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09.02.2007, 19:04 quote

KeironWantsLove
KeironWantsLove Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 114 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cambridgeshire
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I get the arse trying to figure out Photoshop, I'll be perfect!

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10.02.2007, 01:11 quote

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toby wrote:
It is really hard to find a really good webdesigner for a kick-ass webdesign....
there are a lot hobby-webdesigners and many semi-professional ones - and even the professional ones are almost all on a semi-professional level. all website design they come up with look standard and remind you of lots of other websites....as if they took a templatemonster template and changed the colours.....

i think the really good ones are rare and dont have any time .... and only work for the ones who spend a million on a design....


I guess it's hard Toby cos either people tend to be good at computers or good at design there doesn't seem to be a lot of people who possess both sets of skills.

 
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12.02.2007, 22:03 quote

Anonymous

http://www.lyfenetwork.co.uk/fbox2.jpg

Just working on the content next.

And BTW, you can't design a Web 2.0 site...

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Needs a lot of work... specially on the font colour and sizes.
http://www.lyfenetwork.co.uk/fbox3.jpg

 
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06.04.2007, 01:26 quote

Justupforfun
Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 126 Location: United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire
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i am sorry if this comes across as cynical but imo most web designers just tweak old fonts etc by a few pixels, in the hope that if the site takes off and is a success they will have exclusive rights to reproduce it.

originality would not only be welcome but also totally unexpected.

 
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08.04.2007, 23:25 quote

Mondo67
Mondo67 Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Location: United Kingdom, England, West Midlands
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Justupforfun wrote:
i am sorry if this comes across as cynical but imo most web designers just tweak old fonts etc by a few pixels, in the hope that if the site takes off and is a success they will have exclusive rights to reproduce it.

originality would not only be welcome but also totally unexpected.


I am old school graphic designer who adapted to new school technology as and when it happened in the 90's.

Think about this, traditionally all graphic design had specific formats which the viewer becomes familiar with. Books for instance (magazines, cataloges etc) read from top to bottom, left to right. we all read the same without any thought process, so the design follows specific patterns that the brain automatically navigates. It has been this way for 1000's of years.

but websites. that was a whole new ballgame because standards did not exists for navigating though virtual pages by using hyperlinks. It had to evolve.

Inexperienced designers, hobbyists, and ameteurs (or good designers selling inexpensive websites) will always stick with the standard layouts, probably due to using modified templates.

An excellent professional design (and one in excess of £1500 minimum without programming or database) can and should reflect an individual style including navigation and still allow the user/reader to navigate with little or no thought process at all. It will also be designed from the ground up using photoshop which is a skill ameteurs and hobbists will not posess with any proficiency.

Theres also the factor that too many programmers go into web design with little or no knowledge of design principles and likely have little creative ability.

my thoughts at least, boils down to you get what you pay for, and check the designers background and experience.

mondo

 
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09.04.2007, 07:04 quote

blazehatman
blazehatman Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 2 Location: United Kingdom, England, South Yorkshire
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Ironically, I'm having the same problem, but from the other side of the fence. Studying for my computer science degree means I know all the theory in the world about the particular language and style i'm coding stuff in, but the whole idea is let down by design. If you needed someone for the PHP/MySQL side of things I could help though

 
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