ATT FEMALES! Would this be appealing to you?

[CanadianGuy]

Hello all!

I've been struggling with trying to come up with a good design for the wedding section of a site that I'm doing for a resort. What do you think? I think this is the best I've come up with so far but it just doesn't seem right. Should I drop the decorative border or what? Page turns? Any suggestions would be great and don't worry I'm not sensitive so please give me your honest opinions. :hugegrin:

Thanks,

Bill

O yea don't bother commenting on the header. It's done and it looks and functions just the way I want it to. I just didn't feel like slicing up the layout and then putting the swf in and then taking a screenshot.

[Adam]

<girl voice> I would make the decorative border match the inset picture border more, and drop the page turns...just this lady's opinion</girl voice>

[wizard]

Oh Adam you're so girly...

[CanadianGuy]

lol Adam

<manly voice > what the h3ll do you know! < /manly voice > j/k

Funny you should say that though adam because that is exactly the way I had it about 30 minutes ago.

[Adam]

I see you're in touch with your feminin side too ;) That Daivd Haselhoff is such a hunk...and don't get me started on Tesh!!!!

[bodyvisual]

i think that the outside should either be darker or lighter, but not stay where it is.

d00d, that made no sense.

:)

[CanadianGuy]

Body are you talking about the purplish/ blue?

[bodyvisual]

euh, no, the side pixel patter thingy ma bobber...

;p

[CanadianGuy]

What do you guys think of the framed picture below "Weddings"?

Keep it? Lose it?

Body yea it looks really dirty there. It's looks a lot better when it's not saved a 16 quality jpeg. lol

[Adam]

I personally think it's perfect, I'd keep it.

[bodyvisual]

the bit on the outside.

[eilsoe]

I'd ease up on those drop shadows, they're way too dark... :)

[CanadianGuy]

Will do. Thanks Eilsoe.

Body look ^^^^

[DariusMonsef]

I think the hard angles are a bit to masculine and strong. Maybe try rounded or more movement oriented soft angles.

Also the colors are a bit drab for a feminine wedding site. Maybe some more color.

[CanadianGuy]

Man I wish I had a ****** right now!

Ethan it's not a wedding site it's just one section of a resort site that offers weddings. I agree that it's too drab and borderlines gothic and I'm learning really quick that this girly crap just isn't my bag.

I'm thinking I'll just scrap the whole thing and start again with pinks and baby blues.

*scratches head* boy this is a tough one!

[bodyvisual]

NO! don't scrap it.. it looks good. just redo what youve got colour wise, and it'll be smashing (i think.. )

:)

[lunatic]

I really, really hate pink. Then again, I wanted to wear shorts and be barefoot at my wedding. Dresses and heels make me want to puke. So go figure. Can't please all of the people all of the time. Stick with theme you have going for the rest of the site. If someone wants to get married there they'll be digging past that page of the site anyway to see what else this place looks like.

Just this (real) girl's $0.02 :hr:

[CanadianGuy]

@lunatic Thanks Babs (from now on I've decided that I will call you Babs, as in Babs Bunny) lol

I hate pink too Babs but I think Ethan is right; the design is just too "drab." After all guys will never look at this page and I think most women that are into flowery pink phony garbage are the target audience. *Big Sigh and then some cussing*

Thanks for your $0.02 but I only accept mastercard or visa. lol *shakes head in lew of very lame joke*

[bodyvisual]

lol i <3 pink for some reason...

:)

[lunatic]

Another cent tossed your way - remember that daddy will be paying for the wedding and mommy will have her way or daddy won't pay. So maybe you want some of that design sense of yours to lean towards what parents might want (and that site looks like it aims towards conservative wealthy guests).

So please don't fluff it out too much. Besides, are you really going to listen to a bunch of guys on this site? ;)


"Babs Bunny?" :sure:

[CanadianGuy]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO
*raises eyebrows*

Babs I really never thought about that! That is the exactly the target audience of the resort. Are you psychic or am I a lot better than I think? rofl

^^^ < insert loves smiley here > ^^^

[DariusMonsef]

But remember daddys pays and daddy is the ehad of the family, but momma is the neck and she makes the head more where ever she wants.

[lunatic]

Exactly. Which is why you can't design the site for "ooooo! (squealing noises) I'm getting maaaaaaaariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied! eek! eek! I'm gonna make all the bridesmaids wear sky blue poofy dresses! and I want baskets of puppies and kittens and forget-me-nots at the end of each aisle! And I want 25 flower girls! And I want and I want and I want and I want and I want yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah barf squeal blech" :ogre: :ogre: :ogre: :ogre: :ogre:

Gotta design for conservative, nothing showing above the mid-calf, hat in the sun, long sleeved in mid summer, prim and proper mama and always-a-tie-except-on-the-golf-course papa.

Hey CG what's the pub like? You can tell a lot about a place like that by what kind of clients they design their bar for. This is not your 80 kegs a week place. This is a gin and tonic place and mama has a glass of white wine.

There, I'm up to about $0.04. I'm gonna have to bill you pretty soon.

And yes I"m psychic. :evil2:

[XPeriment_22]

1) get rid of page curls
2) more color
3)the border around the couple kissing is too thick, make it smaller, or better yet, remove it.
4)lighten up shadows

[mdipi]

BillMarr: I think it looks great tbh. I get the rustic feel - i love it tbh. I will run it by my mom tomorrow night if you really want me to :-/

edit: tone the shadows donw a bit though :cop:

[lunatic]

Yeah I agree. I really wouldn't change it that much. I think it has that "extremely nice weddings can be had here" look to it - very professional. I might change the "frame" around the wedding photo of the couple - it seems really thick compared to the one used for the site in general (which I like - very classy). I could go either way on the page curl at the bottom corners of the content windows - they dont' bother me. I like the colors - like I said classy and elegant without being froo froo or overdone. I've seen the pink and blue wedding sites and they bite.

You are a very good designer! :thumb:

[CanadianGuy]

Thanks for the input everyone. I got rid of a bunch of stuff and lightened that picture frame.

Mike yes get your mom to have a look at it. After all feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Better? Worse?

[lunatic]

better . . . but I miss the shadows a bit. :) Looked more like a wedding invitation before, the way the smaller "pieces" are layered. I still think the frame around the kissing couple is a bit heavy - I prefer the thinner one around the whole site, but that's a minor thing.

Glad you didn't change the colors! :hr:

[CanadianGuy]

Thanks Babs. I'm calling this layout done for now and moving onto another page. The frame around the kissing couple probably will stay as is simply because I'm too lazy to mess around with it.

[lunatic]

Okay then :bu: