can't decide which color scheme,Help

[mfahey]

My site is http://www.thetradesjournal.com

another sample page is http://www.thetradesjournal.com/sample4.html

Which page looks better?

I need to decide before our official launch.
Thanks

[Lincslady]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Hi mfahey,

I love the dark Blue. very nice :o)....but did you realise you still have the bv logo buttons as the mouseover on your menu on that one?...

[Hester]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

It looks like you might get a variety of opinions here. :)

I personally like the second one better... with the white.

But I like the font that you used on the "Blue" one better. I think the "white" one you have Georgia/Times as the font??... looks nice and fancy... the way the site is laid out, I'd go with the blue page's font.

I'm not a fan of using those BV buttons... you probably haven't gotten around to adjusting the "mouse over" buttons on there yet (the blue page). looks kinda funny. But I do like the way they are on the white one.

Honestly, the white one looks better to me, although it is kinda plain in comparison. Maybe if you added something to the top banner... kinda like THIS... might be cool?? :)


Just as a side note, be careful of your page width... it's running >1000px so you might want to widdle it down to <900.

Both pages look very nice though. I look forward to seeing the final product.

Good luck! :)

[ez-ez]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Sample 2.. FOR SURE.

[Collectors-info]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Both look great. But the 2nd one has a cleaner & more professional look.

Good luck.

Chris.

[narobe]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

hello,
yes I also like the 2nd,

[MrCirrus]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Number 1 for me

[LadyEye]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

hee hee ... I dont know if you will be able to decide, maybe make it an option on entrance, lol ....

but I like the blue one .....

Colour My World .... :)

[beegud2]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

I like the blue BUT the White one says 'Journal' to me more than the other. Both are nice and I have to agree with comments above.

[LadyEye]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

I like the blue BUT the White one says 'Journal' to me more than the other. Both are nice and I have to agree with comments above.

lol Bee .... poor mfahey ... asks for help ... and we all cant even decide, lol .... maybe the coin flipping may come in handy .... good luck, cause they do both look nice anyway ... good job ...

[christian_woman]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Hi
Just getting around to looking at some sites after a couple of months. I love the blue color. Gets my attention right away.
A couple of changes you might consider:
1. On the info line in the header a portion of the font is red which is hard to read.
2. On the web design page towards the bottom a line was overlaying another.

Great work!

[zigzag]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

Of your 2 examples, the blue is more eye catching, but I feel that perhaps the red type on grey background makes the page look more "serious" .
But I really like George Hester's suggestion.

Why not try the GH method together with the buildings outline, that you have on your blue page.

Come to think of it the font size on the blue page, and the banner height, are larger than on the white page. That's not really a fair comparison, and probably why the blue one is more eye catching. It's a bit like comparing 2 sets of audio speakers - the louder ones sound better.

Very professional looking examples. Have you got the dreaded ******* called "I-have-stared-at-my-web-pages-for-too-long-and-I-cant-make-decisions-anymore-itis"?

Have fun

[BLK306]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

I like the first one!

[helganog]

Re: can't decide which color scheme,Help

OK, Now I'm confused. Are you looking for a choice on the two pages given, or the samples supplied on the second page? (Is it just me - it's been a long day). It was all the talk about the dark blue that got to me (I liked that as well)
Of the two pages given above I like the first one best, if that's any help, but I don't care for the mouse over colour - it either needs to match the heading text exactly or contrast.
I like the photo a lot, and the layout is nice and simple.