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My Portfolio Site


teknosexualOct 11, 2007 9:56pm
hamsterinthewheel.com [hamsterinthewheel.com]

Pretty basic since I cater to "basic" clients.

I'm very pro-accessibility, so I tried to be sure my site was accessible to almost all. Would love to know anything I missed (I'm sure I've missed something).

How is the flow? Do you get lost anywhere? Or is there a dead-end?

Does something need more emphasis or less?

I will entertain all comments. Thanks :)


Mickey-NoxOct 12, 2007 7:07am
i would rip out all those tables and replace with an external CSS stylesheet. i would also make the portfolio section a bit more upscale. your portfolio section is your chance to cut through all the 'what we do, who we are' bullshit and show off - use it wisely. i would remove the images linking to the client sites themselves and replace them with a larger screenshot of each (this way you dont waste valuable external links - at least without a nofollow tag) - i would also integrate slimbox, or greybox into the popups for the portfolio images.

oh and i want to kill that hamster


teknosexualOct 12, 2007 3:18pm
noooo i love my hamster. :p

what is slimbox/greybox?

i am not proficient enough at css to simulate tables. :(


Mickey-NoxOct 14, 2007 12:54am
slimbox/greybox is a simple javascript addon to your images or links which makes them popup in a nice transition window like the images on this page. yournetblue.com/portfolio.html [yournetblue.com/portfolio.html] .

spend 1-2 days learning the basic of css, and setting up basic layouts with it will be a breeze. hell you can even get a jump start by using some premade template css layouts. check out glish here. glish.com/css/ [glish.com/css/]


teknosexualOct 17, 2007 11:37am
That's pretty neat, I will give slimbox/greybox a try.

I know the basics of CSS, but mostly in terms of formatting. I actually tried using a template of glish.com to make my site the first time, but ran into some problems getting everything to work. I'll have to try it again sometime.

Thanks for all the suggestions.


Stumblin-SliderNov 11, 2007 8:13pm
Did you just recently start making this site?
So far its good but you could try somethings like a logo for yourself. The name is awesome but how bout making a logo for it? If you need some web site inspirations check out my tutorials page. Got some useful links for design which have helped me lots.

mike
mmendo.com [mmendo.com]


sicjoyNov 21, 2007 5:03pm
@Mickey-Nox: What do you mean by waste valuable external links?


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toontjeNov 22, 2007 12:06am
Mickey-Nox meant that external links are giving away to much value. It's a wrong seo point of view.


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