The website of BRL-CAD is undergoing significant changes. We have a design mockup at http://cpp-tricks.com/brlcad/ and http://beta.brlcad.org but there are various aspects that we know could use improvement. One of those is the main page that will be presented when someone goes to http://brlcad.org
This style guide can be use for consistency or you can try to impress us with something different: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/work/download/google/gci2013/5844328496758784?id=5649050225344512
Redesign the front page of our web site. The only requirement is to adhere to a consistent visual style and make it impressive. Be creative. The output should be 2 design files, one for large screen, and one for small screens (e.g., mobile). The format can be images or html/css/javascript mockup.
Submit your design in whatever raw editable format you used along with a screenshot in png format. Also submit a brief write-up (this can be a txt file upload or detailed in a comment) telling us why is it an improvement over existing design.
References:
- Existing/old site design: http://brlcad.org
- Updated/proposed new site: http://cpp-tricks.com/brlcad/ and http://beta.brlcad.org
File name/URL | File size | Date submitted | |
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Webpage Big.xcf | 3.9 MB | January 08 2015 16:37 UTC | |
Webpage Big.png | 804.6 KB | January 08 2015 16:38 UTC | |
Webpage Small.xcf | 4.7 MB | January 08 2015 16:39 UTC | |
Webpage Small.png | 942.7 KB | January 08 2015 16:40 UTC | |
Menu.png | 16.7 KB | January 08 2015 16:40 UTC |
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I have uploaded my design - Webpage Big.xcf/.png for big screens and Webpage Small.xcf/.png for small screens.
In the existing homepage and in the proposed webpage, logo of BRL-CAD is not to be found anywhere (expect for top left corner in the proposed site). According to me, a logo should be there in a website and it should be easily visible. I removed the login textboxes because it prompts the user to sign up even before seeing the reasons. What I also saw that there were no links for contacting BRL-CAD in the original or proposed webpage which I added in my design. In the webpage for small scenes I removed the titles and added a button which will open a drop down menu as in menu.png. In my design, I made the top bar translucent because I think it will look good if the top bar floats on top bar when the page in scrolled. Same in website for small screen. In the top bar when the mouse will be hovered above one of the title (like Download or Blog) The line under them will become pink and the background dark (as with 'About') and same in the drop down menu in small screens.
Some of my suggestions for the proposed page - The changing of pictures of "Since 1979", "Powerful" and "Open Source" is not easily noticeable (because mouse is rarely hovered above the pictures). My suggestion is to make the pictures change when the mouse is hovered over the Paragraph or pictures of respective reasons. And also to change the logo in the top left corner because it looks like that the black circle is titled a little.
Rohit, this is VERY nice polished work. Thank you! Please continue with some of our other design tasks as you are clearly experienced. A bunch of new design tasks were posted just a few hours ago.