Sorry I've taken so long for my version of the logo. The photo of the goby is a little small. Bev, what are the chances you would want to take another photo of one of your fishes that you think would suit the project. The larger the photo the better.

Quinn,

I'll see what I can do over the next few days. Have been supremely busy lately, but will find time shortly. I'll send you a few pics. Will only crop them, but leave them the size the camera takes. They will be BIG :eek: You can then make them any size that suits you. Sound okay?

Big is good. Convert them to JPEG if you can, and try to keep the file size down, but don't modify the dimensions.

Always jpg files :cool: Don't know how I am going to keep file size down if you want big pics, though.

Any pics here that look good:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/42gal-fi...ert-photos.htm

Or look in the Other Photos section here:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/72gal-fish-softcoral.htm

Let me know if you find something of value, then I won't have to shoot anymore pics.

The shots of the clownfish would work if you had a larger version. I might be able to get some of the shots of angels and the butterfly to work as well. Do we have any preferences as to what we use? Maybe we should just use a clam or something, to avoid looking too much like the CRAC logo.

Quinn,

No larger versions of any of the pics at the website. I shoot a roll of pics, download them onto my graphics program, crop, size them so they will fit on my webpage, save the modified pic, then erase the camera's memory and start again.

I have no personal preference as to which pic or pics you could use. What do others here think?

Quinn,

How about if you post the pics you like and the rest of us could help you choose which one to use?

Quinn,

Sorry for the delay in getting pics. It's been a baaaaaad week. Computer's been down because of a virus and Chris has been slowly putting it back together over the last week. Also got the saddest news this week, too :frown: I learned that a dear family member has become so addicted to cocaine, that he's lost his place of residence and is about to lose his job of 28 years if detox and Henwood don't help him :cry: :cry: :cry:

Don't know when I'll get time for pics. My head has been turned upside down over the bad news. Please post some pics that you like and maybe folks will give you their opinions as to which to use.

Are we still proceeding forward with this or is the plan kaput?

I have too much free time nowadays, so I can take over if the others are too busy.

Sorry to hear that Bev, I didn't see your post until now. Pretty terrible stuff if you fall into it. Take your time, I've pretty much dropped the ball on this one as well. Harvey if you want to throw something at the project, feel free.

Alrighty, I have a prototype webpage up. None of the buttons work, but you get the idea of what it will look like.

Tell me what you think:
http://members.shaw.ca/harvwong/Edmo...f%20Community/

I haven't done HTML for a while, so no laughing at the code. Also, I had a brain freeze trying to figure out a banner, so if anyone could help me out, that would be great.

Anyone? No one?

Like the buttons VERY much :cool:

The calendar is great :cool:

For the logo and masthead, could you see if you have any other fish pics and try them? Would like to see the "Edmonton & Area Reef Community" either centred in the space with fish pics on far left and far right sides, or else a larger and longer fish pic on the left and the "Edmonton & Area Reef Community" more to the right. You can scrounge pics from my website if you find anything you like: http://www.lostmymarblz.com/pastaquaria.htm

Would like to see everything centred on the page instead of to the left.

"News & Updates" should be all one colour and font.

The bar below "News & Updates" should be the same colour as the background and would look better flush left.

Other than those quibbly details, it's a fine effort :smile:

Thanks Bev!

Anyone else want to knit pick? :biggrin:

Oh, forgot to ask, which font do you prefer on the "News & Updates." The thicker font or the thin font? Also, what color would you like to see it?

I'd like to see "News & Updates" the colour of "News" but in the font of "Updates".

Ok, I've made a few changes to the site. Please tell me what you think. Also, I really think we need a new banner/logo. I'm just not liking what I am seeing up there bannerwise. So, if anyone would like to help design a logo/banner with me, please let me know.

If no one has any major objections to the web page, I will go ahead and finish off the rest. I'm still fiddling around with some of the scripts I plan to use, so what you see now is not 100% finished (i.e. the community events aren't up yet).

Like the green colour of brain in the banner and the green colour in the body of the page, but the background colour doesn't quite compliment the green. Background colour of the banner looks good with the mouse-over buttons, though. Or maybe it's the bright blue of "News & Updates" that doesn't fit with the colour scheme and the green brain and background are good. Maybe if you used a dark green/blue from the buttons for the "News & Updates" and "Edmonton & Area Reef Community", the colours would be better. Confusing, huh?

Also, I think the banner is a little too tall. Oh, bad me.....

Beth started the project. I wonder what she has to say. IMO, keep going, man :cool:

Hi Bev,

Thanks for the input. I think I'll have to reread your post another couple of times to get what you're saying :lol:

Where is that Beth?? :question:

Keep the comments coming!

The title should be moved up a little, it is too low in the page.

I like the buttons, but contrasting with tthe background of the title area it looks far to dark, it is a lot for the eyes to adjust to. You can just lighten up the picture you have used a bit =)

Love the calendar, but it looks drab in comparison, a nice blue would spice it up, but still keep it low key.

Need a larger space between the NEWS and the & and the Updates, it looks smooshy.

We are Canadian, gosh darnit, lets put a maple leaf on there some where! I am feeling all patriotic today :P

I would increase the size of the news font. make sure that it is at least a 1.2 space. Preferable 1.5. it will make it much easier to read when we actually have something to say =)

You did an awesome job, put me to shame!!!!

The question is now, do we want to leave it on free web space, or put it up somewhere that more than one of us can access/update?

Beth

Hi Beth!

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm out and about today, so I won't get a chance to work on it much, if at all, so don't look for updates until the weekend or next week :eek:

Are we still interested in this? I am aware I was to create a logo which I have not done, however I'm wondering how much support these is for this project and whether it is in fact worthwhile at this point in time. The effort, minimal as it is, may not be justified in the face of the amount of use of the site we can probably expect. What purpose would this website in fact serve?

I hear you Quinn. At this point in time, I really don't think that we need a separate website just for the Edmonton Reefers as everyone who is online will probably check CanReef more than the ERC webpage.

Oh well. At least it let me practice my coding :lol: