My ThinkQuest Layout

[V|P]

Well what do you guy's think of our ThinkQuest layout:
http://short-media.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=21619&d=1162690070
We're thinking of doing this layout, and another one that will be solely CSS.

[Lincoln]

It's a good theme, but I think the legibility of the fonts I see there will be an issue. It's "cool" but too compact (and the nav bar under the flash banner has very low contrast). I don't see a content font - what were you planning to use for that?

I'm actually well into researching a new design for Short-Media and can point you to some reading material if you want to go hardcore on this, but I think you're well on your way for what would be needed for a ThinkQuest page :) (I doubt it's worth days of research, right?)

I take it from your comment that you don't plan on doing this layout with CSS, but do plan to do so for another. Why is that?

//edit: It's a great concept piece, btw :)

[V|P]

It's a good theme, but I think the legibility of the fonts I see there will be an issue. It's "cool" but too compact. I don't see a content font - what were you planning to use for that?

I'm actually well into researching a new design for Short-Media and can point you to some reading material if you want to go hardcore on this, but I think you're well on your way for what would be needed for a ThinkQuest page :)

I take it from your comment that you don't plan on doing this layout with CSS, but do plan to do so for another. Why is that?
Well the coding part is all up to Andy, so you can wait till he replies. As far as legibility, I wasn't planning to use that font for the content, just the layout itself. The content will most likely be times or arial or something similar. And I would appreciate it if you posted some of those links. :thumbsup:

[airbornflght]

I'll take the links.

Vash wants to do a photoshop layout, and I think a css/tableless design is the way to go, but we are doing both, vash is doing the ps, I am working on a css based layout. I want to learn about as much of this as I can.

[Lincoln]

Here's the best reference out there on web development: A List Apart (http://alistapart.com)

It's seriously the field's bible. Digging through that has consumed a lot of my time recently. Also, click on the link for "The Deck" located under the only ad on the page and check out their affiliates. Their contents and/or designs are also generally worth studying.

That's just one link but I think you'll find that rabbit hole can lead much deeper than you'll want to go at the moment. :)

//edit: I'd be willing to bet you've already seen this, but the CSS Zen Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com/) is required browsing :cool:

//edit2: If you're seriously into this and want to get some books, I also highly recommend "Eric Meyer on CSS" (and its sequel "More Eric Meyer on CSS") and "Designing with Web Standards" by Jeff Zeldman. The latter I read in only two sittings, and I have a terrible time plodding through tech books. Also, there's "Don't Make Me Think" (2nd ed) by Steve Krug on usability that I really enjoyed a lot. I've probably spent $800 or so over the last three years on various tech books, so those recommendations are based on a wide range of selections I've read, browsed, or used as reference.

[V|P]

Here's the best reference out there on web development: A List Apart (http://alistapart.com)

It's seriously the field's bible. Digging through that has consumed a lot of my time recently. Also, click on the link for "The Deck" located under the only ad on the page and check out their affiliates. Their contents and/or designs are also generally worth studying.

That's just one link but I think you'll find that rabbit hole can lead much deeper than you'll want to go at the moment. :)

//edit: I'd be willing to bet you've already seen this, but the CSS Zen Garden (http://www.csszengarden.com/) is required browsing :cool:

Will check it out as soon as I get off this notpron thing I just started. :honoes:

[Lincoln]

Will check it out as soon as I get off this notpron thing I just started.
Oops, my bad. Poor timing on a thread bump, haha.