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rubber30
09-05-2002, 10:26 PM
I'm currently working on a new site that I think might look better with a black background, however I'm a little stuck on some of the details so I'm wondering if someone could point me towards a few well-designed sites with black backgrounds that I could take a look at. :rolleyes:

Giz
09-07-2002, 04:48 AM
Heh, well here's some that I know of, hope they can help:

Overclockers (http://www.overclockers.co.uk)
ModArchive (http://www.modarchive.com/)
Owtside (http://www.owtside.com/)

:) have fun browsing

MrMagooba
09-07-2002, 07:26 AM
http://mrmagooba.8bit.co.uk/contact/index.php
This was a project for college that kind of fizzled out, but I think it looks alright.
(If you look around (not completed) you'll notice the backround on the other pages, as the site was going to be made using greyscale images, fast and graphical)
MrMagooba

Crawdaddy79
09-07-2002, 10:33 AM
Mine should be in the bar above, or below, or in my profile..

It used to have a black background.... It kind of does now...

I actually made it with 1st page!

telconstar99
09-08-2002, 03:04 PM
I think my (unfinished) site looks pretty good. www.wblondon.com/telconstar99

telconstar99
09-08-2002, 04:50 PM
Thanks for the compliment. However, I did design my site to work for the 8x6 resolution. In fact, I just checked it and sure enough, it doesn't break as long as your browser is maximized. What exactly do you mean by free-form design?

Dynasty
09-08-2002, 09:48 PM
I prefer free form to fixed resolution sites personally.

Josh
09-09-2002, 08:56 AM
How about evrsofts main page.duno if it's good or not.:rolleyes:

telconstar99
09-09-2002, 01:19 PM
Hmm, that's strange. What browser are you using?

Dynasty
09-09-2002, 01:37 PM
telconstar - I just looked at your site, it's very nice, but it does look like it is slightly too wide for 8x6

Ganon of Evil
09-09-2002, 06:16 PM
my site has a black background.

http://www.elite-gaming.com

used 1stPage of course :cool:

telconstar99
09-10-2002, 02:24 PM
Dynasty--I think I know what you are talking about. The white box holding the description is too small and yes, that is a bug that I need to fix, because it becomes a problem on the 800 x 600 resolution. However, you should not be seeing a scroll bar. Are you?

Dynasty
09-10-2002, 05:10 PM
After checking it, no it fits fine without horizontal scrolls.

Ganon of Evil
09-10-2002, 05:55 PM
i downloaded all the popular browsers now (Mozilla and Opera). My layout looks identical in mozilla, but i see what you mean in opera. ill use php to give the user an alternate layout if they are using Opera (like get rid of the highlighting and making the borders line up better. ill increase the text size too, never really thought it was a problem but i do have 20/15 vision.

telconstar99
09-10-2002, 08:04 PM
I just checked it with Mozilla (1.2 I think) and IE (5.5). I used an 800 by 600 resolution, and no scrollbars. Let's see now, I have 4 sections (Technology Skills, Customizing, Software Recomendations, and Miscellaneous Links) that determine the width of my page. They are 200px each, therefore it totals to 800px. That looks fine on mine. Are you still seeing that horizontal scrollbar EnwTheGood? I know Dynasty is not anymore (not sure why he was in the first place).

telconstar99
09-12-2002, 08:11 PM
Curse Opera! It does it for me to. I guess it refuses to scale my site. How strange.

WebSitePat
09-13-2002, 06:41 AM
Another one from this side of the globe.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~gbdesign/

Dynasty
09-13-2002, 08:39 AM
That is a nice site, well the html version is, I'm not a fan of flash webpages. Possibly the gripe I have is the frames used but, it is pretty good otherwise.

telconstar99
09-13-2002, 01:37 PM
Well, I'm not a huge fan of the design, however, it's certainly very creative. No, I would not design a site in flash, but since they did both, I guess it's ok. The only problem is when people don't have a clue what HTML or Flash is...other than that, I like the designer's creativity.

BoR|S
09-14-2002, 12:30 PM
http://www.gamer.co.il
http://www.attrition.org

those got black bg...

Waves
09-19-2002, 07:25 PM
Here's a cool site with a black background

http://www.instagiber.net

Sky
09-20-2002, 03:24 PM
Mine seems ok.. www.flash.slickshosting.com/mr/mr_europroj.html