Re: www.offlead.com

Jeniffer,

I believe you should leave it alone until your "block" clears. When it does,
what you should do will become crystal clear, and you won't be inclined to
ask strangers' opinions on how to express a site that should only be a
reflection of yourself...

Lauren
bluebird design

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeniffer C. Johnson" <lead(at)offlead.com>
To: <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:48 PM
Subject: www.offlead.com


> Hello List. I hope everyone is well.
>
> I'm hitting a creative block. Okay, it's more like two tons of brick have
> fallen on my head. *G* I'm trying to redesign my site, and damned if I can
> figure out what I want to do with it.
>
> I have four variations of a layout online:
> http://www.offlead.com/new/index.html
> http://www.offlead.com/new/index2.html
> http://www.offlead.com/new/index3.html
> http://www.offlead.com/new/index4.html
>
> None of the links work, but the rollovers should. The body copy is
> primarily acting as a space-holder at the moment, as the content of the
> site needs a rewrite. Of the four, I'm leaning towards the first. The
> troubles so far are A) I can't shake the nagging feeling that the design
> needs....something. What, I haven't the foggiest idea, but "something". B)
> I know that I lean heavy on whitespace when I can design to my heart's
> content. I always have. This site does not have an excess of copy to fill
> up space, especially on high resolutions. I've been told that this design
> has WAY too much whitespace. I, as a rule, design for 600x480 or at least
> as close to that as client dictates will allow. I also assume that anyone
> using a REALLY high resolution is probably not going to see this, they're
> probably used to lots of extra space, and that many using high res don't
> browse with a fully maximized window. All of these may be poor assumptions
> to make, but I make them none-the-less. ;)
>
> Any comments on these versions would be greatly appreciated. The only part
> of my current site that I see being a problem in the narrow body-copy part
> of the table is the resume, and I'm not entirely sure I want that up
> anyhow. See? I'm all fence-sitting tonight, not a decision to be found
> anywhere in me.
>
> TIA,
> Jeniffer
> OffLead Productions
>
>

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