what do u think of this site?

[varecha]

there u go:

http://pruebas3.estudiosdb.com/plantilla2

tear it apart like only kirupians can do :P, i guess it sux as most of my designs.
its about 70% complete, the thing im most concerned about is wheter it runs smooth and the colors choice(do the colors class?)

thanks a lot for your time

edit: i forgot to mention that it has only been tested for ie

[Pixeladdict]

Honestly (and I guess thats the best for all parts)...
I dont really like the design. Too plain.

I do however like the masking effects and the tween when changing photos under that one menu.

How do you achieve that effect ??

[varecha]

im sure there are better ways to achieve it but it works, however if u use flash 8 u should use a colortransform object i think(not sure) as what i use is deprecated for flash 8, also u can check a tut here by senocular where he deals with color management, senocular's site and flash own help


function bleachFadeIn(clip:MovieClip,speed) {
colorObj = new Color(clip);
ra_ = rb_ = ga_ = gb_ = ba_ = bb_ = aa_ = ab_ = 300;
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
if(ra_ > 99)
{
ra_-=speed;
ga_-=speed;
ba_-=speed;
aa_-=speed;
}
rb_-=speed;
gb_-=speed;
bb_-=speed;
ab_-=speed;
colorObj.setTransform({ra:ra_, ga:ga_,ba:ba_,aa:aa_,rb:rb_, gb:gb_,bb:bb_,ab:ab_});
if(rb_ < 1)
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
function bleachFadeOut(clip:MovieClip,speed) {
colorObj = new Color(clip);
ra_ = rb_ = ga_ = gb_ = ba_ = bb_ = aa_ = ab_ = 100;
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
ra_ += speed;
ga_ += speed;
ba_ += speed;
aa_ += speed;
rb_ += speed;
gb_ += speed;
bb_ += speed;
ab_ += speed;
colorObj.setTransform({ra:ra_, ga:ga_,ba:ba_,aa:aa_,rb:rb_, gb:gb_,bb:bb_,ab:ab_});
if(ra_ > 299)
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}

[unclesond]

tear it apart like only kirupians can do we like to call it constructive critism. Comments to make it a better website ;).

I'm not overly keen on your design. Looks abit early 90s web design. Too many shadows, colours and general consitentcy lets it down a bit, seems like there are a few styles going on and none really compliment each other. For example, diagonal lines don't suit big buttons, big buttons don't suit the sections they bring up, some drop shadows r the wrong way round and the brown of the contacts pages is pretty depressing in relation to this site. For some reason the pages usually dont load in the correct position either. The top left of a page is often the centre of ure site, so i can only see a 1/4 of each section....1 out of 10 button presses it works ;(

Add an "onDragOut" line into you button rollovers, so ure buttons revert to normal even if the person drags out. The buttons could be improved upon the clipart look too. not keen on the images in the background either.

My main piece of advice would be to limit the amount of styles your using. Imagine your site with just an image in the background. Fairly big. Small set of nav buttons at the bottom/side whatever, with no clipart. Then only have a title, none of these surrouding elements. Then just setup a nice transition, the one you've got could be quite good, but it doesn't suit such a big nav. If when it tweened it felt like the whole site was changing as the nav was smaller it would have a lot more punch. :rock:

Just look at this site Site06 (http://www.site06.com/) and go to the old site06 site, not the litfuse one. Just look at the way he deals with overlaying content on an image, i think its done pretty successfully.

[varecha]

thank u fot your long and detailed comment, u have some interesting points, i am trying some of the things u said already

cheers

[unclesond]

Look forward to seeing the changes

[varecha]

im done some of them already, but im not doing all of them cause that would be almost like making another site and you know our friend the time, yet your idea seems better than what i have done :P

[joifan2k]

love the box animation

[Pharoh32]

...i guess it sux as most of my designs.


Either your digging for compliments or you're just trying to prepare yourself for something bad. No self respecting designer says that they're design sucks and then posts it for a critique. You need to have a bit more confidence.

I like the concept you have going here. I'm not too fond of the font that you used for the percentage of your preloader. it doesn't fit with main font of your site. I really like the masking effect.

Maybe the transition between photos in your trabajos section could be just a weeeeee bit faster. Have you thought about having some kind of transition for the text?

[Pixeladdict]

Thanks for the code Varecha, but...

Im don't know squat about AS really. So could you maybe help me out with where to apply this?

Do I make a MC called clip or speed or?


thanks in advance.

[waseem]

speak spainish vercha ?

[waseem]

im learning spainish in middle school so when i get to high school i dont have to!

[varecha]

to Pharoh32:
in fact im not a designer, but i have to deal with designing tasks lately, designing is really entertaining but im very far from beign a designer, thats why i post here, cause in this forum u get good suggestion from people who DO know about it, but thanks anyway ;)

to pixeladdict:
in your first frame make a movie simbol and give it the instance name of my_mc, then in the first frame also paste the functions above, and then this code:


_root['my_mc'].onRollOver = function() {
bleachFadeOut(this, 8);
}
_root['my_mc'].onRollOut = function() {
bleachFadeIn(this, 8);
}

if any problem let me know

to waseemdesign:
yes i speak spanish amigo :P

[Pixeladdict]

Thanks varecha,

Guess I should have read the first post more clearly.
I don't use flash 8, only flash mx, so I think thats why this doesn't work. Perhaps...

At least I tried with the above code and the code you have posted before, but it doesn't seem to work.

[varecha]

mmmmm, i see, well in theory it should work if u have mx 2004, why dont u post your .fla so people here can have a look