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Old 18-04-2008, 14:05   #1
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Decisions.....

Hey everyone, I have been mulling over this for days now.

I am making up a site, I am looking for your input on what is neater/nicer/better to understand.....

I am putting on a site a sort of title of which page the visitor is on, but I cant decide if image 1 or 2 is best:

1 is: white title at top-centre under Nav Buttons
2 is: white title at bottom-right of page.

which is better?

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Old 18-04-2008, 14:11   #2
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Re: Decisions.....

I personally like 2, as, if they've clicked the link they know where they are going... Why do they need to have space wasted telling them?
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Old 18-04-2008, 14:19   #3
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I personally like 2, as, if they've clicked the link they know where they are going... Why do they need to have space wasted telling them?
thats what I am thinking, but you know what its like, you click, read then sort of forget.

I was thinking of changing the buttons for that reason, but I think the buttons go well with it.

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Re: Decisions.....

Picture 2, without a doubt

Or, better still, the picture in your avatar - you remembered where you got it yet?
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Old 18-04-2008, 14:47   #5
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Picture 2, without a doubt

Or, better still, the picture in your avatar - you remembered where you got it yet?
I think I got it on Zedge.

but my ex tried to copy it for me one day, and I still got that

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Re: Decisions.....

As a non-techie who just uses sites I agree that number 2 would work best for me as well.

The natural flow of the page has you reading from top to bottom and the 2nd example follows that flow with the button being below the information.
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I'd prefer some reaction in the button area, to show which selection is active.
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Old 18-04-2008, 23:08   #8
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Re: Decisions.....

I changed it to have 3 colons either side of the button name

i think this is working better.

I have taken off the white title of the page at the bottom of hte page, I can put it back, I kept the CSS intact just incase
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Re: Decisions.....

Looks good, I like the second image better as well.

The 2 colons looks ok, but maybe the background colour of the button should change as well?
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Re: Decisions.....

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I'd prefer some reaction in the button area, to show which selection is active.
I agree with this. It would allow you to remove the white text alltogether. Can you change the black on the 'contact' button to a light yellow that gives you sufficient contrast to the text but still makes the button stand out?
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Re: Decisions.....

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Hey everyone, I have been mulling over this for days now.

I am making up a site, I am looking for your input on what is neater/nicer/better to understand.....

I am putting on a site a sort of title of which page the visitor is on, but I cant decide if image 1 or 2 is best:

1 is: white title at top-centre under Nav Buttons
2 is: white title at bottom-right of page.

which is better?

ik
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Old 19-04-2008, 15:07   #12
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Re: Decisions.....

ok, i made it like number 2, but also added in the colons to teh buttons.

I was going to change the button colour, but I really dont like it.

thanks for your help people.

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