Portfolio Website Critique

[semiotic]

Dear Macrumors folk,

I designed a website that serves the purpose of showing people what we do. It's very basic, and I have no prior experiences in web design / development, so I figured I'd get some critique before we launch. btw, it's been an interesting experience doing a website, hats off to the people who do it for a living. Cross-Browser Compatibility (I'm looking at you, Internet Exporer) is hell!

So, if you have some time, I'd greatly appreciate it if you take a look and tell me what you think! The url is http://www.chamoree.at.

Thanks,
semiotic

 

[miles01110]

You need to do something else with the navigation bar; either get rid of it and format your links some other way or make it much more prominent. It doesn't fit at all with the site's theme.

 

[LeviG]

I like the idea but the menu's just don't work. The bar menu is out of place as said and the small ones are too small in my opinion.

 

[torndownunit]

Ya the photos themselves are organized great. I love the little custom graphics on the lightbox slideshow.

But that menu makes no sense at all. It totally looks like an afterthought.

 

[semiotic]

Thanks for the input, I actually really had some trouble thinking of a way to implement the navigation. So I guess I'll keep working on it!

 

[Little HZ]

Maybe you could use the cute little animals (cats?) to affix menu topics to?

 

[FourCandles]

Thanks for the input, I actually really had some trouble thinking of a way to implement the navigation. So I guess I'll keep working on it!

I also like the design and the Lightbox customisation.

If you do want to keep a separate navigation area, how about using similar styled tabs as you've used above the images on the front page (Design, Photography, Films and Art)? i.e. not in a "bar", just separate blocks?

 

[vivithemage]

I like the general layout, but that navigation bar needs some hardcore tweaking to match the overall style.