Hak5.org site design

[Darren Kitchen]

Looking for opinions on this layout:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/549/webconcept4blv5.jpg

[Sparda]

A big improvement on the current one (where did that thing come from?).

[RobotChild]

Looks decent.

Thoughts - The orange box looks pretty bad. I mean, it's nice blue> ORANGE> plain white.

Why not add some effects to it like the blue? Light to darker, or vice versa.

Something to lighten up the transition.

[SomeoneE1se]

Looks decent.

Thoughts - The orange box looks pretty bad. I mean, it's nice blue> ORANGE> plain white.

Why not add some effects to it like the blue? Light to darker, or vice versa.

Something to lighten up the transition.

QFE

[an0]

Looks good. Agree with the comments on the orange though. Different colour would defiantly look a lot better. Maybe the same red as in the logo.

[omega_ion]

Actually, I like the orange, I think it balances well with the color of skyscrapers in the city scape. Only comment would maybe be to reverse the gradient on the orange area to keep a good flow going with the bar right above it (currently it goes from light to dark, then to light to dark, it would be better going from light to dark, then dark to light)

Something seems off with the gray border(s) on the side. Maybe just a simple drop shadow would look better, imo.

[SomeoneE1se]

It might be that is has too much of a brown feel to it.

[bamfninja]

I like the layout a lot better the the current. The color, also, isn't bad. :)

[take it take]

Looks great! Maybe have a circuit board background somewhere.

[robotsrulz45]

Looks good, but since you already put it up, I don't have much opinion. :|

[Rab]

nah thats gayness.

theres a bar on your design under the logo that says trust your technolust.

add that bar, but put the forums, wiki links in it, and the search bar... like how they are currently.

dont add the orange thing with nav descriptions, those things r obvious.

[cybershaman]

Looks pretty good. Borders and the orange box needs some work in my opinion. I think that the color scheme is pretty well balanced.

[hpr]

if i make a suggestion:

transition from the solid orange to the white that is the page, and as a thought, also try making the hak5 logo high gloss, just to see how it looks.

[Rab]

i really like the logo at the top of this page.

maybe go with the black/white/red underground hax0r evil darkness ownage?

[rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD]

Nice design, I just hate the orange

[Guest ABC]

a nice fresh look .. are you sure with orange?

[kickarse]

I thought you had to keep your sponsors links up high?

It's definitely better than whats there now :|

[Famicoman]

I honestly like the current one better. There appears to be some wasted space in the new esign you have there.

[Darren Kitchen]

The godaddy and hitachi sponsor ads need to be "above the fold", i believe on a standard 1024x768 screen. Other than that there really arent many design requirements. I like the fact that this layout concept keeps whats important at the top; the latest episode, the links to episodes, forums, and wiki. the current design feels really cluttered and really blogish. i'd like to get away from that a bit but still keep the blog available for making announcements and the such.

anyone who wants to take a crack at it can feel free, I've posted the PSD at www.hak5.org/temp/concept4.rar

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[thetron]

http://www.i386.tv/wp-content/uploads/2006...oncept-tron.png

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Here my inspiration and renditions

I am mr sheen on design. I like it light and clean

[kickarse]

Thought i'd do a little play on the brown theme. Just a first rendition/iteration.

[Darren Kitchen]

Thought i'd do a little play on the brown theme. Just a first rendition/iteration.

I really like this. I just wish the primary navigation (forums, wiki, episodes), were more prominent. The top brown bar is a nice tough though, great place for search and feed. Also like the "Latest Episode 22". My eyes are pulled towards the latest episode, which is great. I like how the brown sidebar keeps the ads less distracting.

[kickarse]

More prominent eh? I'll see what I can whip up 8)

[kickarse]

How about this?

Oh I don't have the fonts you used for the logo. Do you have the original psd with the banner?

[SomeoneE1se]

I LOVE the brown buildings and, the brown sidebar is nice too. but I can't stand the huge brown background. There is something off about the links but I can't quite but my finger on it.