I think it looks nice Imperial, but I would prefer you use the old green background that GraalOnline used. : ]
You could also make it darker. =D I would also love to see a "Download" button too...

The colorless header to color everything else really throws me off.

What I have seen can never be unseen. :cry:

I dislike the only-GK-themed images, unless you change them for each page (according to their main branch (Zone, GK, Classic, Playerworlds)

Thanks for the feedback guys. I will have the suggested changes incorporated into the next design update. Do you think there should be a video on the homepage like there currently is?

No. Screenshots work just as well. However, if you do go with a video, please make sure it does not autoplay >_<.

Figured their was going to be that one in the bunch that whines.

LOL that is ok, we can use the new one and he can keep using the blue one :D

right richie?

Colors seem too dark and gloomy, other than that it's still an improvement but I dont' see why we can't just go back to the old site before v5.

It's often easiest to drag someone in when you can find "Download" right on the main page. The less searching the easier to begin.

Maybe the navigation should go as such:

Graal Gold (Zone and Gk can both fall under this)
Graal Classic (our beloved playerworlds)
Media (front page to see what kind of game it is through screenshots or video)
Download (this could actually possibly go into media?)
Forums
and Contact

Wikipedia: Visual Heirarchy




It's not whining; it's knowing better and mourning those who don't.

This navigation change will be implemented in the design update along with the DOWNLOAD idea.

So why don't you give some feedback instead of just "What I have seen can never be unseen"
It's not helpful.

I dont think the screenshot is bad, but it still lacks a graal feel to me. Nothing in game looks like anything on there. I think images on the website should be of what you would see in game.

Directly linking him to the main underlying cause - not graal related - as to why his design is fug-ugly isn't constructive?





...Right. :whatever:

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...hp?t=134256604

please add this in too!!!! PLZ.

That was an ugly website. I don't like it at all, as part of the community and as a webdeveloper. Ugh.

It looks too bulky, too dark. It's nothing someone would stare at and be impressed. It's too much details on it. Websites should be easy on the eyes since the important part is the information it has, not the design itself, although it helps if the design looks nice.

Light on dark is very hard for eyes to focus on.

I don't like that "Welcome to Graal Online" opening, looks very blurry, hard to read. The font size in the main content area is way too small. As said already, a website has to be easy on the eyes. I also dislike the cheap 3D button effect where the login form is located. Also, considering the rest of the layout, I don't think the rounded edges at the bottom work very well.

Agreed. But the design overall is terrible. The old website from 2005 looks better than that. And I think that one's ugly. I preferred the 2001 and 2003 designs.

But a modern website inspired by the old ones wouldn't be that bad. Like keep colors and some logos and add a Web2.0 touch or the next new thing to it.

I'm trying to work something out with the 2001 design. But since I work with webdesign, 5 days a week 9 am to 6 pm, I don't always feel like continuing doing my job for free after workhours. :P

We'll see if I get it working enough to have something to show. Then I'll show it. Some of you already know the address, I'm sure. Just pm me if there's something you propose I would need to change because it's either too much or just a bad idea.

Bump. Because I wanna see a sexier more user friendly website ASAP.

I'll give a shot at one, i guess i'll be trying to give the mainpage the forumstyle, and the playerworlds,gk, and zone pages their own styles matching the servers.

sorry for the double post, but this way people know i made a new post,
so far it's pretty bad lol, but it's still a rough draft, and i thought, hey atleast im giving it a try.

I like it. It's Graal. Needs work, but I think it's a good start.

Why would the emptiest and ugliest screenshot you could take on a Classic server represent all of the Classic servers? Trying to represent all three at once isn't going to work, imo, Graal needs to stick to a prioritized theme. Hasn't it always been their latest official server? If so, dump Zone and stick with GK because I can't think of any other servers that could be presentable. Even GK is pushing it but atleast it's graphics are -ok-.

I believe that a website header should not be made out of ingame screenshots. It just looks bad and out of place.

Something like this imo, only 100x better and with actual content.

Looks good, Tough i think you should take some better screenshots.. Those dont really look like: WOAH AWESOME, And i would also take a modern server screenshot

Looks cute, not quite sure if it would fit Graal... but it definitely looks cute

I don't like that at all :( The screenshots are god awful, and it doesn't feel like Graal.

i think that would be perfect although it should have a green color scheme.

:noob:

I don't know, it still doesn't look right.

Def like this, partially because there's not just GK and Zone being shown. Nice ^^.

Graal is not for gameboy.

Good direction, but the fade is way too gradual imo.

thanks for the input so far, the screenshots were taken quickly, and then quickly slapped together to give an idea of where i was going, also, i made that one using my own html skills which suck, now i will try to create and template, and then someone else would have to code it.

edit: version of template itself, the screenshots still need to be changed, i would like some help with those if anyone is interested, and so far i'd like more C&C. And i hope you guys like it.

I tried to keep a bit of the graal feel, yet make it a bit fresh.

Ive always liked the open source sorta typical look :(
Ignore my brown...I liked brown until I relized it shoulda been green...

I couldn't finda good shade of green tonight :(

I like how it says some servers were down... very realistic. :]

this is good! :)

Try using different fonts. Infact, use the Graal Online template text thingy from the Graal client login screen..

I like it. The only thing I dont like are the fonts on the header.

Green is ugly, unless it's got something to do with nature. Especially dark green. Graal is not a dark green kind of game; it's a light color kind of game. :cool:

Make it blue. You won't find a good shade of green. ^^ Green should be a secondary color, if anything.