Unique Prospective
One of the angles that you see in a city is the one from atop high buildings. Often there is beauty and treasure to be found... however it requires looking at things differently.
How to use this template
This template would be most effectively used by using some photos that match your city's own style. The example shown here is from near the heart of Mexico City that I snapped. It could even be changed seasonally.
Why is it so great?
It is not the 8th visual wonder of the web, however I think that your visitors will find it very attractive and useable. (Oh, and did I mention it is free.) The real reasons follow:
Navigation
Navigation is where the user expects it. It is all in the same spot -- so it easy to see what all available options are.
Full Use of screen
The body jumps out of the 'margins' to fill a good chunk of the screen from 800px to 1200px wide. This is about as big as browser windows are useful in. To see how it looks on mobile devices checkout the view from firefox's webdeveloper's toolbar option: 'small screen rendering'.
Future Compatible
Everything is up to standards. IE doesn't exactly support a few feature I use... but it degrades well. IE7 (coming soon) should be able to handle everything with no problems.
Features
- Valid XHTML & CSS
- Clear and semantic markup
- Simple to use
- Common tags have markup: headers 1-4, strong, em, etc.
- Color scheme is neutral to photo used (goes well with supplied one too)
Tools Used
This open design was created using free tools. Thus this template free to use and free to modify using the same tools as the author:
- Notepad++
- Firefox (Don't forget the webdeveloper's toolbar)
- Gimp or Paint.net