New Website Design
I decided to mess around with my professional website and come up with a new design. However, given that I'm unable to take on new work until mid-September or so, it doesn't make sense for me to launch this new design until then...
Which means I have a lot of time to get feedback and continue fiddling with it!
So, here's the link: http://www.linebylinewebdesign.com/index_new.php (Note that it's just one page, none of the links actually work.)
And here's my current site, for comparison: http://www.linebylinewebdesign.com/
I'm rather enamored of my new design right now, though there are some aspects I'm not as enamored of.
One example: I like the way the header looks, but I'm not certain that using a background image is the best way to achieve that. The main reason I'm using the background image is that I wanted the new logo to be vertically-centered, which is pretty much impossible to do with CSS without having a fixed height setting (which could break the header if someone needs to increase the text size for the menu). I will probably be breaking up that background image into 4 smaller images (top line for curve, bottom line for curve, logo, slogan), but this is the general idea. However, I have mixed feelings about using an image for the name of my company, because it's an accessibility issue. I do have the name and the slogan written in the code for screen-readers, but this is not particularly helpful for people who just need larger text and don't use screen-readers. (Though maybe the "Zoom" feature most browsers now offer would work in this instance? I don't know.) I'm open to suggestions here.
Second: I'm concerned there might be too much red. Thoughts?
Which means I have a lot of time to get feedback and continue fiddling with it!
So, here's the link: http://www.linebylinewebdesign.com/index_new.php (Note that it's just one page, none of the links actually work.)
And here's my current site, for comparison: http://www.linebylinewebdesign.com/
I'm rather enamored of my new design right now, though there are some aspects I'm not as enamored of.
One example: I like the way the header looks, but I'm not certain that using a background image is the best way to achieve that. The main reason I'm using the background image is that I wanted the new logo to be vertically-centered, which is pretty much impossible to do with CSS without having a fixed height setting (which could break the header if someone needs to increase the text size for the menu). I will probably be breaking up that background image into 4 smaller images (top line for curve, bottom line for curve, logo, slogan), but this is the general idea. However, I have mixed feelings about using an image for the name of my company, because it's an accessibility issue. I do have the name and the slogan written in the code for screen-readers, but this is not particularly helpful for people who just need larger text and don't use screen-readers. (Though maybe the "Zoom" feature most browsers now offer would work in this instance? I don't know.) I'm open to suggestions here.
Second: I'm concerned there might be too much red. Thoughts?