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Edduck

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Hi all,

So I finally, after much procrastination, I finished my new portfolio site: http://www.edphoto.co.za

It is a complete redesign with a clean and modern look. Please test it to bits and let me know if you find any bugs, spelling and grammar mistakes :)

thank you!
 
Doesn't work particularly well on my iPad I'm afraid to say. The images are blurred and once you enter a gallery getting back to the menu is difficult.
 
bwana said:
Doesn't work particularly well on my iPad I'm afraid to say. The images are blurred and once you enter a gallery getting back to the menu is difficult.
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this is strange since it renders perfectly on my 3.7inch android screen... :confused:
 
Edduck said:
this is strange since it renders perfectly on my 3.7inch android screen... :confused:
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oh wait.... i just realised the iPad doesn't support flash so the simpleview gallery software reverts to a html gallery... oddly enough i don't seem to be able to edit this. I will dig around and see what I find.
 
Great work. Tested from my Android tablet and everything worked well, including the gallery and full screen view.

Well done!
 
Very cool site!

Just two issues I've found:
1. When in a gallery, the "Back to gallery" button top left is cut off by the actual gallery.
2. I'd make the blog open in a new window.

EDIT: Also, the twitter and facebook buttons should open in a new window.
 
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And some more, this time in IE:

There is a thick red border around the "Back to galleries" button.
The galleries themselves are way too tall, in Chrome it fits nicely into the screen, in IE I have to scroll down to see the bottom of the image.
 
Neat, modern and intuitive.

Very nice site!

The B f t buttons were lost on me. Perhaps they need to be the logos of the three companies.
 
Cool site, great photos.

I guess it is a bonus that it is iDouche unfriendly :D
 
Zulik said:
Neat, modern and intuitive.

Very nice site!

The B f t buttons were lost on me. Perhaps they need to be the logos of the three companies.
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Agree. Nice and clean design, but staying too much with the theme with those buttons. I had to click them to figure out what they were, looks initially like an abbreviation for something.
 
wow thank you everyone for the nice comments :D :D :D

i was going to multiquote all the bug comments but that would fill up a page... so I am going to summarise here:
Fixed:
1) made flash gallery background transparent so that "back to gallery button" does not disappear
2) fixed gallery flash div height to 900px so that IE does not make the flash window huge (seems like IE doesn't like 'height' set to 100%, what an antiquated BS software...)
3) In IE, a red box is displayed around the "back to gallery button" even though "text-decoration" is set to 'none'... fixed this by setting inline image properties "border" = "0"

not fixed:
1) on the portfolio page, the scroll bar shows. I have a gremlin of a bug lurking somewhere that would cause the page to actually shift a few pixels left if I hid the scroll bars... as it is now, is my only workaround... WIP :D
2) I have not found a way to force the social buttons at the top of the window to open in a new tab/window. I currently have this: <div id="blogger" onclick="location.href='http://blog.edphoto.co.za';" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"></div> which does not work... I am using "onclick=location" as I have found it is the only way to have a clickable CSS rollover animation to avoid using javascript...

WIP:
1) the three "social network buttons" on the top: I assumed most people would recognise the blogger B, facebook F and twitter T. Maybe I should add a small frameless textbox rollover animation underneath each icon?
 
Edduck said:
wow thank you everyone for the nice comments :D :D :D

i was going to multiquote all the bug comments but that would fill up a page... so I am going to summarise here:
Fixed:
1) made flash gallery background transparent so that "back to gallery button" does not disappear
2) fixed gallery flash div height to 900px so that IE does not make the flash window huge (seems like IE doesn't like 'height' set to 100%, what an antiquated BS software...)
3) In IE, a red box is displayed around the "back to gallery button" even though "text-decoration" is set to 'none'... fixed this by setting inline image properties "border" = "0"

not fixed:
1) on the portfolio page, the scroll bar shows. I have a gremlin of a bug lurking somewhere that would cause the page to actually shift a few pixels left if I hid the scroll bars... as it is now, is my only workaround... WIP :D
2) I have not found a way to force the social buttons at the top of the window to open in a new tab/window. I currently have this: <div id="blogger" onclick="location.href='http://blog.edphoto.co.za';" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"></div> which does not work... I am using "onclick=location" as I have found it is the only way to have a clickable CSS rollover animation to avoid using javascript...

WIP:
1) the three "social network buttons" on the top: I assumed most people would recognise the blogger B, facebook F and twitter T. Maybe I should add a small frameless textbox rollover animation underneath each icon?
Click to expand...

Oh dear I seem to have shot myself in the foot as I only just realised "onclick=location" is javascript :D :whistle: Please don't burn me... :D I am self taught when it comes to html and css....
 
Why on a *photography* portfolio site would you do

edphotoprofilepic.jpg


a "Vega"?

vegaschool_camera-snafu.png


..or am I missing something 'arty' in there somewhere? :cool:
 
Really cool site Edduck, as someone mentioned the FB & twitter should open in a new page, customers do not wait to navigate away from the original site if you want to do business.
 
Like it..but get rid of Flash and replace it with a JavaScript or other alternative that works on all devices.

stuart-saunders-no-flash.png
 
just scanned other people's comments, but when you're on the Blog and you click Portfolio, it doesn't take you straight to portfolio, takes you to your home page.

Also when you're on the blog and click home, it takes you to the blog home, not the website home.
The about on your blog and the about on your website also don't match up 100%.

But I really like the layout of the website, it's neat, easy to navigate
 
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