Design or content? Which one is the most important?

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  1. cpvr

    cpvr Regular Member

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    So, as a content person I'd go with content being more important than a design - because you don't want heavy loading time with a design, you want a simplistic one that's good on the eyes, and easy to navigate.

    But what do you guys think? Is a design more important than the content of a site?
     
  2. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Well I would go with the design then content being second, because if a site has a terrible layout, very bad color combination... then theres no point in having good content as no one can read it, or if they can they'd have a hard time.
     
  3. Daniel

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    I honestly think you need to have a balance if you site design is terrible and I can't stand it then I won't even bother with the content.
    With that said though, if the design is great and then I start looking through content and a lot of it is generic then I will become uninterested rather quickly.
     
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  4. Trealix

    Trealix Gamer

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    As a Graphics Designer, people rely me on graphics more than content

    so its got to be Design
     
  5. cpvr

    cpvr Regular Member

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    Well, what if the layout is the default for a forum software? Good content beats it.
     
  6. Kaiser

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    Off course it does.. default layouts/themes are fine, but if it does have a horrible looking layout with a bad color combo, and what not than content doesn't matter to me.
     
  7. John15

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    Design is always important to me. I cant stand a website that is ugly. Sorry, but thats just me.
     
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    Content is key, but you do need a reasonably pleasant design though
     
  9. cpvr

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    What about using the default forum skin that a forum software offers?
     
  10. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Depends, Like on your forum you are using the default skin, and its looking pretty good as you have done some customizations. Some forums use the default and don't bother making changes..
     

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