It’s been a long time coming, but I finally redesigned my professional site and I also launched it using Expression Engine! Please take a look, peruse, enjoy… thoughts welcome.
Have you tested on Firefox and Opera? Your background gradient is a little wonky. Specfically, it’s not showing up where I presume you expect it to show up (i.e. at the bottom of the page).
Yes, I’ve tested it on Firefox. That’s my browser of choice on Windows. I have a screenshot of how it looks in Firefox in Mac, as well… the gradient doesn’t seem weird. Haven’t tested on Opera, however. Can you provide a screenshot, pretty please? Thanks!
Yessum… a friend of mine mentioned this error. Seems to be a bug in both their browsers. The background gradient is mentioned in the body { } in the CSS. I tried everything, including declaring the height as a 100% with the wrap and the body, declaring the background in the html { } but it ain’t playing. Seems to be working fine in the stable FF 1.0.7 in Windows and Mac, as well as IE 6 Win, and Mac Safari. But thanks for pointing it out~!
Hmm, FF1.5b2’s behavior isn’t even consistent. I get different results depending on the size of the browser window. I also see inconsistencies if I change the browser window size while the page is loading. But you say FF1.0.7 works fine? Interesting. I wouldn’t have expected this sort of a regression from 1.0 to 1.5.
Hi, Mr. Wilson—I made the background: fixed; so it just sticks to the bottom of the viewport, anyway. Can you check if that works in your Opera and FF 1.5? Thanks very much!
Can you explain why? I decided on that copy because I believe one of the biggest problems with anyone involved in the arts community or niche small businesses is proper exposure. Can you provide an alternate direction?
It’s both negative and vague. I prefer “One of the biggest problems with anyone involved in the arts community or niche small businesses is proper exposure.” It’s not pretty perhaps, but has some meaning.
Hm, okay. The headline is meant to just grab the person’s attention. The other copy—“Lealea Design helps the arts community and niche small businesses find their identity to be seen, be heard, and be read – always with sass and class”—essentially says the above thing. You’re right the other copy isn’t pretty, and with the internet’s attention span mimicking that of a gnat, I am trying to bring something to their minds immediately. It’s meant to direct them to other areas of the site, and that’s why the “more” button goes to my about page to expand on it.
At any rate, I will think of how to make the opening headline a bit more positive. With the type of attitude I want conveyed in my site, while the simple sentence does its job, it’t not punchy enough to make the same type of impact I’m going for.
My main catch phrase is “be seen, be heard, be read.”—i wanted the next headline to somehow relate to that and I could think of was exposure and senses. yes, it’s got a bit of a sexy undertone, doesn’t it… but so does my colour scheme, lol. I think the “safest” out of all of them is Maximize your senses! I changed it to that for now… I already rhyme “sass and class.” Don’t know if too much rhyming would be overkill.
Thanks!
