 My Clean And Minimal Portfolio Site, Less is More |
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 Jul 6 2007, 03:53 AM
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Mad Scientist of 2006  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 750 Joined: 27-April 06 From: Washington State in the USA Member No.: 22,661   |
After a year in college for design I decided I have enough material for a portfolio site. Not only this. Next years cumulative final is a portfolio site. Might as well get finished before it even starts
 .My teacher Jon had always told us less is more and that is what I tried to do. Not too little and not to much. I was hoping you could tell me what needs to be added (I have a list of stuff I am adding now) what needs to be rid of, and what works doesnt work etc. My site has since been updated to http://oscargodson.com along with a entirely new layout. I liked my minimal layout, but i was getting tired of it. I am still adding more freebies and getting a portfolio section layout finished. This post has been edited by BooZker: Nov 18 2007, 12:47 AM |
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Jul 6 2007, 04:22 AM
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Desperately seeking "any key" to continue...  Group: Admin Posts: 3,438 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Trap17 storage box Member No.: 6,042 |
boozker, you have done it again! Nice, clean site. No clutter and nonsense! I like it very much.
I like the mirror reflection effect. It works really well against the black background. Hey by the way, have to tried to use font-family: Fantasy as one of your fonts? Apparently most clients will support as they update to new Vista OS. I'm not sure about Macs but I heard that Safari can update font styles as needed, without a website prompting. I have been having fun with Fantasy font and that resembles your menu font--which you don't have to use graphics. I thought just I'd share  Nicely done, man! Good work. |
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Jul 6 2007, 05:32 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,308 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218 |
Sneaky sneaky of you booze for using your myspace template for your portfolio sites
, but anyways it is a descent looking design could use some more color I guess and one recommendation is change the images to the validation to match with the site as well. As for your problems I haven't notice that one you mentioned, but your left and right arrow script doesn't work in either FF 2 and IE 7(I am assuming you haven't set that up), and in IE7 you can't double click the images to see the larger versions.
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Jul 6 2007, 05:38 AM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,882 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787  |
the left/right arrows work fine in my FF2
Oh, and nice site, excellent photos and GFX works. |
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Jul 6 2007, 06:00 AM
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apt-get moo Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,056 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Hertfordshire, England Member No.: 7,593 |
The site looks great - no fuss, clean and simple. The only problem is that some of the CSS doesn't seem to work with Opera, and occasionally only half a menu appears, or it runs onto two lines. The separate gallery pages (example) are the ones with errors. The menu at the bottom occasionally gets cut off, or the copyright is covered with the Creative Commons logo. Something to look into, anyway. (Also, the pages aren't valid). Other than that small issue, a very well designed site.
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Jul 6 2007, 07:14 AM
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Mad Scientist of 2006 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 750 Joined: 27-April 06 From: Washington State in the USA Member No.: 22,661 |
QUOTE I have been having fun with Fantasy font and that resembles your menu font--which you don't have to use graphics. I thought just I'd share oh really! I just tried it on my mac but it comes up as Papyrus which as a designer is not a good font to use haha. And on my XP with IE7 it comes up as QUOTE Sneaky sneaky of you booze for using your myspace template for your portfolio sites Actually its the other way around haha. Just changed a few things and made it my myspace. QUOTE is change the images to the validation to match with the site as well. Yah I'm thinking of just making my own custom valid icons.QUOTE your left and right arrow script doesn't work in either FF 2 and IE 7(I am assuming you haven't set that up), and in IE7 you can't double click the images to see the larger versions. Actually I just meant your left and right arrows on the keyboard although I was making icons for left and right arrows then making that to click on and it will scroll over like one pic at a time. And double click on the pictures? They dont work? Why? Is it the javascript? Any help? Thanks! |
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Nov 17 2007, 07:31 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 11-November 07 From: London Member No.: 52,835 |
I realise that this is an old thread, but thought I'd mention that this site is currently text-only for me. Updating the content?
I viewed in Firefox and IE7. |
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Nov 17 2007, 07:39 PM
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Ancient Enigma Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,753 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 |
try the top-level domain (oscargodson.com) instead of the one under http://boozkerstweaks.trap17.com/oscargodson to view with the CSS implemented. i didn't view the source for each, but i do get the text-only also with the latter.
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Nov 18 2007, 12:41 AM
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Mad Scientist of 2006 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 750 Joined: 27-April 06 From: Washington State in the USA Member No.: 22,661 |
Sorry. That is my old site. I have since updated my site to a totally new layout. go to oscargodson.com
This is a new site and it's no longer considered minimal. I still need to add more freebies and portfolio stuff. Ill fix it up on the top post! |