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Posted by nooba on Thu Apr 6th at 9:57am 2006

During my interview for a position on Insurgency (www.insmod.net), I was asked "Do you have an online portfolio or something?" I had to answer no, which was not a very good thing. After I was "let go", I set out to get a website, before something like that happened again. So, here it is..

http://www.simonburford.com/

It is not finished yet, so it only has one working page, but if you could give me feedback on the colors, design, etc... that would be great.

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Posted by Gollum on Thu Apr 6th at 10:20am 2006

Looks very tastefully designed and appropriately "graphic designer-ish". I like it image

You could achieve this without tables and even without using graphics for text (the navigation tabs, and yes, even the transparency does not require images), but that's just me being a standards and accessibility zealot image



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Posted by reaper47 on Thu Apr 6th at 12:12pm 2006

An "interview for a position"? Do they pay you or something?

The website looks like the perfect portfolio site. I'm not sure about the flash part loading the images. You should at least have an option for pure HTML. Although the design looks rather error proof anyway.

Yea, pretty much perfect, I'd say. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> Well done! Just make sure you get it finished. That's harder than it sounds.



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Posted by nooba on Thu Apr 6th at 12:35pm 2006

Thanks Gollum! <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

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An "interview for a position"? Do they pay you or something?

No, they don't pay you :P What I mean by Interview is they ask you questions and such.. And position, thats what you do on the mod..

I'm not sure about the flash part loading the images.

It's not flash, it's javascript <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

Well done! Just make sure you get it finished. That's harder than it sounds.

Heh, thanks. I will get it done <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Apr 6th at 1:42pm 2006

Keep an eye on those images. XAT is a web designers best friend.

XAT also has a program to show web designers how their pages will load on 56k.

A thumbnail should never be that big. If it is, then what its linked to will most likely be oversized as well.

A web page should show a persons diligence to the finer details. If they are sloppy, it will reflect on them in other areas as well.

Good luck with it.





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by Gollum on Thu Apr 6th at 3:39pm 2006

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It's not flash, it's javascript image


That's some pretty funky javascript!



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Posted by Forceflow on Thu Apr 6th at 4:17pm 2006

Very nifty Javascripting, indeed.
If you got some good stuff to show, this website will be very professional-looking.

Good luck with it !


:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer



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Posted by Myrk- on Thu Apr 6th at 4:23pm 2006

I was in INS mod once, knew the guy who started it, Argyll. They are a bit foolish now and then, and don't listen very often- I kept telling them I was too busy to map and that I would when the summer holidays came. 1 Day before the holidays they kicked me out for not doing any work... they kinda missed out on 4 months worth of my mapping, but it didn't bother me- I just got a job and earned some money instead!

As for the website, like the effects, unfortunately (and honestly) I hate the look. It looks like it was made in those 10 minute website programs on Mac computers. My flatmates website from last year looked the same as yours :P




-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Apr 6th at 11:25pm 2006

I think it looks good, quite professional, and I like the color scheme.




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Posted by Crono on Fri Apr 7th at 2:40am 2006

It looks really good ... but I agree with Gollum. More code less images. That way it'll be universal, as in, resolution independant.

My only gripe is ... that banner is friggin huge!! It takes up almost half the space on a 1024x768 resolution.

Maybe add some cool mouseover for the menu links (code).

I know you can do it based on that awesome window.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by nooba on Fri Apr 7th at 6:46am 2006

Thanks all <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Orph: Sorry, I'll make a 56k friendly version of my website...

Myrk: That would be quite the fluke if they both look/looked the same <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

Crono: Unfortunately, I can't code for beans :P Maybe one day I'll learn enough code to make a new website.. As for the banner, I'll get my brother to fix the size..




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Posted by Captain P on Fri Apr 7th at 7:12am 2006

THat's some clever Javascripting there then. I thought it was Flash or something. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">
Only grips I have with the image viewer is that the navigation in it is not-so-obvious. I've seen this method before and it's a nice one, but it's not immediatly visible to the casual user.

As for overall look, the site strikes me as too clean. That top is only grey. Granted, it's stylished, but also easily seen as boring or a quick job. It's not a bad design, but too simple for a designer I think. It looks more like a blog site right now, except for the content of course. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Keep it up!


Create-ivity - a game development blog



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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Apr 7th at 6:00pm 2006

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? quote:It's not flash, it's javascript image

That's some pretty funky javascript!


Indeed. I shouldn't have stopped with web design. I'm seriously behind now, lol.




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