falkencreative Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Hello everyone... Since it's the new year, I thought I should finally launch my redesigned website. Anyone have comments, especially related to usability / accessibility? (I'm looking at you, LSW). I tried to focus especially on accessibility, and though I don't necessarily understand everything just yet, I hope that it's a good start. The TAW Accessibility plugin for Firefox was especially helpful, in case anyone hasn't seen it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1158. This is probably the most detailed site I have done to date, and has taken a significant portion of my time over the last month or so. There are still minor things I can tweak, but it's 99% complete. The next step will either be to write a blog engine/CMS in PHP (I know I would be reinventing the wheel, but I need the PHP experience) or use Wordpress or CMS Made Simple. I'm open to any constructive feedback... I'm still reviewing the whole HTML vs XHTML issue, so no comments about that yet please. :/ http://www.falkencreative.com Quote
TrekkieTechie Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 A minor quibble, but on your Portfolio page, consider changing 'Services Offered' to 'Services Rendered' or 'Services Provided' -- at first glance I was a little confused and thought you were advertising partners who offered services that compliment your own. Looks great! Quote
falkencreative Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Posted January 2, 2009 A minor quibble, but on your Portfolio page, consider changing 'Services Offered' to 'Services Rendered' or 'Services Provided' -- at first glance I was a little confused and thought you were advertising partners who offered services that compliment your own. Good point -- I fixed that. Also did a couple of minor things... got set up with Google Analytics, some minor tweaks to the content, set up a pretty 404 page (http://www.falkencreative.com/error)... Quote
PicnicTutorials Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I'm still on vacation (still on phone) so I'll take a look later. But how did you do the custom 404 page - with htaccess or other? I've seen a article on a List Apart recently on it, but I never have the patients to follow along with those articles - get to the point already! Quote
falkencreative Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Posted January 2, 2009 I'm still on vacation (still on phone) so I'll take a look later. But how did you do the custom 404 page - with htaccess or other? htaccess - just one line: "ErrorDocument 404 /documentname.html" Quote
administrator Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I'm still on vacation (still on phone) so I'll take a look later Eric, has does the forum render on the phone? And btw, what phone are you using? Stefan Quote
administrator Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Ben, New site looks good. You have some design talent. Stefan Quote
PicnicTutorials Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) I'm still on vacation (still on phone) so I'll take a look later Eric, has does the forum render on the phone? And btw, what phone are you using? Stefan It looks and works good! I'm using a Palm. Edited January 2, 2009 by Eric Quote
PicnicTutorials Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 It looks real nice Ben! I wouldn't change a thing. I like the use of shadows to create different depths. Something I think I need to work on... Quote
falkencreative Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Posted January 3, 2009 It looks real nice Ben! I wouldn't change a thing. I like the use of shadows to create different depths. Something I think I need to work on... Thanks! I'm especially happy with the PNG zoom image overlay on the thumbnails in the portfolio section (a last minute addition), and, oddly enough, the 404 page I came up with. Next step -- add additional work to the portfolio, and work on coding a basic CMS system... I probably need something to help manage my portfolio items too, rather than having to add them all manually, so I'll have to work on that eventually too. Quote
Susie Posted January 3, 2009 Report Posted January 3, 2009 It's beautiful, Ben. And I meant what I said on Twitter - it belongs on the various design inspiration sites. About the comments in your Journal - is there a reason why you're not just using the Wordpress comment system? Quote
falkencreative Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Posted January 3, 2009 It's beautiful, Ben. And I meant what I said on Twitter - it belongs on the various design inspiration sites. About the comments in your Journal - is there a reason why you're not just using the Wordpress comment system? I want to... But I really need a project of some sort to expand my PHP skills, and writing blogging software -- at least, something basic -- is one way I could do that. Yes, I could easily use Wordpress or CMSMS, but I'm hoping that I can pick up some development knowledge by doing it myself. Then again, it may backfire if I never get around to it, and don't post on my blog or update my site as often because of that. Quote
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