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End up wasting hours and hours choosing the right colour scheme for the website... in the end the side project ends up getting put on hold while I work out the best framework to use for the website.

edit: wait until I have to choose the 'right' font...

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For color schemes: check out http://colorschemedesigner.com/ I can get a "presentable" color scheme in about 5 minutes, and it will probably look better than if I played with the colors individually for a week.

For fonts - just use something simple & sans-serif like Verdana/Arial/Helvetica, or Roboto on Android. I've seen very few sites pull off non-standard fonts and have it look good.

thanks for the tips!

my post was tongue in cheek, I know in my mind that the best course of action is to just stick with default and get the site up...

however I can't help but tweak, and play, and move divs around so that the website on my screen looks just like the one I am imagining in my mind. It is almost always spot on, but never quite right...

Lol. So true. I spent maybe 40 hours making a website that has a grey theme and only 5 static HTML pages: https://machinepublishers.com

I also ditched the whole idea of a front-end framework. If I need a backend I'll just generate the HTML manually server-side.

Do designers get faster at this I guess?

I am primarily a python hacker and not a professional designer but to answer your question, I made http://getquicksite.com in 14 hours this weekend. Of course, having a framework like Bootstrap to start with helps.

white and red on orange? I hate to be critical, but these really do need a designer, or someone with more of an eye for color and fonts. The header is large yet the font is small, the colors either clash or are hard to read.

Agreed. Thanks for the input. How about the other two color schemes(You can check them in demo)? I will make the required changes to improve the design.

Its not that bad.

14 hours... That's nice, how did you do that so fast?

This is great and deserves it's own post. I bought modulz for $70 before realizing that it wasn't made with bootstrap. Thank you for making this great starting package! I've bought it.

This is so true!

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