First Design in few months

[Taz]

File Name -Not Sure
Description -
Author Name - Taziamoma Abraham
Additional Information - I haven't designed in a few months because of work, so I decided to get back into it. I tried to do something like FP. Keep in mind that this is my third full website design.
Preview/Demo -Attached

The light gray over the "Home" sidebar is a mouseover.

 

[D]

Not bad, I would recommend using a different background image though. That one is a little trippy 🙂

 

[Darthmaul]

Not bad, I would recommend using a different background image though. That one is a littlequite trippy 🙂

FTFY

 

[Taz]

Not bad, I would recommend using a different background image though. That one is a little trippy 🙂

Thanks. The background was me just experimenting. I'm thinking of just having an image with a little noise.

Not bad, I would recommend using a different background image though. That one is a littlequite trippy 🙂

FTFY

What's FTFY?

 

[pandaa]

What's FTFY?

"Fixed that for you." I agree with Shady. 🙂

 

[Taz]

What type of background would you prefer? One color? Or pattern?

 

[Darthmaul]

A solid color or a subtle pattern would work.

 

[Jake]

http://subtlepatterns.com/

 

[D]

http://subtlepatterns.com/

+1 to this 🙂

 

[Quacker Jack]

http://subtlepatterns.com/

That site is awesome.

 

[Taz]

http://subtlepatterns.com/

+1 to this 🙂

Thanks, I will use that.

 

[Heart]

White square in middle should have padding on the right or something.
Stripes are hard to look at.

Too much space on the bottom, not enough on top.

 

[Taz]

Ah yes, I am having a tough time centering it in the middle of the page.

 

[Jake]

What are you having trouble centering?

 

[Taz]

The container. I'm trying to put the whole block in the center of the page. I managed to center it horizontally, but I need to center it vertically.

 

[Taz]

I'm trying to center the whole block in the middle of the page. I managed to get it centered horizontally, but now I'm trying to get it centered vertically.

 

[Jake]

Sorry for the bump, but I saw this was never replied to.

Centering vertically is a lot of work and can almost always be unreliable.

To be honest, I would just give it around a 150px margin to the top if you want it to be down the page.

 

[Taz]

Alright thanks a lot. I'll keep that in mind.

 

[Nathan]

I quite like it. Simple is always best, good job 🙂

 

[Taz]

😀 Thanks, although I still have a lot to learn, you have to start somewhere right?