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Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsCan I get some advice on my portfolio website?
I have already wireframed for both mobile and tablet, I wanted to design a full-scale mockup of the desktop version to get an idea of how my website will look. Ignore the work section, it's filled with placeholder images and logos I've created in 5 seconds. Also, my photo was taken at home, I didn't actually go to a professional photographer, so that's not good either xD
Version 1: http://i.imgur.com/KVW2MdA.jpg
Version 2: http://i.imgur.com/Ib49xNA.jpg
6 Answers
Joseph Janko
16,188 PointsHi George, I really like what you have going on. It's very clean and looks very modern.
My only advice is in regards to editing the copy you have on your website. Nothing is "wrong," but it reads a bit clunky/long winded. For example, "I design to captivate the people's attention with beautiful clean websites & user interfaces, then have the content speak for itself" could be recast as something like, "I build clean and beautiful applications so the content can speak for itself."
You may want to change your email address once you setup a domain. I'm never sure how I feel about devs who use a gmail address. In fact, I'm not sure there is much value in showing the full address for each social media application when you have the icons to click right there. I don't think anyone is going to cut and paste that information in when they could just click the icon.
Keep up the great work!
Julius Gehrig
16,110 PointsHey Zhihao!
This looks really good so far. the image is a little small though i would love to see it in full size :)
The only thing I'm not 100% sure about is how big the picture of you is. I think making it about 1/3 of the size it currently is would be much better.
Also I'd suggest uploading your files on http://imgur.com/ or another imagehoster since photobucket does not allow direct linking to an image but thats just my 2 cents :)
All in all pretty solid work i like it!
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsSorry for that, I've just uploaded it to imgur, it looks way bigger but the picture is alligned to the left so there's a big white gap on the right side that's not on the actual website image.
The reason I put my picture that big is because I want it to fit the length of the about me page, and I plan on making it a background image and making the background-attachment to fixed.
Thanks for the compliments :)
Laurynas Žilinskas
4,650 PointsHello Zhihao,
Website looks clean, minimal thats good for corporate style, but for portfolio I don't know if it's good idea :) You should look more examples on www.behance.net or its sponsored sites like web design served. I think you should use more color maybe blue or green and its monochromatic versions :)
Good luck!
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsHello,
Thanks for the advice, It does look a little boring but I really like the way I have arranged the text, and would like to keep that. I especially think that the about me page really is my style, but I could give adding more colors a try.
Laurynas Žilinskas
4,650 PointsText is ok but just try to add some monochromatic colors :)
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsYes, I will do that, and I'll look into adding some style to the website, maybe I'll start with the transitions. Thanks alot!
anguswhiston
17,225 PointsYou should have your projects much higher up.
I'd have your projects then the rest of the information. People will want to judge your work, then find out more about you.
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsAlright, that makes sense. I will make that change. Thanks!
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsHello Guys!
I just took some of your suggestions and just released a version 2!
As well as making some adjustments to the aesthetics!
Zhihao Wang
9,687 PointsZhihao Wang
9,687 PointsFirst, Thanks for taking the time to writing that all down!
I agree with you how I should change up my wording. I'm not the best with my English writing, so I'll have to proofread it again. I also might have one of my friends take a look at it too!
I have thought about setting an email on my domain that I will buy at a later date, right now I am still working out all the kinks and making sure my design doesn't break when the browser is scaled down (It's really a pain xD). As soon as I'm done with the website I'll grab my vps and my domain and set up an email as well.
For your last point, I agree with the full address being meaningless and repetitive. Although in all honesty, I hate how the icons look when they are lined up horizontally. That's probably what I'm going to end up doing, but I'm still trying to think of ways to showcase the social media icons in an unique style.