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Portfolio Concept...need feedback

dornoforpyros

dornoforpyros

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Oct 19, 2004
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So mainly due to the fact that I get bored very quickly with my portfolio I tend to end up re-doing it every 2-3 months.
Once again I've started into a new design and if you kind folks don't mind I'd like some feedback on the initial concept before I go through all the work of buiding a complete site.
So if you follow the link below it will take you to my concept, right now only 2 of the buttons work:
work>septembryo

but it should give you a rough idea of how the site would work:
http://jasondorn.com/dev/july_05/
 
Is it supposed to be that choppy and take forever to get anything done?

You might consider not using Flash for that site since it is very simple with no moving objects. HTML + CSS would work much faster and be more compatible with search engines.
 
mnkeybsness said:
Is it supposed to be that choppy and take forever to get anything done?

You might consider not using Flash for that site since it is very simple with no moving objects. HTML + CSS would work much faster and be more compatible with search engines.
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You're absolutely correct. I could agree more, but that's not necessary.
 
It is a bit slow and plodding

The layout is ok - but I'd like to see how it works with other samples besides that one.

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choppy? hmmm I'm not getting any choppyness on my end. It runs quite smooth for me in both my test browsers.

but obviosly that doesn't mean much if the audience is getting choppyness.
 
Another suggestion -

If you change your layout often, as I do, why not store your content in MySQL database, and load in with PHP. That way you can change your layout daily if you wish, but you never have to retype all your content.
 
pulsewidth947 said:
Another suggestion -

If you change your layout often, as I do, why not store your content in MySQL database, and load in with PHP. That way you can change your layout daily if you wish, but you never have to retype all your content.
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Sounds like a pretty cool concept. Could you post more about that?
 
pulsewidth947 said:
Another suggestion -

If you change your layout often, as I do, why not store your content in MySQL database, and load in with PHP. That way you can change your layout daily if you wish, but you never have to retype all your content.
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that's actually not a bad idea at all
 
pulsewidth947 said:
Another suggestion -

If you change your layout often, as I do, why not store your content in MySQL database, and load in with PHP. That way you can change your layout daily if you wish, but you never have to retype all your content.
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Or you could use CSS to position and layout everything, that way you don't even have to use php, and don't have to rewrite content. ;) :p

I'd go with php for content management and css for layout... It will take you a bit longer to get the layout right with css though.
 
I like the design and the concept. The Flash may be unnecessary, but it loaded quickly for me so I didn't mind it much. Also you have some usability/readability issues. The Setembryo link brings up the content but the text rendering is not great (pretty fuzzy) and I can't find a way to scroll the block that actually has content in it so that I can read it all. This is in Firefox 1.0.6 on Win XP if that helps.
 
redeye_be said:
I'd go with php for content management and css for layout... It will take you a bit longer to get the layout right with css though.
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Yeah I did that.. but my css layout didnt work with internet explorer or firefox, so I went back to tables :D

I can't recommend PHP/SQL highly enough.. I've been using it for a month now give or take a few days. At first I didnt know what I'd gotten myself into, but I soon realised that everything I had ever wanted to do is possible with PHP, and usually only needs about 5 lines of code! Plus you can usually find that code on websites for free (unless you have 2 mates who know alot about PHP like me!).

Heres some linky links:

If I may, I'll explain how I achieved the result with my website. I have 1 page called index.php, which can connect to my database and loads the conent. In order to tell the page which section to load I use a variable $section, which is obtained from the URL - http://www.squarefrog.co.uk/index.php?section=audio

Easy! No it is honestly! It may take a couple of days to get the hang of it, but once you see what you can do with it its amazing. How about a Widget to update your sites news section?! Easily possible :D
 
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