Colour Scheme

[Nate1]

Hello almost finished with this site, though the owners have asked about changing the colours, any thoughts?

They said they didn't want to change colours from the old site, But I doubt that will ever be the case in the end.

please note the site content is still test data, meant to be catering equipment.

[Nate1]

Cells?

Heres the URL http://www.cateringequipment.co.nz

[agent_x91]

I don't much like the graphics on the first page - the logo is distorted and pixellated, and the constant rotation of such large images is more annoying than it is appealing.

On the "products" page, there appears to be a second scrollbar within the content area even though the main page already has a vertical scrollbar, but half of the width of the vertical scrollbar is cut off, which looks very messy.

There are many typing errors (even if it is only filler text), which makes it look rather unprofessional. On a site selling high-value goods such as motorbikes, professionalism is what you need in bucket-loads so that people trust you enough to pay out thousands for your products. The orange colourscheme is a bit too garish for my liking, but you might be able to make it work if you're careful.

On the plus side, I like the tabbed links.

[Nate1]

Yeah the Logo's in very poor nick, As for the Java Slide Show it was requested so what can I do, Its dynamically populating so it will only ever show the products in the DB. But if you had any other suggestions of what could replace it.

As for the Scrollbar, Im not really sure what the 'done thing' is but I don't like sites where the header and navigation disappears so Ive used a DIV.

[huckle]

Woo a u in the word colour!

I suggest using a fresh green palette with the orange you've already got for headers and other interesting/important things. Instead of black I use #1F1F1F for my sites, it isn't as harsh and I find it is a bit easier to read on white.

As for the scrollbar issue I assume you are using overflow: scroll, or the like? If that is the case it may simply be a paddings/margins issue, try fiddling with them a little (conditional comments will probably help). It shows up fine on FF/Mac.

I would smooth out the tabs' rounded areas as they are pixelated, but otherwise they're fine.

[agent_x91]

As for the Scrollbar, Im not really sure what the 'done thing' is but I don't like sites where the header and navigation disappears so Ive used a DIV.

That's fair enough, but the problem is the site already scrolls due to the size of that box, and scrolling down will get rid of the navigation anyway. Also, you appear to have used a scrollable box, within another box forming the actual main content, and the content box itself is too narrow to fit the scrollable box inside it. I get half of the scrollbar cut off, which is very disconcerting, especially when combined with the fact that the page is tall enough to scroll the whole page, and also has a scrollbar inside the central section. Pretty messy.

If you're going to use a box with a scrollbar, reduce the height of it so it fits on the screen entirely, so that you don't have two vertical scrollbars, and don't place a scrollable section within an existing box - just make the existing box scrollable.

[Nate1]

agent_x91

I think I know what you mean know Ive got a pretty large screen that I used to develop the Application, Ive had a look at it on a 17 or 19" screen and I see how its annoying, I Might have to remove it altogether, because if I I make it fit a certain size screen theres always going to be a screen that will be too large or too small to fit it, (But I assure you it looks good on my screen).


huckle

One day I might spell it without a u but Mrs Cringle from primary school would track me down and string me up.

What do you mean by green palette, where abouts would you suggest I use it, where the Light Yellow is?

[huckle]

Everywhere - freshen it up a bit. Orange is very overpowering and feels a bit child-like, so I'd say just use it for important things like titles and links. As to what greens you use, its up to you. Google "colour scheme", or "colour scheme generator" - you should find some useful tools.

[agent_x91]

Never spell colour without a u - forget your primary school teacher, I will personally come kneecap you :p

Meanwhile, I'm not suggesting you make it fit one specific resolution - it'd be a better idea to use percentage values - make sure it always fits on any resolution in that way.