New Portfolio Site Crit
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- jiaf0
Great, that went well! I have to admit i was nervous posting any sort of crit on here. Thanks all for the useful feedback, much appreciated.
- wordsinyourmouth0
looks good man. like others have said would be nice not to have to scroll back up for the navigation
- TheRoyalMe0
I like your site and lay-out!
the design doesn't overpower your actual work and it's easy to navigate. Well done!
- gabe0
very nice indeed. i agree about having the navigation fixed.
i think having the content scroll beneath the upper "banner" would be a fine touch (so that both your top and left navigation remains fixed).
if i were nitpicking my only suggestion would be to consider some sort of border for your lightbox and possibly a "close" button set with raster type.
- doctor0
Really nice. Easy to navigate and overview, while showcasing your work nicely and being pleasant to look at. I have a few comments.
Minor:
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- I too would go for fixed left col nav.
- I would prefer more vertical space between projects.
- Not too crazy about lightbox in general. It's a little 2007 IMO.
- The Info page is quite dull. Use more color? Image?Critical:
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- You need to fix your XHTML, as it doesn't validate at all. Link: http://validator.w3.org/check?ve…Keep up the good work! :)
- jiaf0
@doctor, thanks! I know about the XHTML Validation, I had to sacrifice it to get the lightbox working properly... Maybe I'll rethink the lightbox. Do you have any suggestions about another way to present the video and larger graphics?
- doctor0
You're welcome. :)
Maybe you could make a nice expand/collapse or zoom effect with Mootools or something, so that the large image merges in with your other content better. I'm not really sure, but you're right off by not giving them their own set of sub-pages or using pop-ups, which wouldn't work in your case...
- Tough because of your content col's width though...doctor
- plusminusbox0
this site is pretty nice. I would take the advice of others and have the menu fixed. "top" buttons are easy to miss.
- doctor0
@James: Please let us know, if you get the time to implement some of the advice you got here. I'd love to see the final result (also feel free to e-mail me, if you don't want to bump the thread).