes graphics are not the answer, using paragraphs of text are more inviting, ie:
Today is Tuesday, Tuesday come after monday but before wednesday. Tuesday starts with a t and ends with a y. On this day in 2045 Nexus found gold. read more >>
with read more a link to the page or article
Also using this method you'll be using keywords so will help you with search engine keywords.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 06:01 — 18th September 2002.
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Are you talking about the Under Construction page?
The Webmistress posted this at 06:30 — 18th September 2002.
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There is nothing there, have you given us the correct url?
nexus posted this at 12:48 — 18th September 2002.
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Sorry, i forgot to place the link. The link is at hchs2003.com. Please give some suggestion to make the frontpage more attractive.
nexus posted this at 01:21 — 19th September 2002.
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I tried checking this just a while ago and it was fine. The URL is supposed to by hchs2003.com
I also made a mirror site at: http://www24.brinkster.com/nexus80/hchs/
The place where there is a text is where I plan to place anything that could make the site more attractive. Please give me some suggestions.
Thanks.
N-e-x-u-s
The Webmistress posted this at 06:36 — 20th September 2002.
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First thing I would change is the colour of the links on the left as the grey looks quite drab, maybe have white changing to red or a yellow on hover.
With out knowing how much text there is going to be it's difficult to say but maybe have some small pictures of the school, one outside some inside?? I don't see the relevance of the flower though on the header bit?
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
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