Website for a Web Developer
Stefan Freimark (13 points) | Sat, 2005-10-22 23:20Hello!
After a year as a freelance web developer I'd like to have a website promoting my business before I acquire new clients. "Promoting" might sound a bit to big but I'd only like to give contact info and a few words about my latest works, nothing fancy.
I mainly convert layout drafts by colleagues into XHTML/CSS websites and sometimes Flash and also do some PHP programming. My clients are small to midsized companies but in the future I'd like to do more work for agencies (I will address agencies in the next weeks).
So here's the question to you design gurus and graphic experts: Do you like or dislike my draft? Are were any things that you like/dislike in particular? Things that need improvement? Do you think a website like this will suit my needs (a small portfolio site for visitors from agencies and maybe SME clients)?
I know that the design is very simple and minimal. I think that's OK as long as it doesn't get boring.
But let me know, please, if you think more "bang for the buck" is needed.
Additional info: There's no list of references; the visitor should click through a small number of pages (in the example it's page "2 out of 8"). A picture of the project sits right to the short text and when you click on it you can view larger images.
The full-size draft is also available on http://www.freimark.de/tmp/fdm5b-english.jpg
The canvas is quite big intentionally but the content will fit into 955 x 580 pixels later on.
Thanks in advance and greetings from Germany!
Stefan

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Hi Stefan!
Here is my suggestions to make your site sketch better..
1. Remove the background
2. Don't use light grey.. Use white instead
3. Work on the drop shadow of the menu bar
4. Try browse the web for inspiration such as various CSS website gallerys and you'll most certain will find inspiration for your site..
5. It looks clean, then make it clean :)
I think you have to start here =)
Here you go in advance and greetings from Sweden!
Some links that would be useful for inspiration (the css galleries)
- CSS Mania - updated nearly daily with 5-15 sites each time :)
- Style Gala
- CSS Beauty
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Online Portfolio - in progress
jammindesigns.com
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Goo
- Remove the rgb colored squeres on the bottom
- Use » instead of >>
- XHTML/CSS texts on the bottom should be a lot smaller. (Most of the clients simply not interested in web techniques at this depth.)
- And finally, the most important: read typographic rules carefully! It will drive your design to a next level.
Good luck! :)