JamesRayers.com Portfolio Redesign

[jamesau]

www.jamesrayers.com

I'm proud to announce that the re-design of my portfolio is now complete and ready to view.

Your feedback on the new website is most welcome. It is a simple page just to show off some of my best works. I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for your time,

James Rayers

 

[adam_uk]

horizontal scroll
and your repeating id's on elements, ids should be unique, if you need styling for more than one element use class.

 

[jamesau]

I'm not really a coder so the CSS is a little dodgy. The horizontal scroll is annoying and if anybody knows how to iron that out I would be grateful.

 

[adam_uk]

thats an easy one to fix.

you have a 120px of left padding on this element.
#horizbox {
height: 147px;
width: 100%;
background-image: url(images/horizboxbg.gif);
padding-left: 120px;
margin-top: 30px;
float: left;
}

what you need to do is take that off, put another div inside this div and around your content which is just variable width and then apply the padding to that. i

the css wont force the content off the edge of the page then.

 

[LeetPCUser]

The Bad

• No favicon - I think all portfolios should have a favicon. Design one and put it up to add to the look of your site.
• Overall - Your sites colors are good but there is too much text. I really don't like the layout one bit. If I am the customer and think your site looks bad I won't hesitate to not look at your works. This is where portfolios are hard to make. They have to suit your targeted clients.

The Good

• Fast load - This is a must, especially for a portfolio.
• Good colors - I love the colors you picked for your site.
• Business card - I also love the business card up top. It is very creative and cool looking.

Overall
I love the colors but really think you should work on a new design. Although your current design is clean, it lacks prettiness.

 

[jamesau]

I've sorted the horizontal scrollbars now and have also added a favicon. Thanks for all the feedback so far.

 

[antman]

Website Design Review
Site: James Rayers Portfolio
Domain: http://www.jamesrayers.com

All Ratings are out of 10...

Appearance and Design - 7
Navigation and Accessibility - 6
Activity, Popularity and Marketing - 6
Originality - 8
Loading Times - 7
Quality of Content - 7
Features and Interactivity - 5
Visitor Rating - 7

Overall Rating - 7

Detailed Analysis

I have reviewed quite a number of portfolios during my time as a reviewer at NamePros, and yours is interesting as it takes everything all on one page. I like this new concept but there are also many disadvantages, including lack of content. However, this is a great layout and I encourage you to continue with it and build on it.

I feel that one thing that your portfolio does not have is pages. No testimonial page, no contact page, no about me page, no previous works page, no clients page etc. With your one page design, it is nice and simple, but not enough to get a visitor hooked onto your service. Even a second page would be helpful and you can add more information there.

A new concept you might want to take on is if I scroll over one of your previous works links, a preview of it pops up on the right. This will make it a lot easier to see your work without changing page.

Most portfolios have a contact page as this organises your clients - you might want to consider this rather than contacting your email address. You would also be able to mention payment methods you accept, and other factors like time of completion etc.

Your main page lacks an interesting layout though. Try possibly adding a border, more colour or using your "i" logo as a bullet point for your links. However, the site looks fine as it is at the moment. Good luck.

Review by Anthony Lieu. Your site was accessed on a ADSL T1 connection, on Mozilla Firefox with a screen resolution of 1280x1024. Thank you for allowing me to review your website design - I hope it was useful.

 

[MK3Design]

I dont want to write a long review like those guys ^^

I just want to add that the website looks great. Perfect for a portfolio website!

 

[fmauniverse]

Site review

Hi. First of all, the template looks really simple. Second, your business card banner is really nice and unique. Third, the colours and borders are well-based and wonderful. Fourth, the content is well-based.

Good luck with your site!

Overall Rating: 9/10

Regards.