::clevercherry.com - new nav !!!

I have designed a new nav for http://www.clevercherry.com can dudes have a look and gimmie some feedback

Cheers

Loaf

PS If you press F5 to refresh, then it should load a new nav host as they are random

Site is Awesome. I love the nav. Looked great, very usable, and the animation was very quick. Only upgrade. When you are in a section, e.g.,"about us," when you rollover the corresponding the button in the nav it does play the animation and when you roll off another button the animation reverts to the section your on. Make sense? I think it would give the user a good visual cue of where they are in the site...

Great work!

Chad
http://www.pear-mouse.com

wow - fantastic..the navigation is very unique. I love the fact that the person in the picture changes every time you come into the site. Very cool. I love it!

RH

Thanks dudes..

Anymore comments ??

i like the nav and really like the portfolio. nice way to present your work.

As good as usual mate. Nice little additions to portfolio. The video menu reminds me of Hillman Curtis site, but with interaction.

still the best in Brum

Cheers Gaz !

I'm not sure about the loop tho, we wrote it (as part of a composition) about 2 years ago, and perhaps it's getting a bit stale, dunno really, maybe just rambling. In one sense i like it as it's just simple chords (no beats) which cuts down the annoyance factor, in another, it can still get a bit annoying after a while.

I must admit, most of the sites we are building, we are tending to just put a drone on (or in some cases, a choice of drones!)

Are loops a bit old hat ?

Loaf

A great intuitive site, just a small thing, the font used for the heading is a bit fuzzy, may I suggest you change it to a pixellated font, there are plenty of free ones out there. Otherwise a great job

love the nav, good site all around, good job

i love how the host drops tha card. very creative. this has to be one of the uniquest navagation menus ever!:mrpimp:

hillmancurtis did this long before you. on his nav press 3. this was done about 2 years ago. he even made a huge design book.have you seen this? i must admit i like it, so i am not raggin on it. i am just giving credit to someone who did it long before you. though you definately put a spin on it. nice job


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catalystdl.com

I must admit that i've never seen it on the hilman curtis site before, although it is done very well there, especially as you say this was done about two years ago.

For the older ones amongst us, i got the idea from Bob Dylan - you know which one !!

Cheers

Loafboy

PS the Font is our corporate font, and unfortunatly i have not seen a pixelated version of it :( if anyone has then please drop me a line

i guess great minds think a like. keep up the great work!

very impressive. great use of flash. i love the navigation, sound and everything else.

the only thing i would criticize is the colors. i dont think its nice when the site changes to a blue color when you click on the 'artiste roster' button.

awesome - i LOVED the profiles! very entertaining. good way to combine a professional website with entertainment for the average viewer. 10/10.:D

So share the wealth Loaf... How did you pull it off? I've been trying to do it for about an hour now to see if I could. I'm currently stuck though.

http://www.zeroplustwo.com/flash/signtest.fla

How close am I?:)

I love the nav but certain things i dont understand how it was created i dont understand how u got it to change like if I was artis roster it would change using artist roster animation did u use several or is there a shorter way

You certainly deserve all the praise you've been getting and I commend your site as it looked VERY well planned.

However I must say a couple of things:

Why only a bunch of white guys as hosts?

Great concept but I guess as an American, I could see that people would point the finger that there are no women and all white men!

And the music just does not fit........

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Great concept but I guess as an American, I could see that people would point the finger that there are no women and all white men!

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affirmative action dork!!!!

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Originally posted by fospher.com
affirmative action dork!!!!

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HILE HITLER!

http://www.hurlburts.com/hitler1.jpg

ZIEG HILE HITLER!!!!

Why is this distgusting, persistant racism still tolerated!
You got a problem with women or blacks fospher? I suppose you would prefer to dipose of the jews also.........

If you think this attitude is wrong, send him a message here

i was in a band called the minorities back in the day - we had a white guy, a black guy, an indian dude, and a mexican - and we played punk rock :faded:

as long as you dont listen to big tymers or nelly - i dont care about your race :)

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Originally posted by fospher.com
i was in a band called the minorities back in the day - we had a white guy, a black guy, an indian dude, and a mexican - and we played punk rock :faded:

as long as you dont listen to big tymers or nelly - i dont care about your race :)

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This is the WEAKEST response I have ever seen! I think you are lying to cover your a**!

LOL :)

Putch you are quite close, in the movement movie however you need to have 2 variables, one for the name of the section you have chosen, and another for the one you are discarding, you just switch em round. Your animation if great tho :)

You also then need a white room, a DV cam, some cards, a black marker and 4 other idiots mucking about whilst you try to get it filmed.

Rynoe, the reason we got "a bunch of white guys" to host cuz if you look in the personnel section that's us !, Rob is south american anyway, (bolivia i think).

As for Women, we don't purposly not have any, its just the way things are at the mo, we do have one starting next week tho !!

****ing nice, Love the idea, works really well


Dihan
www.feneo.com

very nice effect, just think the site could have been executed better. Layout is ot that appealing

How else should i lay it out then dude?

Just bear in mind that it is laid out with the end user in mind, not other designers, so ease of use and speed that information gets to the screen is a lot more important than flashy effects and complex transitions. We do get quite a few clients who are engineering firms or manufacturing companies so it has to be accessable by "non web savvy dudes"

Suggestions always welcome

Cheers

Loaf

Nice site. I especially like the posterboard button descriptions. Reminds me of INXS ! Anyway everything looked great. I liked your use of video.

I like it too. But let me get this straight. Are you denying that you've seen these ideas before in any of the Hilman Curtis walk throughs? There are some incredible similarities in more than one area, especially the 'board swap' technique.

I think it's fine that people are influenced by other designers but they should at least have the decency to acknowledge where the concepts came from.

Apart from that gripe, I think your site is great. Well done :)

Indeed I am denying it dude, i'd never seen it before.

As I said earlier i got the inspiration from the same place that Hilman Curtis got it, a video by Bob Dylan called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and later the idea was used for a commercial by a Tape company in the UK called "Maxell"

Some of the older dudes on here will no doubt remember it :)

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...As I said earlier i got the inspiration from the same place that Hilman Curtis got it, a video by Bob Dylan called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" ...Some of the older dudes on here will no doubt remember it :)

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I remember it! And...if that was the inspiration here, then so be it...perhaps Hillman Curtis should be accused of plagiarism by the director of that film from the 60s!

RH

Great site! I hung out for a long time, very entertaining. If I was to dig for something to scratch my critical itch, I would say the descriptions of your talent clients are a little over the top. The web is jammed with "best greatest thing out there", so words like that have no meaning, and imply a bit o' baloney. i.e., I'm a drummer, and I know that Karl is not the most talented writer/drummer out there, and I'm sure the folks you sell him to know that too. If you said something that implied "this kid's repertoire rivals those two decades older than he", I would have thought he's one to watch. Nice site you built for him too, maybe a vid of some of his better playing would help, esp. if live with luminaries in the bg.

My $.02.:)

hahah Cherry People!!! that section is off the hook!!

Great design.

Definatly one of the best in Birmingham.

others are:
http://www.clusta.com
http://www.fluidesign.co.uk
http://www.breadlegs.com (self -plug sorry)

just if anybody is interested

Loafboy...

How can I do the fullscreen popup window that you have off your Fun Page??

I would like to know how to do that.

Thanks

They are just chromeless windows dude, you can get the javascript anywhere.

To be honest they are a bit fiddly and glitchy and in hindsight i wouldnt have used em, however it was last year (when they were "all the rage") when i designed it.

is that you breakdancing then?

Do you know of many other designers in Birmingham? It would be good to organise some creative type nights like they do in London and Manchester.

We need to put Birmingham back on the creative map.

It is indeed m8 2 weeks of bruises i suffered!!

I agree that a get2gether would be an excellent idea, as for other design companies in brum, the only ones we have had contact with are Webxpress and Xlibris. I once went to a gallary opening and Clusta were there, but never got the chance to speak to em.

Do you know any others ?

well my 2 pence worth:

i dont like loops like the one you have used. i think they are a bit old hat now and tend to be used by everyone and then some.
i like the idea with the cards. its a very old idea like you say, its been used by bob dylan, maxwell, sarah *something* (artist) the advert about 'on tuesdays my name is tracey' etc... remember that one? prudential i think? might be wrong, then there is desmond decker... my ears are alight? am i correct on the artist? plus there was the sunflower spread... mmmm...mmmmm.... vitalite remember? lol
'wake up in the morning, wanting my breakfast'

sorry im wandering, but you get my point.

notice the connection. all have been tv ad's.
so why not use it on the net?
fair enough its not the most origional idea, but like i said to deepcode in a different thread, who cares?
as long as you add your own mix to the flavour (which you have clearly dont) i say top job folks :)

i like the site, just that bg loop i dont like.

p.s. i love the movement of the drum n bass head ;).

and whos the ginger bloke surfing flashkit? lol

GINGER !!!!!

Ya cheeky get ! - Its me and its Blonde !!

The navigator bar it´s just unique! I would dare to say that I never seen something like that before! Brilliant! :cow: