vodka79 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Hi guys, It will be great if I can have comments on my webfolio; be it the website design or the contents. Much appreciated. Go to http://www.1msquare.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAllusionisst Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 In my opinion it is creative, but some of that may hurt it. I personally don't want to be cruising the web and then have music blasting away, especially late at night, heavy flash can take a long time for those with dial up connection so keep that in mind. Last but most importantly, what is the indication to a visitor (besides the book metaphor) that the viewer should go to the bottom corner of a page and find the exact right spot and flip the page with their cursor? I would but instructions on the bottom or have a page edge on the corner of the image where you need to go to indicate to the viewer what to do. Not trying to be harsh, just trying to help you make your site more visitor friendly, if they can't navigate or it is easier/faster to close the browser than get to the volume control, you might not get many viewers. Nice work so far and of course my opinions are subjective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D_IC Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I like it. If we imagine that everyone has high speed broadband then its an easy to use interesting website with some good work to boot. The only thing that would possibly put me off would be the web form at the end. I personally hate filling in web forms, but thats just me. well done and keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Thank you all for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Paske Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 lose the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 what they say. i'd also change your 'about me' statement to something a little more 'down to earth' as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGD Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage' Thats all I get when trying to take a look, which is a bad sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmarjan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Overall, a refreshing portfolio. Nice use of contrasts, layouts, and presentation of your skills. Just a few things after viewing your website portfolio: 1) Takes WAY TOO long to load. I have a decent broadband connection, and it still took me over a minute to load up your page. If I was a prospective employer, this would annoy me enough to consider someone else for employment, unless I was sure the wait was going to be worth it. Have you optimized the SWF file? 2) You are missing the controls to mute the music on your site. You do not necessarily need to eliminate the music, but a volume/on/off control would be nice. 3) The title bar for your website is very important. Yours says "Welcome to Melvyn's Website". Not exactly bad, but I would consider changing it to display "Melvyn (last name)'s Portfolio" or something more professional. 4) If you are trying to sell the illusion of your site as a book, make sure to go all the way and have a crease in the middle. This would also give the hint that they need to go to the bottom to turn the page. This way you do not need the hint displayed "click here to turn page". While your at it, you should also make the page turnable at all the edges, side, top, and bottom as well as the corners. I know that is picky, but you are an architectural visualist specialist, so the attention to detail needs to extend to your personal site. 5) I think it is great that you are good with flash and all, but without the proper plug ins, no one would be able to view your site. You really need to have a version of this site that would be HTML/CSS driven. Why exclude yourself from viable employers because they can not view your site? 6) One last cool thing is to have the closed book on the center of the page, then animate it so it slides open centered. Would give a nice touch, if you could pull it off. I hope I do not come off as being critical. I think you have a nice presentation, and I would hate to see it go to waste. Sandeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 what they say. i'd also change your 'about me' statement to something a little more 'down to earth' as well. Yep.... thats one of the longest sentences there ive seen in a while now in your 'about me section'... Im a bit into webpage design and ive seen loads of sites and to be honest... ive seen about 3 similar to your page. The 'turning pages' flash idea has been pursued and completed by at least few. Im not going to beat around the bush...so im sorry to say but unfortunately it is lacking originality. But its nice if your not searching for that 'i have a unique flash web site' kind of thing. Your images are nice. You have a specific style in your work. Clear and fast workflow. Keep it up Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 5) I think it is great that you are good with flash and all, but without the proper plug ins, no one would be able to view your site. You really need to have a version of this site that would be HTML/CSS driven. Why exclude yourself from viable employers because they can not view your site? Sandeman hmmm....proper plug-ins? Soon one wont be able to go to the toilet without having a flash plugin installed. There is so much flash contents in the web that it is extremely difficult not to have flash plugin installed on your machine. Your either (a) A raving extremist that is opposite to all that is flash, and on purpouse isnt installing the component, or (b) read point "(a)" The truth is you can love it, hate it or whatever, but flash is a part of the internet and has been for some time now. And now with adobe integrating flash CS3 with photoshop, there is no stopping. Sure a html page wont hurt but honestly... what for? It would be better if you made another option which would be about viewing your page in a different language. That would certainly make a bigger impression on someone who is viewing your page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmarjan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Soon one wont be able to go to the toilet without having a flash plugin installed. LOL. True. Sure a html page wont hurt but honestly... what for? It would be better if you made another option which would be about viewing your page in a different language. That would certainly make a bigger impression on someone who is viewing your page. Honestly, a person really could not do that with flash alone. What impression would the person get when he had to re-download the flash object in a different language? Truth be told, a lot of time it may not even be up to the individual hiring about whether or not they have the latest flash plug in. That could be up to the IT department. There is something to be said about simplicity. Also about accessability. If you take away all the fancy flash animations, you are literally left with nothing on the page. A very bad practise when designing a page for anyone to view. I understand the need to wow, and I understand that this is technology we are talking about here. I am not saying that a complete redesign is needed, but the option should be available to view a non flash version of the site to maximize his employment potential. After all, is that not why Melvyn has a portfolio on the web? Sandeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horhe Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Ok, here we go... Honestly, a person really could not do that with flash alone. Do what with flash alone? Make an index page with an option letting choose between two languages? Sure he can. What impression would the person get when he had to re-download the flash object in a different language? Hmmm... if, say, the page was in Italian and an Italian guy would download it he would be....thrilled? I can really quite get what your on about here... when i was saying that this would be of benefit to vodka79 what i mean was the fact that there is another language (eg. Italian) could make the employer think " hey great this guy knows Italian!"...... unless he really wouldnt know it So what if he stated this in he's CV ? Its always good to really make your point. Truth be told, a lot of time it may not even be up to the individual hiring about whether or not they have the latest flash plug in. That could be up to the IT department. Hmm i doubt that. And if it was, they probably would double check all the updates on the cpu's to provide...well to do their job right. Its only flash its not like your installing Windows Vista (and your unsure if your software is going to run ) There is something to be said about simplicity. Also about accessability. If you take away all the fancy flash animations, you are literally left with nothing on the page. A very bad practise when designing a page for anyone to view. Yes i agree. The simpler the page the better. Heavy graphic loads are bad bad bad ! They equal heave loading times. Not once have i stumbled upon a flash page which would load ages... and i just didnt have the patience... A funny thing that can happen is when your web page design is better than your web contents or portfolio... IM NOT SAYING IT IS HERE on Vodkas page... im talking about other pages... I understand the need to wow, and I understand that this is technology we are talking about here. I am not saying that a complete redesign is needed, but the option should be available to view a non flash version of the site to maximize his employment potential. After all, is that not why Melvyn has a portfolio on the web? ...and here we are going back a few steps to what i already said... not neccesarily will the html page maximise... hey thats a milestone... lets say expand his employment potential. Maximising is another thing... you get marketing and advertising mixed in here plus a lot of other things to do. A real LOT of things... Im wondering wheater this is starting to become a seperate thread... living a life of its own.... :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 Thank you all. I will try and come up with a re-design soon. Thanks again for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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