HELP! me design a site...I'm tearing my hair out!

[Dazzystar0011]

Hi All,

I need to get a site up quickly, all I have to design is a welcome screen, a nav bar and a top bar, the main frame is linked to another site for taking orders....

My problem is:

1. I am newbie
2. Should I concentrate on making it look stunning (this is why I'm pulling my hair out)
3. I have no idea what coloured backgrounds look good with what coloured text
4. I have a Xara which is a 3D text package but again find myself concentrating on making the site look amazing!
5. Loop to point 1!

TIA

[dmorison]

2. Should I concentrate on making it look stunning (this is why I'm pulling my hair out)

Get something that works first, then worry about making it look amazing.

3. I have no idea what coloured backgrounds look good with what coloured text

Search for "color wheel". You'll find tools that will help you choose well matched forground and background colors.

Good luck!

[mat_bastian]

I guess I would make it as nice looking as possible, however it never looks quite right for long even to well seasoned pros. The tendancy is to get sick of your own design much more quickly than others. you can kill alot of time messing with the look. I would start on making it functional and then adjust the look when there is more time.

Check out this helpful utility for finding good color combos [colormatch.dk...]

good luck.

[peewhy]

mooch around, take an element from this and an element from that ... sooner or later you'll get something you half like ... that means you are halfway there!

[Dazzystar0011]

Guys,

Thanks very much for your replies....

Here's another quick question.

I have three frames on one page; top, left and middle. How can I design a smooth curve like join between the top and left frame?

TIA

[mivox]

Just make a site that WORKS, and has good content and get it up and running. Start with black text on a white background. Can't go wrong with black-on-white...

Then you can play with a copy of the site on your desktop computer, and take all the time in the world to make it look however you want. I never get the graphic results I want until *after* I stop tearing my hair out and calm down, but I can write content and link pages together no matter what mental state I'm in. :)

[peewhy]

I have three frames on one page; top, left and middle. How can I design a smooth curve like join between the top and left frame?

Two separate graphics or background graphics. The easiest way is to have the curve in the column/vertical frame and a straight block that butts against it in the top frame.

[Dazzystar0011]

Peewhy,

Thanks for the reply....but how do I design that with FrontPage?

Dazzy

[peewhy]

You need to do it in Photoshop or similar graphics package. I'd take the same question to the relevent forum where those clever bods hang out :)