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Title: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on October 2nd, 2011, 09:55 AM
I've been working on my dad's business site and I made a new layout using Twitter Bootstrap, I want to know which one you like better.

The old layout can be seen here : http://bazaarshotdeals.com

A Screenshot of new layout is attached.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Arantor on October 2nd, 2011, 10:06 AM
The new one. It's less cluttered, but also less dead space (like round the old header) and seems to focus more on the content.[1]
 1. And yes, gradients are definitely the better route here.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on October 2nd, 2011, 01:23 PM
Thanks, the idea was to simplify the coding and make the layout more slick. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 4th, 2012, 09:12 PM
Giving this a bump, have a look at the new layout on the site (been working on this for the past week). It's still a big WIP but it's in a fairly okay situation (made 32 commits today :P).

http://bazaarshotdeals.com

Feedback is appreciated.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Nao on June 4th, 2012, 09:32 PM
Looking good!

Footer needs extra top padding!
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 4th, 2012, 09:35 PM
Quote from Nao on June 4th, 2012, 09:32 PM
Looking good!

Footer needs extra top padding!
Thanks, and done!
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: MultiformeIngegno on June 4th, 2012, 09:46 PM
Like it! :cool:
One thing I noticed: http://bazaarshotdeals.com/browse/categories doesn't have vertical scrollbar. I suggest you to add a overflow-y:scroll to body to be sure the layout is the same for pages with scrollbar and pages without. ;)
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 08:03 AM
Quote from MultiformeIngegno on June 4th, 2012, 09:46 PM
Like it! :cool:
One thing I noticed: http://bazaarshotdeals.com/browse/categories doesn't have vertical scrollbar. I suggest you to add a overflow-y:scroll to body to be sure the layout is the same for pages with scrollbar and pages without. ;)
Ah nice idea. Done.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Nao on June 5th, 2012, 09:33 AM
Silly question -- why is the site in English...?
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 09:55 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 09:33 AM
Silly question -- why is the site in English...?
Because it's easier to read on web and most of the population on internet here can read English fine. Hindi would actually make the scenario worse as it's harder to maintain plus many of the current generation can read English faster than Hindi (I myself can't read Hindi fluently :P).
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Nao on June 5th, 2012, 11:27 AM
I'm surprised to hear that!
I would have thought that you guys (not you in particular :P) had a mixed relationship with the English language, because of India's history of colonialism.... Generally, freed countries tend to ban anything that reminds people of this past. I know that use of French language in Algeria is only officially 'tolerated', for instance...
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: ziycon on June 5th, 2012, 11:37 AM
Quote from Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 09:55 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 09:33 AM
Silly question -- why is the site in English...?
Because it's easier to read on web and most of the population on internet here can read English fine. Hindi would actually make the scenario worse as it's harder to maintain plus many of the current generation can read English faster than Hindi (I myself can't read Hindi fluently :P).
Why not make it a multi-lingual site so as not to lose out on your key demographic but also to keep the wider audience happy!?
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 11:38 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 11:27 AM
I'm surprised to hear that!
I would have thought that you guys (not you in particular :P) had a mixed relationship with the English language, because of India's history of colonialism.... Generally, freed countries tend to ban anything that reminds people of this past. I know that use of French language in Algeria is only officially 'tolerated', for instance...
It isn't like that in here, at least in metropolitan areas. English is fiairly commonly spoken and we have plenty of western customs (malls, pubs, restaurants, clothing etc) around (hell, we have more western customs around than Indian ones). English is also a primary language (and one of the 22 official languages recognized in the constitution) for most of the schools plus I  haven't met anyone who despised English.
Posted: June 5th, 2012, 11:37 AM
Quote from ziycon on June 5th, 2012, 11:37 AM
Quote from Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 09:55 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 09:33 AM
Silly question -- why is the site in English...?
Because it's easier to read on web and most of the population on internet here can read English fine. Hindi would actually make the scenario worse as it's harder to maintain plus many of the current generation can read English faster than Hindi (I myself can't read Hindi fluently :P).
Why not make it a mulch-lingual site so as not to lose out on your key demographic but also to keep the wider audience happy!?
Because none of the people I have ever met or my father has met actually uses Hindi for communication over Internet. We actually surveyed this with our clients.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: ziycon on June 5th, 2012, 11:44 AM
Quote from Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 11:38 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 11:27 AM
I'm surprised to hear that!
I would have thought that you guys (not you in particular :P) had a mixed relationship with the English language, because of India's history of colonialism.... Generally, freed countries tend to ban anything that reminds people of this past. I know that use of French language in Algeria is only officially 'tolerated', for instance...
It isn't like that in here, at least in metropolitan areas. English is fiairly commonly spoken and we have plenty of western customs (malls, pubs, restaurants, clothing etc) around (hell, we have more western customs around than Indian ones). English is also a primary language (and one of the 22 official languages recognized in the constitution) for most of the schools plus I  haven't met anyone who despised English.
Posted: June 5th, 2012, 11:37 AM
Quote from ziycon on June 5th, 2012, 11:37 AM
Quote from Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 09:55 AM
Quote from Nao on June 5th, 2012, 09:33 AM
Silly question -- why is the site in English...?
Because it's easier to read on web and most of the population on internet here can read English fine. Hindi would actually make the scenario worse as it's harder to maintain plus many of the current generation can read English faster than Hindi (I myself can't read Hindi fluently :P).
Why not make it a mulch-lingual site so as not to lose out on your key demographic but also to keep the wider audience happy!?
Because none of the people I have ever met or my father has met actually uses Hindi for communication over Internet. We actually surveyed this with our clients.
No problem, it was just a suggestion as I've come across it many of times before, where there wasn't any demographic for a certain language and when that language was added the demographic grew for the simple fact that it was available now. It obviously involves a bit more work then just creating the multilingual site but you get the point.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 11:45 AM
Quote from ziycon on June 5th, 2012, 11:44 AM
No problem, it was just a suggestion as I've come across it many of times before, where there wasn't any demographic for a certain language and when that language was added the demographic grew for the simple fact that it was available now. It obviously involves a bit more work then just creating the multilingual site but you get the point.
I know that there will probably be people in that demographic, it's just that we haven't found a real need to invest time in that area. It's a much bigger site than it looks to a guest.
Title: Re: Old layout vs new layout?
Post by: Dragooon on June 5th, 2012, 12:36 PM
Dropped jQuery UI entirely (for guests atleast, I still need it's autocomplete for now), yay. Saves a few KBs of compressed JS files.