New Portfolio: derekapa.com
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- fadein110
Came out really nice - you showed me a version of this ages ago.
Works well and work looks great.
- doesnotexist0
on purpose?
scrolling through it wants to go two slides forward with my magic mouse.
- Are the grays noticably different for you in browser? Either way I will address. Thx!d_rek
- yeah, using safaridoesnotexist
- sktIII0
Inertial scrolling on magic mouse is a nightmare to counter.
Previously a scrollwheel would fire once when you scrolled, and continue to fire only if you continued to scroll. The magic mouse fires a whole string of events with deceleration, which is nice if you want to throw a page, but fucks up any other scrollwheel interaction (unless you write stupid amounts of code to identify and isolate inertial scrolling).
And yeah, we shouldn't fuck with the scroll action, usability, blah blah..
Nice work DK, let us know how you find OnSite.
- Best thing to happen to magic mouse is MagicPrefs - use it: http://magicprefs.co…d_rek
- I'll let you know about OnSite!d_rek
- I don't have one. It's anyone else using a site that listens for scroll events (like my own one).sktIII
- n8w0
love the big images, clean type and arrow navigation
I think there needs to be something impactful when you first arrive so you are curious and want to explore more before you are given instructions. A big image or a text statement
I think the sidebar is distracting and looks like your are hedging your bets with which navigation the user should use .. I would pick one or the other.
I would remove the sidebar or at least collapse it so it just shows your DK logo and the viewer focuses on the work rather than having their attention divided.
I think these guys do a great job with focus
http://www.voicedesign.net/all in all looks good!
- fyoucher10
Looks lovely.
Some feedback (viewing on Chrome btw):
Functionality works great using a mouse/wacom. However, trying to navigate around using the magic trackpad is impossible. The littleist of swipes causes two or even three scrolls. I'm not sure if the same thing happens on an iPad/phone.Not crazy about how it's resizing the content "AS" you're resizing the browser window (responsive aspect), gets sloppy (you can see other areas of the site and it repositions itself all over the place). Perhaps, change the content around AFTER the view has been changed/resized.
For the section copy, it's centered horizontally on the white background. This probably looks good on an iPad/phone. However, on a desktop there's a TON of white space on both sides, too much. I'm on a 27" iMac but my browser window only is about 60% of the screen real estate. Perhaps check the device/res and then stick to having it max as far as 300 pixels or so from the left nav.
About/Contact sections, maybe spice that up just a tad bit. Maybe it's something as simple as throwing some of that green somewhere or using a lighter shade of gray for some of the text (similar to how you're doing on the portfolio copy). Right now it kinda just looks like a big block of text, no real hierarchy.
You position yourself as a "freelancer / solo-ist". That's not an issue right now and that's what you probably are. However, if you begin working with larger clients, this can become an issue (basing this on my experience). Perhaps a suggestion, simplify this down to just Derek Kapa Design as a 'business'. Get rid of any items that single you out as a solo entity, generalize it.
- d_rek0
@fyoucher1
I totally understand about the project descriptions.
The project descriptions are a pretty big compromise on my part. And here's why:
I would LOVE for these to be HTML text that I can style accordingly.
The theme does have a build in description window that appears/disappears when you scroll and when you first view a project.
However this content is not integrated as part of the 'slideshow' - it is simply a seperate container that content from the admin is piped into.
If someone wants to help me further hack up this WP theme I could definitely use the help! I'm not asking for someone to do the work for me - maybe just point me in the right direction and tell me what I need to be editing to achieve the desired effect. And believe me when I say I broke the theme many times trying to figure out how to achieve this.