@chrisburton - Ah good spot, I had not overwritten the RGBA line on the nav a colour, rather just added a line above for some reason. Fixed!
I changed the background already from the previous texture to a whiter more faded one, the texture is there to offset the white background of the internal pages and to have a papery/cardboard feel.
You should not make your navigation fixed. The reason for this is because if you decrease the width to where it shows the icon in the corner, and decrease the height, you can see no content.
Sorry. I don't like how after you decrease the browser window to the point where the menu disappears, then it takes up the whole screen once you open it up. And then you can still scroll when the menu is open. So you should either push the content down, or add overflow:hidden; to the markup when the menu is open
@burn123 - It's intended to cover up all the content on purpose, if someone is accessing the Nav then it's unlikely they want to read the content at the same time. It should be completely covering/filling the page, so nothing underneath should be visible.
Is it just that it's showing the scroll bar vertically that's annoying?
There is only a couple problems for me, the biggest of which is image loading. Especially the paper background, which doesn't work for me at all. I think the dirty white is nice but the filaments of black are disturbing.
At least for me, the first time I loaded some of your pages, the images didn't load in a snap like I believe they should. Worst of all, Chrome continually displays a sign of "loading" for at least 5 seconds, if not more. Personally, I don't see on the page what's still coming, but that it's still "loading" still irks me. I'm using Chrome 23 on Win7, if that's any help.
Otherwise, the graphics and colors and fonts are beautiful. The front page is particularly inspirational with the randomness :)
@knittingfrenzy18 - Cheers for the feedback - regarding the load times, what speed of internet do you have and geographically where abouts are you? I'm keen to see what might be causing that lengthy load time.
Images are as compressed/minified as possible and SVG's serve for latest browsers, my suspicion is that it might be the Typekit fonts, they're by far the heftiest in terms of file size that needs to be downloaded.
@knittingfrenzy18 - Thanks for prompting me to double check - I was still using the png version of the background (what a dumbass, 135Kb) switched it out for my previously compressed JPG version (22Kb instead)!
Also, I've taken some of the background texture feedback from you & @chrisburton and faded it out some more. Hopefully it looks and loads better now!
Cheers @chrisburton, I think it's pretty much there now.
Re: my earlier question - Do you guys think the inside pages need images to break up the content? I feel nervous just having a wall of text, or am I being silly?
My only critique is the CSS on the buttons, like the "Find Out How We Do It" button. I would have styling on hover or on click, not both. Great looking site.
@htmlmainiac Keep reading the posts.
@chrisburton - Ah good spot, I had not overwritten the RGBA line on the nav a colour, rather just added a line above for some reason. Fixed!
I changed the background already from the previous texture to a whiter more faded one, the texture is there to offset the white background of the internal pages and to have a papery/cardboard feel.
You should not make your navigation fixed. The reason for this is because if you decrease the width to where it shows the icon in the corner, and decrease the height, you can see no content.
@burn123 - Not sure what you mean, can you take a screenshot that illustrates the problem for me?
Sorry. I don't like how after you decrease the browser window to the point where the menu disappears, then it takes up the whole screen once you open it up. And then you can still scroll when the menu is open. So you should either push the content down, or add overflow:hidden; to the markup when the menu is open
@burn123 - It's intended to cover up all the content on purpose, if someone is accessing the Nav then it's unlikely they want to read the content at the same time. It should be completely covering/filling the page, so nothing underneath should be visible.
Is it just that it's showing the scroll bar vertically that's annoying?
Wow...it is stunning.
There is only a couple problems for me, the biggest of which is image loading. Especially the paper background, which doesn't work for me at all. I think the dirty white is nice but the filaments of black are disturbing.
At least for me, the first time I loaded some of your pages, the images didn't load in a snap like I believe they should. Worst of all, Chrome continually displays a sign of "loading" for at least 5 seconds, if not more. Personally, I don't see on the page what's still coming, but that it's still "loading" still irks me. I'm using Chrome 23 on Win7, if that's any help.
Otherwise, the graphics and colors and fonts are beautiful. The front page is particularly inspirational with the randomness :)
@knittingfrenzy18 - Cheers for the feedback - regarding the load times, what speed of internet do you have and geographically where abouts are you? I'm keen to see what might be causing that lengthy load time.
Images are as compressed/minified as possible and SVG's serve for latest browsers, my suspicion is that it might be the Typekit fonts, they're by far the heftiest in terms of file size that needs to be downloaded.
@knittingfrenzy18 - Thanks for prompting me to double check - I was still using the png version of the background (what a dumbass, 135Kb) switched it out for my previously compressed JPG version (22Kb instead)!
Also, I've taken some of the background texture feedback from you & @chrisburton and faded it out some more. Hopefully it looks and loads better now!
Much better and faster. One last thing, I would probably darken up that body copy and headings (gray) just a bit. Maybe #454545 or lower.
Edit: With the texture background more transparent, it doesn't look as bad. You could keep it as is.
Cheers @chrisburton, I think it's pretty much there now.
Re: my earlier question - Do you guys think the inside pages need images to break up the content? I feel nervous just having a wall of text, or am I being silly?
@andy_unleash I would probably try something different, perhaps a different layout with the intro-text and sub-content areas.
My only critique is the CSS on the buttons, like the "Find Out How We Do It" button. I would have styling on hover or on click, not both. Great looking site.
@chrisburton - What about a changed inside page layout - something like this - http://d.pr/i/bWR5
I like the overall layout you have now, minus those two sections that I mentioned above.