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Old July 23rd, 2002, 06:24 AM
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Case Extreme Design

Hey guys,

ive just made a simple design for my upcomming site, case-extreme.com and just wanted your thoughts on it before i actually decide to use it.

Its just about finished, just gotta decide where everything should go, i may change the colours, and also make a nice logo.

All coments (good and bad) are welcome. Plus if you think of something cool, please let me know.

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Old July 23rd, 2002, 06:55 AM
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Ben,

It looks good so far! Only thing I'm not crazy about is the dark-grey on the right side. Try lightening it somewhat, just to blend a little better with the green.

Other than that, the layout is nice, and the navigation is simple to find/use.

We need to get you a kick-ass logo!
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Old July 23rd, 2002, 07:13 AM
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Looks very good ben

Litle background on the dark right menu region would be nice tho: )

give more spacy feel by adding like a 0101100 numbers as background pic (nearly transparent) : ) just a suggstion..
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Old July 23rd, 2002, 09:32 AM
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I agree, the color for the right menu should be lighter. For the top graphic I would recommend taking various pictures of cases and making a layer blend with gradients and set it to luminosity.
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Old July 23rd, 2002, 06:32 PM
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Thanks for your ideas, i will make the right column abit lighter, and also do what you said James with the '0100001110101'

War Angel, your idea is good, but every other case modding site has pictures of cases in their logo, and while the idea is good, i dont want my site too look like the rest of em,

For the logo i was thinking about this type of logo. URL

well something like that anyway, but thats for your comments

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Old July 23rd, 2002, 06:45 PM
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how about hot women blended instead of cases then?

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Old July 23rd, 2002, 09:02 PM
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Old July 25th, 2002, 06:05 AM
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Thumbs up cool!

Iknow its only the base but how about inserting some animated FLASH buttons
instead of those lame , boring simple buttons that everybody has on their website My friend and I have been working on a website for a while now (just for fun nothin serios ) we inserted a few animations and it looks Cool

JUST A SUGGESTION

the frames look great
and a search engine is cool to

So keep up the good work!

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Old July 25th, 2002, 07:29 AM
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Psyco, i guess your not a professional? because theirs a little issue called bandwidth! if you start adding flash animations in, people with slow net connections, wont stay at your site for long! plus most hosts have a bandwidth limit, if you start using up heaps of bandwidth, you getting charged bucked loads.

btw, their is no frames in this design

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Old July 25th, 2002, 07:53 AM
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How irritating is that?

Why do those select few think that FLASH is the only way to a quality site?

I find it frustrating... I live by the "Less is More" philosophy.

Besides, how many times have you clicked the "Skip Intro" when visiting a site? I know I have... Many time!

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Old July 25th, 2002, 07:55 AM
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using Flsh for menus is VERY bad idea IMO

Intros are good only if they give ppl choice of viewing them..

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Old July 25th, 2002, 08:08 AM
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Uhhh --- execuse me for my ignorance, but what is "case-modding"? Have I been in a black hole my entire life?

Someone enlighten me, please....

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Old July 25th, 2002, 09:23 AM
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Case moddin is just a way to enhance the your system case (tower)... It's similar to how people "supe-up" their cars (adding spoilers, exhaust, etc...). This is just the way us geeks do it! :P

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Old July 25th, 2002, 09:53 AM
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OK--that was what I was thinking, but wasn't sure.

Sounds prett silly to me... I don't care what my machine looks like -- as long as it's fast and is expandable! The coolest case I've seen lately--not that it's practical or anything--is the see-through PC case.

I prefer rack mount machines now... so not much hope for me...

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Old July 25th, 2002, 07:19 PM
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its a bit like a human, we basically have the same features, but we all have things that make us unique. A bit like my case, its unique. Ive done things that i think make it look cooler.

Im actually planing to make my case water cooled soon, should be really quite, and cool! im thinking of using an old bar fridge to cool it, that way i can always have a cold beer when i need it as well eheh.

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Old July 29th, 2002, 02:56 AM
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I am fully aware of the risks using FLASH
I know it slows you down

But Flash buttons look great
I know that a website should be easy to load but a little Flash won`t hurt.
you are right I`m not a profesional
But I`m trying to become one


Plese visit www.nrg.be ANd you`ll see what I`m talking about


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Old July 29th, 2002, 07:42 AM
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hey peoples,

just to let you know i now have hosting for my site, you can now see it being built at URL

let me know what you think?

BTW, someone mentioned doing a time lapse? on another thread? does anyone know where i can get a free time lapse program to timelapse the desktop? as im working??

Thanks

Ben Rowe

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Old August 1st, 2002, 04:21 AM
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design looks great

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Old August 2nd, 2002, 09:45 PM