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End up wasting hours and hours choosing the right colour scheme for the website... in the end the side project ends up getting put on hold while I work out the

• waylonrobert 13y ago
  This is so true!
• logn 13y ago
  Lol. So true. I spent maybe 40 hours making a website that has a grey theme and only 5 static HTML pages: https://machinepublishers.com https://machinepublishers.com I also ditched the whole idea of a front-end framework. If I need a backend I'll just generate the HTML manually server-side. Do designers get faster at this I guess?
  • anujkk 13y ago
    I am primarily a python hacker and not a professional designer but to answer your question, I made http://getquicksite.com http://getquicksite.com in 14 hours this weekend. Of course, having a framework like Bootstrap to start with helps.
    • gotrythis 13y ago
      This is great and deserves it's own post. I bought modulz for $70 before realizing that it wasn't made with bootstrap. Thank you for making this great starting package! I've bought it.
    • hnriot 13y ago
      white and red on orange? I hate to be critical, but these really do need a designer, or someone with more of an eye for color and fonts. The header is large yet the font is small, the colors either clash or are hard to read.
      • anujkk 13y ago
        Agreed. Thanks for the input. How about the other two color schemes(You can check them in demo)? I will make the required changes to improve the design.
      • collyw 13y ago
        Its not that bad.
    • NicoJuicy 13y ago
      14 hours... That's nice, how did you do that so fast?
• nostrademons 13y ago
  For color schemes: check out http://colorschemedesigner.com/ http://colorschemedesigner.com/ I can get a "presentable" color scheme in about 5 minutes, and it will probably look better than if I played with the colors individually for a week. For fonts - just use something simple & sans-serif like Verdana/Arial/Helvetica, or Roboto on Android. I've seen very few sites pull off non-standard fonts and have it look good.
  • cstrat 13y ago
    thanks for the tips! my post was tongue in cheek, I know in my mind that the best course of action is to just stick with default and get the site up... however I can't help but tweak, and play, and move divs around so that the website on my screen looks just like the one I am imagining in my mind. It is almost always spot on, but never quite right...