WBC Holdings | a minimal, clean design

[benrwhite]

Hey all,

I'm a longtime floater on these forums and have just finally joined (for some shameless self-promotion, of course haha), so first of all: hi!

I'm a big fan of GetSimple. It's the perfect CMS for all of those websites where you want editing functions, plugins, etc.., but Joomla or even WordPress is way overkill. In my experience, it's also by-far the easiest CMS to teach to clients who aren't so tech-savvy. So, major kudos to the devs and the community!

Ok, now on topic...

I've just launched a website for a small-mid size sales/holding company in the renewable energy and green energy markets. The website is minimal and clean, and fairly typography-focused. It's also responsive and mobile-first. I created everything from the website to the logos (the only thing I didn't choose was the red color).

I'm really happy with how the website turned out, especially since it was an unusual rush job (four days!).

Here's the site:
http://wbcmarketing.com/

Let me know what you guys think!

Cheers,
Ben

EDIT:
PS: If anyone has a Dribbble invite to give out, I'd love one haha
http://dribbble.com/bwhite

[Timbow]

Good Job, it's a fine site. I like the simple colour scheme. Did you use some kind of responsive framework or template? I haven't mastered this 'responsive' thing yet myself. Should the pages have max-width declaration? They seem to go as wide as a widescreen will let them.

[benrwhite]

Good Job, it's a fine site. I like the simple colour scheme. Did you use some kind of responsive framework or template? I haven't mastered this 'responsive' thing yet myself. Should the pages have max-width declaration? They seem to go as wide as a widescreen will let them.

Thanks! I appreciate the nice comment

I used the Gridless Boilerplate ( https://github.com/thatcoolguy/gridless-boilerplate ), though that doesn't really include much as far as a responsive framework (except for image handling and a few includes to add media query support to old browsers).

As far as max-width, it really depends on the design. I did a lot of testing on various screen resolutions, and, because of how I formatted the content, I didn't see the need for it in this case. Usually stretching across the screen is something to avoid, though I didn't think it affected readability here (please let me know if you disagree). I would normally include max-width on sections that have text though.

If you're interested in responsive web design, I highly recommend Ethan Marcotte's landmark book on the subject "Responsive Web Design": http://www.abookapart.com/products/respo...web-design
He also has a much shorter article on the subject: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/respo...eb-design/
Mobile first is good too: http://www.abookapart.com/products/mobile-first

Cheers,
Ben

[getbarca]

Nice design. Simple is better. Are you going to let other people use this? Pretty please? I promise to just use it as a start and completely change the colours, fonts, logos etc

[utreehost]

Nice Design

[connellhunte]

Nice work. For a clean minimal design as this the choice of typography would have made this shiine a bit more. Try a font like league gothic or bebas neue from FontSquirrel and say Open sans for the text.

[Dane8100]

Really done nice job there. The display you present for us very inspiring and professional. Especially color scheme is awesome.