Love the new Banner

[DiscinFiend]

I thought the old one was more cartoony. Here's the old one for reference.

The old one was more cartoony

 

[Jukeshoe]

I fear change.

2nd this emotion. :|

 

[Innovafan2562]

:thmbup: Awesome!

 

[Jukeshoe]

Actually, after comparing and contrasting the two, I like the old one best.

Now I wish I hadn't rashly squandered my vote on "meh." :|

 

[jrawk]

Like the colors and design... but not a fan of the drop shadow.

 

[mashnut]

FWIW, I liked the old banner better, I thought it went better visually with the rest of the site.

 

[Halcón]

I like the old one more. It looks more natural with a light blue sky and baskets that stand out. The new one is washed away in green.

 

[fritothedog]

I like the old one more. It looks more natural with a light blue sky and baskets that stand out. The new one is washed away in green.

I agree. I like the old one better. But I won't vote til I see this color change.

 

[Punk In Drublic]

Still throwing that same old disc I see. What is that disc again? opcorn:

 

[Fraser]

While I love the color green, too much is always too much. Most everything on this site, in it's default CSS, is green. To me, this brings a feeling of "drabness". There isn't enough complimentary color to offset this feeling or create color balance. Green is also on the cool side of the spectrum which brings in some "bleh" psychological effects. Now, the blue gradient outside of the main content container is a little out of place.

Also, since you have a literal interpretation of a landscape with trees and rolling hills, the green in the sky is not natural. It seems odd.

Your brand is also lost now that there is no contast in the "DG" and disc swoosh. At a glance, all you see is "CourseReview" and a ring of gold. I think every element of your logo needs to contrast the background as much as possible.

However, I do like the silhouette approach. This does simplify/modernize the background and make it less "cartoony".

As for the full width header, it can be a little overpowering especially with windows that are drastically wider than main content container. I've stopped doing that in my own designs with static widths. The only time I use them now is when I have a header that is "pinned" to the top of the window allowing for content to have the effect of scrolling under the banner as you move down the page or when there is dynamic scaling when users change the size of their window (so that the content fills the entire window and has no static container).

I do like the idea behind the monochrome background, and even though green isn't natural to represent a sky, I think it needs more contrast. I would probably experiment with your original sky and logo and change the background of the page itself to the green so the header "connects" with the page. This will also help the main content to stand out too.

TL;DR: Meh.

 

[notapro]

I thought the old one was more cartoony. Here's the old one for reference.

It's the width!!!

 

[timg]

Well, I'll keep messing with it, maybe over the weekend. It seems the biggest issue is the width. Luckily I saved all the old style sheets!

 

[PhillyMatt]

Not a fan personally. But i hate most change.

Width would be my issue also though.

 

[Noill]

No one else brought this up maybe???
but the logo was moved off to the left... on the old one it looked like the disc in the logo was heading toward the basket on the right and was pretty clever I thought... now I'm not sure everything connects well...

also the outline around the logo is a bit much for my eye.. the old one didn't have much of an outline where it wasn't needed...

I'm a fan of the old for the colors and logo placement

 

[tbird888]

I do like the look. If it means that the width of the site is going to grow as well, I'm thrilled with it. If not, I'd rather see it shrunk down to fit. It just looks odd being so much wider. On my 1280 work monitor, it doesn't look too weird, but on my 24" home monitor it's going to look absolutely silly. There's already more blank space on each side individually on that screen than the content as it is.

 

[TOURNEYPLAYER]

I said 'meh' because it is wider than the vbulletin boxes (on the iphone at least). It jumps out like a pop-up ad.

Like the color though, bold.

Yeah, it's wider on the computer screen too.

this.

I kinda wish it was the same size as the the box. or the box was wider.

 

[notapro]

What kills it for me are the menu options; if those weren't part of the wider banner, it might not be so obvious.

 

[DiscinFiend]

on the old one it looked like the disc in the logo was heading toward the basket on the right and was pretty clever I thought

It still looks like its heading toward the basket, just not as close as it used to be. I looks like a hyzer (RHBH), anhyzer (LHBH), anhyzer (RHFH) or hyzer (LHFH) in mid flight on it's way to the hole.

 

[zenbot]

Here you go. You're welcome.

 

[mashnut]

Perfect!