New portfolio Options

[hi-C]

First website I've coded in years, and even though it was super simple, it took an inexplicably long time. Not officially ready to launch, but I figure I'd show it off to you guys for some healthy constructive criticism.

http://oeuvre.elletricity.com/oeuvre-2.htm

Edit: Okay, so I've taken out the lightboxes on the bio and contact parts, and instead I have them drop down. I'm also going to work on making the images easier to navigate, since it keeps coming up.

http://oeuvre.elletricity.com/oeuvre-3.htm

Edit: In the process of redesigning (again).

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Each of the images on the front page will be linked to a larger lightbox version; then the full portfolio will be available for view in the "Samples" tab. Forgive the spelling; I don't know how I forgot to change it to the more modern spelling oeuvre.

[Tomates]

I really like it.
However for some reason the box that pops for about kinda irks me.
I feel as if the pictures in the front should some how slide one side and have your about you-ness slide next to it or something.

[synatribe]

I really love your portfolio, but the fact that all the pages were lightbox made your portfolio seem pretty boring. Like I was expecting more than a lightbox when I click on your about me link. The whole site just seemed like a splash page.

[hi-C]

^ I get what both of you are saying. It is kind of splash page-y, but I needed something quick, and I don't have any flash skills whatsoever. What do you think I can do to improve upon it?

[synatribe]

hummmm, I would say get rid of lightbox for the about me link but keep it for the contact link. Make the middle section (where your current portfolio image is) a content area. That's all for me but other than that, I think it's very modern, given that you havent done a portfolio in a while :] I never knew you had these skills until today :]

[jiyong]

It looks good (: Basically what the others said. And I'm not really feeling the borders around the boxes for Contact and About.

[Maccabee]

I agree. And the lighbox thing is very annoying. I was hoping that there would atleast be a preview/icon for eah image. And if you click anywhere it always goes to the first image and you have to click next. Not very functional. And I dont like how you used an iframe for a page cause I hate those boarders. I believe there is away to remove the borders. And the text is a little small. But it clean which I like.

And the click to open txt, with glow completely contradicts all the other style on the page and I dont like it.

[hi-C]

And I'm not really feeling the borders around the boxes for Contact and About.

I know! It's extremely annoying and I plan on tackling that part tomorrow.

I agree. And the lighbox thing is very annoying. I was hoping that there would atleast be a preview/icon for eah image. And if you click anywhere it always goes to the first image and you have to click next. Not very functional.

You can use the arrow buttons to navigate =\

And the click to open txt, with glow completely contradicts all the other style on the page and I dont like it.

It's not a glow, it's a shadow, but I understand what you mean.

[markmejia]

Coolies.

I don't have much of a problem with the lightbox opening up for the About and Contact pages. What does bug me, though, is the beveled border inside the lightbox, after the About or Contact link is clicked.

edit: lol whoops, didn't realize that was already mentioned. my bad x]

[Maccabee]

I know! It's extremely annoying and I plan on tackling that part tomorrow.

You can use the arrow buttons to navigate =\
It's not a glow, it's a shadow, but I understand what you mean.

Add this to the iframe.
frameborder="0" border="0px"

And I know but its a real pain if you click a picture and it opens the first one.

[hi-C]

Add this to the iframe.
frameborder="0" border="0px"

It's not technically an iframe ("iframe" isn't used anywhere within the tag), and it seems to be an issue with the javascript. I don't even like Lytebox because it seems to be less smooth than Lightbox, but it's free and allows text, so whatevs.

[Maccabee]

I see. I think u can still add that bit of code to the frame tag. The problem however would be solved if u gave contact and about their own pages and used lightnix instead.

[hi-C]

^ That's probably what I'll end up doing, but I'm going to attempt to make it fancy.

[schizo]

I think the lightbox is fine, I just wish you were taken to the images of the slices that you click....if that makes sense. I really wanted to see the Powerpuff Girl-ish one, but I had to go through everything else to see it. I mean, I guess I could see the benefit in that since people would have to see several pieces before making their judgment...

Other than that, I think it looks great.

[Mikeplyts]

Hey Carrie, there's also a lightbox sorta thing called Modalbox.

[manny-the-dino]

I have no idea what all this coding talk means so I'm just going to comment on the layout. I think it looks really nice and professional. You did a good job at choosing the images because it really draws people in to check out your portfolio. I think my favorites are your self portrait and boots vectors. Very nice, Carrie

[JupiterShow]

I like it and am really impressed that it works when you disable javascript too. I've run across a lot of websites that use the lightbox effect and don't work at all unless the user has javascript enabled which is really annoying.

I agree with schizo though, I'd like to be able to click on a thumbnail and see the image I want rather than scroll through all the images before it.

[technicolour]

I like it! It's simple and it fits your personality. I think the About Me could be spiced up a bit but it's still nice.

[Gypsy Eyes]

I'm not going to critique coding or anything, I know notihng about it.

The one thing i would reccomend is editing down your portfolio and making some more professional work. Most of your stuff is beautiful, but i would remove the powerpuff girl image as well as the le gasp one. I would also make your internship images more prevalent because they really are beautiful

[Jeng]

love it! great stuff

[hi-C]

I'm not going to critique coding or anything, I know notihng about it.

The one thing i would reccomend is editing down your portfolio and making some more professional work. Most of your stuff is beautiful, but i would remove the powerpuff girl image as well as the le gasp one. I would also make your internship images more prevalent because they really are beautiful

Thanks Jackie, and I see what you mean. I've been thinking about editing down a lot anyway, just because there're so many images and they're not exactly easy to navigate.

Edit: Check first post for revision.

[mipadi]

I like it, I think it looks pretty good. I would like to echo the sentiment that the About and Contact pages probably should be separate pages, rather than appearing in a Lightbox frame, but that's the only major suggestion I can offer. Very clean look and feel, though, I like it.

[jiyong]

Looks good (: The drop downs are fine, but the reverse action is quite choppy.

[markmejia]

The dropdown looks neater, but it moves just way, way too slow, whether expanding or collapsing. Makes me prefer the original Lightbox method; only, I still hate that beveled border inside the Lightbox.

[hi-C]

^ I agree with both of you. I'm in the process of doing another redesign and hope to share the results tomorrow (Sunday).