Any thoughts on using black as a bg? - GoFuckYourself.com

jimthefiend · 01-09-2004, 10:44 AM

?
most of the shit on the page will be text

Head · 01-09-2004, 10:45 AM

I used black for many of my sites. I liked it!

jimthefiend · 01-09-2004, 10:47 AM

so do I, but they are all graphic intensive

im a little concerned about doing that with a text based site

but thats what im used to so im confused as to what to do

powerbubba · 01-09-2004, 10:52 AM

you can check out our site - greatgirls.com . it has a black background, and I think a fairly decent design. feedback is welcome.

DarkJedi · 01-09-2004, 10:54 AM

black BG was "cool" back in 1998

jimthefiend · 01-09-2004, 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by powerbubba
- greatgirls.com . it has a black background...

it does?

Zappu · 01-09-2004, 11:34 AM

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Any thoughts on using black as a bg?

Not at all, as long as you will keep the same colour for the font!
I guess you better start back to read the fundamentals regarding design, specialy for text based ones

eroswebmaster · 01-09-2004, 11:36 AM

depends upon the niche.

Great for fetish, hardcore, video sites, but not good for teen solo girl type stuff.

TDF · 01-09-2004, 11:36 AM

always bet on black

liquidmoe · 01-09-2004, 11:36 AM

White on black always ends up burning my eyes after any amount of serious reading. Unless people skim this is going to get annoying imo.

sexyclicks · 01-09-2004, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by powerbubba
you can check out our site - greatgirls.com . it has a black background

where?

Trax · 01-09-2004, 11:51 AM

i dont like black BGs
but hey
worldsex has a black bg and people visit it everyday
so all in all its about the content and quality
but for none established sites i would not recommend black

pradaboy · 01-09-2004, 12:07 PM

black bg is good, I use it often too coz I think white is soooo plain

machinegunkelly · 01-09-2004, 12:14 PM

White text is hard to read on black .
Black text on white has been used on paper for hundreds of years and people accept it more readily . and read it easier .

Kamilla36D · 01-09-2004, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by eroswebmaster
depends upon the niche.

Great for fetish, hardcore, video sites, but not good for teen solo girl type stuff.

I do mostly amateur sites and when I got started I was told by a much more experienced webmaster that white bg converts better... but give it a try and see what works

- AFN - · 01-09-2004, 12:21 PM

I like and prefer black backgrounds because they make the pictures and colors of the images stand out better. but all
depends on the person some people hate black some love it.
but to be honest most people dont care..

Mogulman · 01-09-2004, 12:25 PM

If you're doing a text heavy page, I would avoid a black ground. However, if the rest of the site is on black, it makes the page look pretty strange if there's a dramatic departure from the site color scheme.

RockDaddy · 01-09-2004, 12:28 PM

A lot of text?
I would suspect that black text on a white background would be the best otherwise newspapers, books and magazines would have black pages.

powerbubba · 01-09-2004, 01:10 PM

ok, the main site isn't a solid black, it was more before but we lighten it up some, if you want more a solid black, our tgps have this -

http://www.greatgirls.com/samples/alexandra/gal0.html

01-09-2004, 10:44 AM	#1
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Head Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Starship Enterprise Posts: 8,278	I used black for many of my sites. I liked it! __________________

01-09-2004, 10:52 AM	#4
powerbubba Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 358	you can check out our site - greatgirls.com . it has a black background, and I think a fairly decent design. feedback is welcome. __________________ GreatGirls.com [email protected] CrowsCrypt.com - Exclusive High Quality Goth www.crowscrypt.com

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TDF Triple OG nigga on GFY Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in the BP4L family compound Posts: 27,296	always bet on black __________________ Sig heil

01-09-2004, 10:47 AM	#3
jimthefiend So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: icq: 121189 Posts: 18,889	so do I, but they are all graphic intensive im a little concerned about doing that with a text based site but thats what im used to so im confused as to what to do

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DarkJedi No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: GFY Posts: 28,300	black BG was "cool" back in 1998

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liquidmoe Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NY Posts: 4,994	White on black always ends up burning my eyes after any amount of serious reading. Unless people skim this is going to get annoying imo. __________________ Take Luck!

01-09-2004, 11:51 AM	#12
Trax [----------------------] Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 14,486	i dont like black BGs but hey worldsex has a black bg and people visit it everyday so all in all its about the content and quality but for none established sites i would not recommend black

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machinegunkelly Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,286	White text is hard to read on black . Black text on white has been used on paper for hundreds of years and people accept it more readily . and read it easier . __________________ dead.

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- AFN - Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NYC Baaaabeee Posts: 3,101	I like and prefer black backgrounds because they make the pictures and colors of the images stand out better. but all depends on the person some people hate black some love it. but to be honest most people dont care.. __________________ cat cash* \| tr -d '\r' \| tr -s '/n' > money

01-09-2004, 12:25 PM	#17
Mogulman Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 568	If you're doing a text heavy page, I would avoid a black ground. However, if the rest of the site is on black, it makes the page look pretty strange if there's a dramatic departure from the site color scheme.

01-09-2004, 12:28 PM	#18
RockDaddy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 750	A lot of text? I would suspect that black text on a white background would be the best otherwise newspapers, books and magazines would have black pages.

01-09-2004, 01:10 PM	#19
powerbubba Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 358	ok, the main site isn't a solid black, it was more before but we lighten it up some, if you want more a solid black, our tgps have this - http://www.greatgirls.com/samples/alexandra/gal0.html __________________ GreatGirls.com [email protected] CrowsCrypt.com - Exclusive High Quality Goth www.crowscrypt.com