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Best iWeb website competition!

Quirk Design iWeb Website

I love iWeb but I really love it when people use it with their own designs. My sites are www.quirkdesign.co.uk and our blog Oddity News (http://bit.ly/b6PRpa). I've tried to steer clear of the standard iWeb templates and also tried to stay away from publishing the site to a folder and instead use the simple 'Publish' button in iWeb. Both of these are created and maintained in iWeb 09 and I'd love some feedback if anyone has any.
 
QuirkDesign said:
I love iWeb but I really love it when people use it with their own designs. My sites are www.quirkdesign.co.uk and our blog Oddity News (http://bit.ly/b6PRpa). I've tried to steer clear of the standard iWeb templates and also tried to stay away from publishing the site to a folder and instead use the simple 'Publish' button in iWeb. Both of these are created and maintained in iWeb 09 and I'd love some feedback if anyone has any.
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Hi QuirkDesign, I like your site. I have one suggestion with your contact form which is from jotform.com. You should make the form background transparent, which you can in the form properties from the website. That way it feels more part of the site design and not some random thing placed on top of it.
 
Alphakline said:
Hi QuirkDesign, I like your site. I have one suggestion with your contact form which is from jotform.com. You should make the form background transparent, which you can in the form properties from the website. That way it feels more part of the site design and not some random thing placed on top of it.
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Thanks for the tip. I tried to put on a transparent background when I first put the form on the site but for some reason I couldn't get it work. It kept showing up as a white background so in the end I chose the grey background so at least it fit a little better. I'll give it another go and see if it works.

UPDATE: thanks for the advice. I've just managed to change the form so now it fits in better with the site and I even managed to get my thankyou page to work.
 
Wow. I didn't know you could do so much with iWeb. These are some great looking sites. One thing I can't figure out though is how do you get your own personal domain in the URL without iWeb making a subfolder using your "Site Name"?

I want:

mysite.com/Home.html

and not...

mysite.com/mysite/Home.html

I'm uploading it through my mobileme account and have the domain registered at Godaddy.
 
newagemac said:
Wow. I didn't know you could do so much with iWeb. These are some great looking sites. One thing I can't figure out though is how do you get your own personal domain in the URL without iWeb making a subfolder using your "Site Name"?

I want:

mysite.com/Home.html

and not...

mysite.com/mysite/Home.html

I'm uploading it through my mobileme account and have the domain registered at Godaddy.
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yeah how do we do this? i asked last page and no one answered.
 
@OP: I like your site design, and considering it was made in iWeb that's awesome. Only thing I don't like is the logo design. Also, consider getting a .com for it.

Also, don't use images for text. Images are always bad practice for this, although I'm not sure if you have control with this if you're using iWeb.

Also, keep the image sizes consistent on the front page.
 
I 've seen here a lot of amazing websites!

So I would like to add mine as I built it using iWeb. It's a photoblog (I just started to add content).

www.phototales.gr

It's in Greek language, as I am Greek, but feel free to browse it.

I would like to know your opinion :) .
 
Nice job!

drewlg said:
www.designhaus.eu

This site is designed almost entirely in iWeb with a few menus either hand coded or done in Dreamweaver dropped in as iframes.

Let me know what you think...

For me the most useful features of iWeb not replicated elsewhere:-
Text to png on the fly, this makes swift edits possible
Pixel measurement of objects allows a highly structured grid sample...
Integration with iPhoto allows easy content creation
The picture frame tools are a great way to bring flat pictures to life

What would really help...
A multiple site feature
The ability to create sub folders to help organize complex sites
Jump menus
Automatic Breadcrumbs
A table tool
Drop shadows that work with FireFox
SEO Optimization tools
The ability to target links to 'top" or 'new" - this would allow pages within pages as scrollable menus

And...
A coverflow tool in html not flash
Forms
Database
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Very nice, how is it that it downloads so quick? Quicker than most iWeb designs?
 
My entry

Here is my iWeb site: www.joshpix.com

I built it from the ground up using iWeb, without any templates.

My goals were to make a site that is super-simple to use, attractive to look at, and quick to load.

I look forward to your feedback.

-Josh
 
Here's my attempt, just finished today.

www.barneyteng.com

I've been working on it for a couple of months on and off. Just finished 2 weeks on it, and am about to start emailing potential clients with the link.
 
Photoetc said:
I 've seen here a lot of amazing websites!

So I would like to add mine as I built it using iWeb. It's a photoblog (I just started to add content).

www.phototales.gr

It's in Greek language, as I am Greek, but feel free to browse it.

I would like to know your opinion :) .
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Very nice....being a quarter Greek myself.

bman07 said:
www.barneyteng.com

I've been working on it for a couple of months on and off. Just finished 2 weeks on it, and am about to start emailing potential clients with the link.
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Very clean simple and looks good. Got my attention.

JetLaw said:
Here is my iWeb site: www.joshpix.com

I built it from the ground up using iWeb, without any templates.

My goals were to make a site that is super-simple to use, attractive to look at, and quick to load.

I look forward to your feedback.

-Josh
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Wow you definitely know what you're doing my friend. Great looking site!
 
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