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Portfolio: The iterations

Version 1.0Version 1.2Version 2.0 I admit, it was fun looking through all the iterations. Certainly, I went through more than 3, but I left out the more incremental ones because I only have the PSD versions of them; the changes were small enough that I was able to make the adjustments by modifying the CSS with minimal new graphics.

I’m still somewhat fond of version 1.0, but I imagine it’s a little over the top. I don’t what provoked me to put up 1.2. It doesn’t look as bad as a screenshot; hover, with a wide screen, the elements will look very detached from the header.

I still like version 2, but it was becoming increasing inadequate. To accommodate the disappearing 800-resolution population, the interface looked narrow on my desktop and even more so on my widescreen laptop. I lightened the background in version 2.1 to give an illusion of more space which was a cheap hack. If I were add the case studies from my courses, scrolling would be a bitch. Furthermore, the back-end was a bit too messy for my taste. To achieve the rounded corners, I had to use a handful of unnecessarily markup in addition to code needed to suppress IE6’s peek-a-boo flicker.

Version 3.1Version 3.2 To address these issues, I present version 3.1: simple, clean, fluid, flexible. It was still missing something. It was plain, bland, and somewhat feminine with all that soft blue. It didn’t have that punch that I was looking for. So came version 3.2 with a hot magenta as my accent colour. I like a lot more. If it’s girly, it’s not feminine, it’s chic–more graphic. It makes a better statement, I think.

Portfolio Launched!

http://www.signedbyv.com

I’m still not completely satisfied with how some of the pages are laid out, but that could wait. Please let me know if you run into any problems.

Problems Solved and Lessons Learned

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Portfolio Revamp: To-do

  • IE6 PNG transparency issue; using Angus Turnbill’s fix causes the widths of my float containers to go all crazy, and none of the WP PNG plugins work.
  • Content needs to be written for the home page, and the landing pages for the three category of projects: school, hobby, and work.
  • I also need content for the About and Contact page, including setting up my resume either as a PDF, a static page, or both.
  • There’s a small issue of floating the ‘Next’ and ‘Previous’ navigation aids.
  • I’m being redundant when I upload pieces both to this blog and my portfolio at Signed by V so I’m thinking of synchronizing the portfolio pieces with an RSS feed from wherever I decide will be the permanent location.
  • Put together a PDF version of my portfolio with selected works.

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