Fri, 2005-09-16 16:08
I have been working on a new site to showcase my portfolio and maybee have a blog. I think i am finished with it now but id like some opinions on what can be improved
thanks a lot
Fri, 2005-09-16 16:44
#1
My portfolio + blog
I would lose the horizontal scrollbar if you do not need it. It is showing up in IE6, FF, and Opera for Windows. 
Fri, 2005-09-16 20:38
#2
My portfolio + blog
n8gz4ez wrote:
I would lose the horizontal scrollbar if you do not need it. It is showing up in IE6, FF, and Opera for Windows.
thank you i had not noticed this, seems there is something wrong with the banner i will fix this
Fri, 2005-09-16 20:57
#3
My portfolio + blog
Loose the width 100% on the body along with the left margin.
Use the #container div to hold all the elements including the banner and put margin:0 auto; on it to center it on the page.
Scrollbar should vanish and content will be centered.
Hugo.
Sat, 2005-09-17 16:30
#4
My portfolio + blog
That is very unique! I want to say it almost has a holy Batman look to it, lol. It's nice.
The navigation should be done and styled by CSS and put in a list.
I would make your banner image 780px, resize to 750 and use a "<div id="wrapper"></div> (or container) div of the same width. Then use this CSS for the general layout:
* {
padding : 0;
margin : 0;
}
#wrapper {
width : 750px;
padding : 0;
margin : auto;
}
Or, if you don't want to use the star selector:
#wrapper {
width : 750px;
padding : 0;
margin : 0 auto 0;
}
Unless you don't want it centered, lol. (Disregard above, make skinnier please).
Overall it's cool looking.
Mike
Sat, 2005-09-17 19:13
#5
My portfolio + blog
i have fixed the problem thanks for your input
Tue, 2005-09-27 07:36
#6
My portfolio + blog
some new minor fixes
Tue, 2005-09-27 08:03
#7
My portfolio + blog
It's still a smidgeon too wide for an 800Ã600 window. Nice design, though. I wouldn't center it, myself. It maintains 'presence' even in a 1280Ã960 window. As to an 800 wide window, with large screens, we can scatter smaller windows about the desktop. I cannot imagine trying to work with larger apps wasting space.
You might find a way to bring your side menu up a bit. It runs below the fold. A menu, IMO, should not require scrolling.
You might consider a better background color for the text area. The white is garish by comparison to the softer look of everything else.
Did I say it's a nice design? Well, it is.
cheers,
gary
Mon, 2005-10-10 23:55
#8
My portfolio + blog
kk5st wrote:
It's still a smidgeon too wide for an 800Ã600 window. Nice design, though. I wouldn't center it, myself. It maintains 'presence' even in a 1280Ã960 window. As to an 800 wide window, with large screens, we can scatter smaller windows about the desktop. I cannot imagine trying to work with larger apps wasting space.
You might find a way to bring your side menu up a bit. It runs below the fold. A menu, IMO, should not require scrolling.
You might consider a better background color for the text area. The white is garish by comparison to the softer look of everything else.
Did I say it's a nice design? Well, it is.
cheers,
gary
thank you
Tue, 2005-10-11 03:01
#9
My portfolio + blog
Nice looking site. the Header image immediately caught my attention. I agree with the others...it would look good centered. I tested all pages on a Mac in FF and Safari. Firefox renders everything properly, but I noticed in Safari that it is doing weird things with your form on 'contact' and 'new beginning' pages...you may want to look into that if you have access to a Mac.
- r