I don't think I really mind it.. or see it, to be completely honest.. though maybe that's because I'm used to it? Not sure.
Although, to be fair, it's certainly not a "terrible" website. They've spent their time making it and it gets the job done efficiently enough; to share creations, and bring people of similar interests (Minecraft) together.
So while I'm sure it could be cleaned up and simplified a lot more, which could be nice, it's not like a website that has nothing aesthetically pleasing at all, or is completely convoluted? If you understand what I mean. c:
Anyways, good luck with the request! Though it might take a while since they've already done a major change, and most likely will be working out the bugs and perfecting it prior to moving on to something else. (At least, that's how I'd assume it would go :P I obviously can't speak for them since I have absolutely no idea what their plans actually are)
Status: Open
Opened by Pecoliky1
New Layout Design Idea for Planetminecraft!
I really like this site and of course, I want it to look as good as it can! Current assets used on the page are really old and don't fit together. I mainly talk about the layout, since I have no issue with dirt and grass background.
Let's start with the buttons
Button are an important element of every site, and they need to fit with the rest of the page. These buttons served their days well, and partly fit with the white but, this button design is almost a decade old, and is rarely used anywhere. It is too rounded, overly detailed and overall a bit of an eyesore compared to today's sites. I don't see why these can't be replaced with the new flat, material-like designed buttons which are a better indicator overall. Even a pixelated, stained clay textured button would be awesome. Current ones have no relation to minecraft whatsoever.
Layout
Layout is perhaps the most important part, as it is most visible. However, on the site, there are so many unneeded lines, squares and unorganized fields that it confuses the eye a lot. Why not put it in 2 colors? Light-gray for layout and white for text background and fields, with a bit of a shadow which will indicate that they are not one element. Also, lines could be less noticeable, just lower opacity or reduce their number as much as possible. Take a look at the xp bar, and its background, it looks like it was resized slightly and the bar itself glows so much you cant even see its borders, so they blend together, giving it an even worse look.
Font
Font is looking terrible. Arial definitely does not fit here. Font of Minecraft.net or similar would go a lot better.
Icons
Don't get me started on these, looks like it was made by a 12 year old, no offense. Honestly.
Those are my suggestions. Also, I made this picture that illustrates my point poorly (derp) but I hope you get the idea. I would not want an entire overhaul since that is one hell of a work, it's just that some (most) assets need changing
Also, AWESOME WORK ON THE NEW LAYOUT OwO (sry couldn't hold it in)
Imagine: New layout+redesign!
This isn't nearly finished, just wanted to show you what I had in mind. Clean and flat. Ignore borders.