Hi Mark
Please see main progress below along with a few of the emails I’ve sent you.
There are just 2 tests “NO THEME” and “CATAPULT THEME” but with various logo options.
MAIN WORKING PROGRESS:
NO THEME:
On these first 2 versions below, I have made a start towards a menu system, just as a starting point to discuss.
WITH NEW GATE LOGO:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/innovate-8
WITH POWER BUTTON LOGO:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/innovate-9
CATAPULT THEME:
None of these have a main menu yet, some have the start of a footer, but the 2 options above under “NO THEME” do have the start of a header menu, to give you some idea of how I think it could break down sub menu wise.
Transparent Header:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/catapultgate3
Grey Header:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/catapultgate4
Power Button – Grey Header – this version has the footer from the other options below.
https://joe74951.editorx.io/catapultgate5
This next logo is probably the closest to the current logo colours wise at least:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/cat6
The rest of the tests below are just variations on the main logo.
https://joe74951.editorx.io/cat7
https://joe74951.editorx.io/cat8
…but I have also tried this concept with the longer name: INNOVATE GATES – MAKING AN ENTRANCE. The idea here would be that you could keep the current logo layout for socials etc, with text sitting on top of icon. It’s good to have logo options. one that works well in a circle for example, and one that works well on a mobile phone, as these require different proportions.
https://joe74951.editorx.io/cat9
THIS ONE HAS THE POWER BUTTON ICON WITH LONGER LOGO TITLE:
https://joe74951.editorx.io/cat10
Cheers
Joe
Hi Mark
Sorry about the email issues, I am hoping that this is now sorted, my hosting company should have alerted me by email to this issue, but didn’t.
Please look over the progress I have sent you so far, but also:
It is very easy to use the Editor X templates as a starting point, so I suggest you have a good look at the templates in the links below, either for a full theme as a starting point or just parts of a theme that you like.
There are not very many themes, just the ones on this first page:
https://www.editorx.com/website-templates
Then below are some of the themes I think have elements that we could utilize, but do feel free to brows the link above for more options.
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/2666
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/3042
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/3063
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/2655
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/3047
https://create.editorx.com/website-template/view/html/2548
I would be happy to start with any of these or carry on with one of the versions I have already started, I quite like the video version as a starting point.
I am liking Editor X and am confident we can create a much more responsive site than with the default Wix editor.
Cheers
Joe
Hi Mark
If I was to work properly on your logo I would come up with some completely new concepts, but for now from what you’ve sent me, I think something along these lines could also work depending on how attached you are to the power symbol icon, I think we could make either option work. We could try this basic concept with more colours and font options etc for example, and I could come up with other gate options, or try something completely different, I have a few ideas.
Either way, longer term I would try and work with you towards at least having a consistent concept that could work across both your websites, if you plan to keep them both and that can work on your vans etc, I probably need to know a bit more about the set up and how you see the 2 entities evolving over time.
Is this website as important as the gates website: https://www.innovatesecurity.com/
I don’t know what your aims are with both sites, but it would be good to aim towards them working well as a pair maybe, so if you go from one to the other they match up at least to some degree, and then if you have different vans for each company these should also feel like a part of the same family. When I saw some vans I think these had other logo variations with a power icon at a more jaunty angle and different colours.
As the website name is: https://www.innovategates.com – I like the fact this text has all the info, whereas current logo only says INNOVATE and if you saw the logo on it’s own I think most people would associate it with tech and computers and not gates, so from this perspective I like the text on this.
Anyway this version of the logo could work well layout wise at least, we could easily tweak fonts and colours, layout wise for example: 24 works well in a circle for social media logos, 23 works well on mobile phone header for the website, and 25 could work well on a desktop header for example, 23 (mob version) would also work very well on desktop.
I won’t send any more progress and will await your feedback on what I’ve sent you so far.
Cheers
Joe
These are in sets of 3 where the last one in the the set of 3 is in a circle and this option is designed to work as a main social media logo for example, so 1,2 and 3 are the same logo but with 2 layout options, then 3,4 and 5 are the next set, notice these all have the same text layout. The logo options where the icon is on the left side are supposed to work well on a mobile phone header for example where you ideally need a short and wide logo, and the versions in the circles represent social media option.
