Better site design?

[picpak]

I'm going to be blunt here...your current site design isn't very good. So I've taken the liberty to create a minimalistic (and better IMO) design that stays true to the original:

http://ubuntu.freehostia.com/linuxmint.html

Let me know what you think!

[clem]

It does look a bit better, doesn't it ? What do people think ?
Thanks a lot for this Picpak. If people like it, we'll change the current design to the one you made.

[Georgie-o]

The new design has a nice look.

[Josh]

Nice, but maybe a bit *too* sparse/minimalistic?

[picpak]

Well, with all the recent server troubles, it'd be nice to have something that won't take up *too* much bandwidth.

[darkNiGHTs]

Nice, I like it a lot, good work!

[sanford42]

it's got my vote

[cyberguy03]

i think it's a solid, simple design. Certainly not the most fantastic of eye-candy, but it gets the job done smartly. :thumbsup:

[clem]

Ok, everybody seems to like it. We'll change our layout for the one designed by picpak. Thanks again picpak for your work on that.

[Shaggy3Dope]

What about Wordpress. That way its all integrated including Wiki ect.

Check this for an example of how it looks

http://www.promode.org

[helios]

Picpac has just demonstrated why the Linux Community will eventually overcome the MS Monster. While I have little to nothing to do with this distro or this site picpac, I want to personally thank you for your generosity and your time.

guys like you hit it out of the park every time you come up to bat.

h

[clem]

Hi,

We've tried Picpac's layout and it looked better than the original. However, we got our final inspiration from the Tomboy Notes website and designed a version of our own based on their CSS. Have a look here and tell us what you think.

http://linuxmint.com/index2.html

Clem

[JohnH]

G'day Clem,

I prefer your new design, but I think it would benefit from a background colour of some sort. It seems a little too bright with the white background and a lot of text. Also the pale green and aqua colours don't match (as in the logo at the top left). I can see you are trying to cash in on the 'mint' idea but I suggest just settle on one of the colours and forget the other. I personally prefer the green to the aqua.

Including Google is good.

Regards
John

[clem]

Thanks for the feedback John.

Clem.

[npap]

Hi,

We've tried Picpac's layout and it looked better than the original. However, we got our final inspiration from the Tomboy Notes website and designed a version of our own based on their CSS. Have a look here and tell us what you think.

http://linuxmint.com/index2.html

Clem

Clem, going to this link, you get ' The requested URL not found on this serve'

[clem]

It was renamed to index.html

Clem

[picpak]

Hello,

regarding the new layout, it is nice, but I do agree that it's lacking something. Also, maybe it's just me currently browsing under 832x624 resolution, but the layout also feels somewhat squished.

Besides that, it's very good. I really like the new logo.

*edit* And regarding ads...do you really want them to say "Boot Up Any Computer, Fix & Install Windows Easy"? Besides that, the ads are pretty relevant.

[Frijolie]

I like the site design, a great improvement from the previous version!