It was the only url available with .org at the end.
I'll move the ;what's new' stuff to another page. I don't think it needs to be on the home page.
Alan
Alan
Nov. 21, 2023
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Thanks @AlanSh for your work!
Yes, way better! I don't understand the change of colors though. I think it should be pretty neutral and particularly no complementary colors. The mobile navigation has no background... it only seems to appear on hover, (but I'm sure you're aware of that).
That's great - makes it easier to navigate.
I would probably call the section 'About' and then make different headlines for the forum idea/philosophy and the people behind the project, but yes, overall I think this can go together.
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I was just experimenting with colours. I like the red for the menus. Background blue is a bit of a mess - it allows the underneath to bleed through as you scroll down which I don't like.
I'll do some more playing.
I think I've mentioned this before, but I need to make each image the same size. So, more playing...
Good idea.
Alan
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I need to fix the menu for mobile view - it's awful now.
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All fixed.
Alan
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With the new competition winner being portrait mode, there was a lot of white space on the screen. So, I've added last weeks winner as well. I've also added an option so you can click on the image and it blows it up to full screen size (or nearly). Let me know if you like it.
I've changed the background colour a bit. Not sure I like it, but it's better than plain white in my opinion - let me know what you think.
Lastly, the url for the site is www.the-photo.org. That should not change for a while (I hope).
Alan
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I've added a portfolio from MinnieV to the web site. Some lovely pictures in there. Go and have a look.
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No updates today, but I hope you are enjoying viewing the portfolios. As soon as the hosting site supports PHP, I will try and add a likes and comments section to the site.
Alan
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If I’m being honest, I think it’s a step backward. I don’t see anything wrong with white background - in fact, I think it’s preferable. I also am not keen on the two images - different aspect ratio, different sizes , not enough ‘white’ space around them and I’m sorry to say that it gives an amateurish feeling to something that was beginning to feel rather smart. I still think the way forward is the week’s winning image with previous winners being shunted off to a gallery. In the realm of small things, I think the text on the ‘click here’ button should be ‘what’s new’ and it should join the set of buttons on the left. There are a couple of other minor things but I’ve probably irritated you enough already and I fully accept that there are probably almost 4000 other opinions too!
Best wishes,
Another Alan(In my defence, I did teach web page design for 10 years or so in the noughties.
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No, that's good feedback. I can mess around tomorrow.
Personally, with one portrait image, I felt there was foo much white space - but I need to think how I can fix that with only one picture on the page.
Keep the ideas coming.
Alan
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OK - I've changed the front page. Have a look now. I have also added a new portfolio from NCV - thank Nigel - some great pictures here www.the-photo.org/ncv-port.html
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I think a neutral grey (or gray!), like that behind Alan’s reply above, should be used as background of the landing page and the porfolio pages. I say this because grey is equal amounts of red, green and blue, and is better than white in the case of a photo having a light colour at its edge. Grey sets off the photos well — in fact, best!
David
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I can change it to 230,230,230 if you wish. Done.
Alan
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I am too lazy to look up what 230,230,230 looks like, but it sounds good.
However, the change is not showing up yet!
David
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OK, I got my book out and #D7D7D7 looks good to me. Which I guess you would call 215,215,215. Or 204,204,204 (#CCCCCC)...
David
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I'll try that tomorrow morning.
Alan
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I'd suggest to use
hsl(0, 0%, 84%)instead - much easier to change afterwards.
(I personally would favour pure white background; light images can be separated by thin border - but grey is not a problem either.) -
Within the package I use it is very easy to change the RGB colours. But thanks for the thought.
Alan
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Long time ago I used
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16)Also easy to change the opacity of black.
