|
| Posted: 25 Nov 2007 20:19 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 142
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
|
Do you think a website looks best with an ezine like, three column layout, or do you prefer more creative arrangements?
|
| Posted: 27 Nov 2007 01:19 Last Edited By: annerz |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 29
Join Date: Nov 2007
|
if it's a blog, a three-cloumn layout is just fine. or even a two. but i prefer three, though. lol.
i like them simple. cause the main star of blogs are their content.
but if it's, say, a portfolio or other personal sites, creativity should be seen 
|
| Posted: 27 Nov 2007 02:12 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 142
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
|
I like the 3 column look so that ads aren't scattered throughout the main content. It takes skill to balance the money making banners and links in the outer two columns with the main content in the middle.
|
| Posted: 30 Nov 2007 14:12 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 29
Join Date: Nov 2007
|
^ yeah. and i find them catchy, really;
if all stickers are arranged properly 
and i think, a three-column blog layout looks more professional when compared to a two-column one.
|
| Posted: 02 Dec 2007 20:06 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 142
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
|
Have you looked at the blogs on b5media.com? They are all laid out the same. Large column to the left, and the two smaller columns to the right. It tend to bunch the ads and the blogroll. Do you find yourself interested in clicking ads laid out with the 3 columns configured this way?
|
| Posted: 12 Dec 2007 21:21 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 63
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
|
I like 2 column blogs over three, I think coz' I have a 2 column blog. I made changes in the blog design and it now looks wide enough, now I might think of having 3 columns to check out the overall blog design. It is good not to have ads scattered in the main content.
|
| Posted: 13 Dec 2007 06:32 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 142
Join Date: Sep 2007
|
Do you prefer fixed width, stretch, or variable width layout or templates?
I have seen some fixed width templates that were also stretched. Thi8s worked well where lines of text weren't very long or readers had large monitors. With a smaller monitor, though, the reader has to scroll left and right as well as up and down to read a whole entry, which is a big mistake, IMHO.
|
| Posted: 13 Dec 2007 22:59 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 63
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
|
My blogs have 2 columns with a fixed template layout and I wanted to make it a little bit stretch so that it can fit in any large or small monitor without scrolling, I made few changes in the HTML code and now I have a stretch template layout which is just perfect.
|
| Posted: 16 Mar 2008 17:14 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 60
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
|
I tend to prefere an elastic layout rather than a fixed one, it's nice to have some sense of userability for people using a different resolution or size or moniter. 3 column is normally my choice unless there's a specific reason I need a fourth such as a links area.
|
| Posted: 17 Mar 2008 04:56 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 63
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
|
It is good to have an elastic layout rather than a fixed one, I now made one of my blog into 3 columns and it surely looks great. Having a template of our choice and even easy for the traffic to look at is more important in my view.
|
| Posted: 17 Mar 2008 21:23 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 60
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
|
The only thing i've found with using an elastic layout is if you provide anything for accesablitity purposes, such as a button to increase the front size. It can sometimes break the page, things go all over the place with an elastic layout.
|
| Posted: 18 Mar 2008 18:30 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 61
Join Date: Feb 2008
|
Now I know what has been going on with some pages that I gone to. I always thought it was my browser. Well, I know one thing I will not do with my page, an elastic layout.
__________________
|
| Posted: 18 Mar 2008 22:42 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 63
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
|
Some sites which I did come across do have the problem that you mentioned KyleMyers. It is really tough to view the page if they are misplaced. Layouts need to be set perfectly to avoid these problems. How about some sites where we get find overlapping of the lines, what would really cause such problem?
|
| Posted: 19 Mar 2008 19:20 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 60
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
|
It's strange though, different browsers display different things in a different way, i've noticed sites that break in IE tend to work in Firefox and the other way around. Seems we have to build a site for a particular browser these days.
|
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008 20:50 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 61
Join Date: Feb 2008
|
That makes sense that each browser is different and views of page differently. Each browser is written differently. Now, if you could develop a browser that would view any website you would have a gold mine. Everybody would want your browser!
__________________
|
| Posted: 23 Mar 2008 14:41 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 60
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
|
The problem is people all need to use the same browser! That's never going to happen though. Back to the topic, what do you mean exactly by "overlapping of lines" ammulu?
|
| Posted: 16 Apr 2008 02:07 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 17
Join Date: Apr 2008
|
|
I'm not sure that is a good idea. Companies put a lot of effort into promoting their browser because, as I've heard it put before, "if you control the browser you control the internet." If everyone chose the same browser, say Internet Explorer, it would give Microsoft way too much control over how we see the internet.
|
| Posted: 16 Apr 2008 21:18 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 175
Join Date: Apr 2008
|
|
I like a website to look creative, the 3 column look suits certain websites like blogs. A website can always be tweaked sometimes a 3 column site can look good othertimes 2 column's suit it best. As long as the website looks neat and tidy and the content is correct. That's the main thing!
|
| Posted: 17 Apr 2008 03:19 |
|
|
|
Registered User
Currently Offline
|
Posts: 31
Join Date: Apr 2008
|
More and more designers appear to be opting to design for the Firefox browser rather than IE, but that can cause a problem. Like it or not, the majority still use IE. I've set up blogs before that when viewed in FF looked great. Then when I went to check them in IE, they were a mess, despite the designer stating compatibility of the template design with both.
Personally I like something that's a bit different but not so much that visitors can't navigate it easily. Three columns can sometimes look overcrowded imho but it's down to the skill of the webmaster to keep it from being so.
|
|
