[UPHPU] Menus Question

[Justin Giboney]

Ya, I agree. I didn't design this website. I don't like the website.

  I have only been in charge of maintaining the content. Tuesday, I  
proposed the new website (along with a new, less expensive host). So  
I have started with the programming side. I haven't really gotten to  
design yet.

Justin Giboney
www.giboneydesigns.com


On Jun 21, 2007, at 3:34 PM, phpninja wrote:

> I like menus if they are done right. One thing that makes a menu  
> really
> shine is content. If a menu does'nt have content it is kind of  
> pointless,
> because the point of a menu is organizing content. Your menu looks  
> like it
> has plenty of content. It just does'nt quite fit in graphically. A
> suggestion would be to first google a photoshop button tutorial.  
> Once you
> have that knowledge you can start getting creative. The site is a  
> botanical
> remedy site, so to me that means organic. Right now you have a navy
> blue/purple buttons with dark magenta background with a light tan  
> forground.
>
> First off I'd drop the background color of the site period and  
> leave it
> white. Unless you are an experienced graphics designer or have a  
> natural
> feel for color combinations being used in a proper way background  
> colors on
> business sites just don't usually jive. You have to tailor all of the
> graphics to that background color and it is just more pain in the  
> end. Once
> you see the background is white you realize more possibilties open up.
>
> Next after you get a feel of how to create buttons ex: (
> http://iris-design.info/photoshop/web-20-style-buttons/) you can  
> create you
> own style buttons, maybe with an organic plant like feel? Just an  
> idea. You
> can theme your site around your businesses style.
>
> If you feel compatibility is a problem, you can try a css based  
> menu such as
> this one at dynamic drive :
> http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/droptabmenu.htm
>
> Also you can always keep the menu and just add in a search  
> function. One
> last note, organic and wildcrafted black, on the dark magnette  
> background is
> somewhat hard to read. black on any dark color is going to be hard  
> to read.
> Best of luck to you.
>
> -phpninja
>
>
> On 6/21/07, Justin Giboney <giboney at giboneydesigns.com> wrote:
>
>> What is the groups opinions about menus?
>>
>> I usually don't use menus on websites, but what are user preferences?
>>
>> The menus on the current site (www.westernbotanicals.com) seem very
>> cluttered to me (besides that they don't work well in Safari).
>>
>> I am thinking about having three buttons across the top, called
>> "Products", "Information", and "About us." With a search box on the
>> right. Each of these pages would then further break down the subject
>> in the content of the page.
>>
>> Justin Giboney
>> www.giboneydesigns.com
>>
>>
>>
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