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#1 2006-06-04 13:56:43
- Ace of Dubs
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Admin Facelift. Take 3
I really like the direction you guys are headed with the new look. My only critiques are that they are a little vertically heavy…I like how streamlined the current version is. Also there is not much of a color/contrast relationship between parent and children tabs.
Here’s my take on it..
Just a rough for now….what u guys think?
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#2 2006-06-04 14:18:44
- alexandra
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
smart… i like your idea (though yellow-black combination is not my taste) the top nav bar is much lighter now and that looks pretty
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#3 2006-06-04 18:36:27
- NyteOwl
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
I actually like that one best of the versions I’ve seen so far.
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#4 2006-06-04 21:01:15
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Glad you guys are feelin it.
@ alexandra,
You are right about the colors…aside from taste, they dont fit the current corporate identity of Txp, which is more gold/yellow and white. So I made another version…
I dunno if the current admin will allow javascript, but I like the idea of dropdown navigation.
If this design gets enough votes, I will go ahead and code up the CSS / JS to make it functional.
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Ace of Dubs,
the only thing I might change in the most recent presentation is allowing your black outlines to be toned down to #666 grey or something similar? I think makes for a less hectic tab and layer? What say you?
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Matthew
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#6 2006-06-05 01:18:50
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Good thinking, Matthew :)
I pushed the design a little more thanks to your suggestion:
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
ace of dubs,
to be honest I miss the contrast of the lettering.
it feels oversaturated in orange now?
imo.
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
I’m assuming the original will still be available on the upgrade? I like the dropdown menus but . . . I like the rounded corners and the lightness of the original. Call me torn.
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#9 2006-06-05 03:28:07
- Ace of Dubs
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Hmm… you guys are right
Still not perfect, but closer
Last edited by Ace of Dubs (2006-06-05 03:29:10)
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hmm, tasty.
I think I’ll sleep on it.
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Now this looks good. Smart, classy, and it looks like a natural progression form the current interface – which is something I felt was missing from the mock ups in the other proposed redesign threads.
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#12 2006-06-05 09:13:50
- alexandra
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Re: Admin Facelift. Take 3
Great work, Ace! I am very fond of the mockups in posting #6 above. Though i agree with Matthew: I miss the contrast of the lettering. the orange-brown color is very strong on my sceen. As well i doubt the orange-brown fits to the red which is used for the buttons within txp.
The last mock up in postin #9 looks nice too but a bit trist/grey compared to #6.
However, nice work. I am very curious what other txp´ners say :)
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