"Reelgroove" Record Label Website

[Alex Traska]

I don't ever recall posting any of my website designs on here, but here goes...

I recently completed the rebranding (logo/graphic style/colours) of the Reelgroove Record label (I posted the new logo design in this forum a few weeks back). In with the job I recreated their website. Accessibility was not a paramount concern due to the (young) target market. There are some problems I have with it, but overall I'm happy with it (and the client is ecstatic!). The actual content of the pages was completed by people at the record label. I just did the graphics, layout, CSS styles etc.

www.reelgroove.com (http://www.reelgroove.com)

In aid of the launch of their site and record label, they're also doing an event in London, for which I produced the promotional poster...

http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net/flyers/other/reelgroove/reelgroove_sin_posterprev.jpg

All comments appreciated!

[mac.FINN]

Really cool.

The logo works really well and it looks great. The pink and black add a nice modern feel to the style of the logo.

Nice work.

[Red Kittie Kat]

I really love that font choice and the colors are stunning :)

Very nice job ;)

[Ally]

whoa! lots of pink! but it looks great, awesome job on it!

[prewe]

looks good, just a suggestion for the flash-menu..
try to embed it with a .js file, so you dont have to activate it by clicking in IE.
it can look something like this:

swfEmbed.js
document.write("<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" width=\"780\" height=\"400\" id=\"sidebar\" align=\"middle\">");
document.write("<param name=\"movie\" value=\"v01.swf\" />");
document.write("<param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" />");
document.write("<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />");
document.write("<param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#e2e2e2\" />");
document.write("<embed src=\"v01.swf\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"best\" bgcolor=\"#e2e2e2\" width=\"780\" height=\"400\" name=\"v01\" align=\"left\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\ (http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/)" />");
document.write("</object>");

and

*.html
<script id="swfEmbed" src="swfEmbed.js">

you probably already knew this, but i didn't have anything better to do ;)

[Andi Creffield]

I really like the design, good job. The only negative I can see is the Splash Screen it serves no real purpose for me.

Good site anyway.

[Alex Traska]

prewe : I wasn't aware of that, and thankyou! I'll use that code.

andi : I don't like splash screens either but it's what the client insisted on.

[Caddyman]

IT LOOKS COOL MAN! great work, i hope to be as good as you guys one day......

[printmonger]

Hey Alex,
Read Jakob Nielsen's comment on the top 10 web mistakes....
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530_comments.html

You can check out his numerous books at amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-9200926-4899104?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Jakob+Nielsen%22). You could present that to your client.

Regardless, I like the site.... very cool!

L8'r

[reuber1]

Lose the splash page, and it looks fantastic. Love it.

Actually, the splash page 'looks' good, it's just that its useless in terms of usability.

[printmonger]

just noticed an errors on releases, artists, and events pages

resizeCaller is undefined on releasesubmenu.php, artistssubmenu.php, eventssubmenu.php

[Alex Traska]

cheers printmonger...interesting read that top 10 mistakes...

but...

as a designer who is paid to do a job (and despite my advice to the contrary) the client wanted a splash page and audio playing as soon as the site is accessed. These are both pet-hates of mine, but I'm stuck with it.