pulpfiction Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Top navigation looks cool now... will it look better if it little spreadout, like with some space between the three links.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Yes, the 'O' had a little jaggedness but it isn't that noticable. If you're showing it to clients though your portfolio should be perfect.yeah, I got a bit lazy and used the magic wand selector...that tool never works right for me...know it is going to be more work to fix it than doing right in the first place...arggh (Photoshop 6...only at work...I know...I have CS2 at home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 pulp fiction:I actually like the thin layout, because it's clear and easy to read.I find that happens even with CS2 depending on what I'm doing. I don't have a lot of experience behind me so I actually don't know how to use Photoshop all that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Ahhh.... with a resolution of 1280x1024, this thin layout is giving me a headache!!! I mean just starting at this center, at this small (for my kind of eyes) text... it's just killing me! What's worse that I can't change the font size!*rubbes his eyes after closing the site, without reading a word of it.*I like the colour theme tho. Green is not my favorite color, but it fits the rest of the page, so it's good.As noted above, you MUST have thumbnails and the site name not far away. A portfolio without links is just a biography or a "Skill set" page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I prefered the CSS driven navigation - but I've been on a image diet recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 lol, I generally use images as little as possibel but I do want this to be as impressive as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiles Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Generally, I try to find something that not eye-catching but didn't find Look back carefully, I think that is the height of your logo and following it is shade effect Just my idea, we have different sights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate570 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I'm really not liking how the navigation gloss is basically the same color as the background---it may seem to 'flow' for some people, but it just really looks like a mess to me (just the navigation.)I love the rest of the site! As always, your color choice is amazing and contrasts perfectly. I love the logo. It's unique and I can still remember it after looking at your site a day ago, which is a plus on my list.Man, that more button is amazing. I sat there for 5 minutes just clicking it, over and over again. Totally awesome.But for things like this:You should use text. I checked your speed report, and let me tell you something---it's not very good, unfortunately.14.4K----------92.07 seconds28.8K----------46.14 seconds33.6K----------39.57 seconds56K------------23.82 secondsISDN 128K----7.43 secondsT1 1.44Mbps---0.83 secondsMore than one and a half minutes on the slowest dial up, and three quarters of a minute on 28.8k.Sure, 56k (the common dialup modem) is half a minute, but I'm not liking the speed.Of course, I'm on T2, so I'm loading so fast it's unimaginable...but...not everyone has internet that fast.In comparison, this forum page (the one you're looking at now, since you're reading this post) takes about 150 seconds to load in 14.4k. And it has 51 images and objects and so on to load remotely. You have 16.Something needs to be done. :)I'm sorry if this seems harsh. I was just giving you an honest opinion so you can improve your awesome site even further. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 hey I asked for honest. I had not even looked at speed yet but thank you for pointing that out. Where did you get the speed report? I would like to play with the site and see what I can improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 ok I added my site resources and they weigh in at just under 70K (approx 17 seconds on 56K modem) not too bad but I can do better. BTW I removed 42K worth of JS libraries I was testing so that had some big effects on the loading time.Here is my new speed test14.4K 53.78 seconds28.8K 26.89 seconds33.6K 23.05 seconds56K 13.83 secondsISDN 128K 4.24 secondsT1 1.44Mbps 0.37 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 lol, I generally use images as little as possibel but I do want this to be as impressive as possible.There are many dimension to an impression. Your first layout was an good enough impression to stimulate curiosity. But as I dig deeper I learn more and more about the way you set things up. Seeing the use of CSS in place of images might be more impressionable than the cool shadow effect that an image gets you (especially since you already demonstrate that effect in your header). I think you've shown the imaging capabilities everywhere else - now its time to show your other capabilities - an understanding of the user interface and the importance of load time and accessibility.Know what I mean?You easily get past the first impression, so don't focus too much on that - think about the other areas that you can impress your visitors.Like Choco points out, the "Welcome to My Portfolio" and "The Water Cooler" images should be coded as <h1> and <h2> tags - thats impressive. Showcasing your CSS skills, your ability to make good design choices (trade off between css and images), and the awareness to make the page optimized for search engines (using the header tags) is more impressionable than eye candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 There are many dimension to an impression. Your first layout was an good enough impression to stimulate curiosity. But as I dig deeper I learn more and more about the way you set things up. Seeing the use of CSS in place of images might be more impressionable than the cool shadow effect that an image gets you (especially since you already demonstrate that effect in your header). I think you've shown the imaging capabilities everywhere else - now its time to show your other capabilities - an understanding of the user interface and the importance of load time and accessibility.Know what I mean?You easily get past the first impression, so don't focus too much on that - think about the other areas that you can impress your visitors.Like Choco points out, the "Welcome to My Portfolio" and "The Water Cooler" images should be coded as <h1> and <h2> tags - thats impressive. Showcasing your CSS skills, your ability to make good design choices (trade off between css and images), and the awareness to make the page optimized for search engines (using the header tags) is more impressionable than eye candy. Point taken. I'll focus on that and see what I coume up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 nice job. i like the logo. i would probably try and bring the green color in the header into the site maybe on the headings "Welcome to My Portfolio" etc. for consistency. but overall its very nice so well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 nice job. i like the logo. i would probably try and bring the green color in the header into the site maybe on the headings "Welcome to My Portfolio" etc. for consistency. but overall its very nice so well doneThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 FYI,I assume that Choco PM'ed the speed report URL. Not knowing which one he shared, this is the one that is built into the Web Developer extension for FireFox:http://www.websiteoptimization.com/service...olio/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Actually he didn't send it yet. I found that same one (online version) with a google search.Also I intend to move the CSS and JS to their own external files. Regardless, but do external files load lsower then witht he code all in one file? (I would imagine it would be slower). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 not to my knowledge. In fact the initial file gets loaded quicker since its not as heavy. Change the url i posted for your speed test and substitute www.iribbit.net - I don't fair as well on image sizes either but I mention it because the report points out threshold for external JS and CSS files as you had just questioned - so it will tell you if you have anything there to worry about.http://www.websiteoptimization.com/service...www.iribbit.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 external css and js files are cached by most browsers so its definately a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 okay I think I have optimized it to death. Here is the new speed test and the site doesn't look much diffrent either.14.4K 21.63 seconds28.8K 11.02 seconds33.6K 9.50 seconds56K 5.86 secondsISDN 128K 2.07 secondsT1 1.44Mbps 0.55 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 I have the contact page done. Tell me what you think of my AJAX'd email form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfiction Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Nice loading effect in contact page.... Guess you already noticed this, in home page on top it shows <![/endif]--><!--[if IE]><link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="css/jb_ie.css"/><![endif]--> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 oops, I noticed it before and forgot to remove it. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-dev Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I have the contact page done. Tell me what you think of my AJAX'd email formI've seen that loading effect on another website - is it some kind of open source code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 no, I wrote it. I used a loading animation from http://www.ajaxload.info. basically you just make a div that is the width and height of the window, make it black and opacity 50%, append it to the dom. make the small box with the loading image and append it to the dom and whenthe ajax request is done remove both.feel free to take the code I have on my page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfiction Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Would it be nice if you have a fancy button for "send message" rather than a simple hyperlink....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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