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Posted in Website Designing » Website Reviews - Wednesday 19th September 2007 at 8:12PM

Alec
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Right so my current personal portfolio site was more of an experiment with the sticky footer and percentages and .png transparency and the such.

People have complained about the accessibility of the site (they are totally right), SO, I have design yet another layout for my personal portfolio site.

- HERE IT IS -

A few features:

- Full Cynthia Says pass (very rare).

- Works brilliantly without any CSS.

- Displays perfectly without any images whatsoever.

- Fast loading

- <h1> is the logo.

So yeah basically accessibility is the name of the game on this one. I don't think I have made such an accessible layout before.


comments plz

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Replied - Wednesday 19th September 2007 at 8:13PM [Post Link]

Alec
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bump

@ Tubby: I will continue to do this until new topics show up in Latest Forum Activity box :D

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 12:33AM [Post Link]

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You're right - this is definitely the most accessible design I've ever seen you do.

I love it. So much better than your last one. It's exactly the kind of design I like.

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 6:45AM [Post Link]

Alec
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Thanks Brad :)

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 7:57AM [Post Link]

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I agree, it's a nice layout. However, welcome to the 2000s - people should have been doing this what say, 7 years ago? ;)

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 8:49AM [Post Link]

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Its nice and simple, I like it a lot. Good work.

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 3:12PM [Post Link]

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im sure code-wise it is perfect.

design wise it is boring. there is nothing.

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 5:13PM [Post Link]

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I like it :) If you're going for absolute accessibility, why not add the alt attribute to your images as well as titles, as I think there are some readers that don't support title.
Also, why not add a 'skip navigation' or 'skip to content' for those using readers? That's a good feature that screams accessibility.
Or you could always add size control buttons somewhere on the site.

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Replied - Thursday 20th September 2007 at 10:03PM [Post Link]

Alec
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What images dont have Alt? attributes? Thats basic.

I have now moved it onto the main site and completed more. What do people think?

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Replied - Friday 21st September 2007 at 3:38PM [Post Link]

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I like it but what happened to the CV bit at the bottom/

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Replied - Friday 21st September 2007 at 3:40PM [Post Link]

Alec
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I dunno wasn't sure whether it should be there? People might not want to hire a full-time person?

What do people think of the work section. Also offering a few free templates.

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Replied - Saturday 22nd September 2007 at 12:23AM [Post Link]

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Very nice Alec, I like it a lot better than your last one.

Only thing I've noticed so far is the underline on the active page (Navigation). I'm not sure it looks so well, maybe just have it show up with a darker background instead of text formatting?

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Replied - Saturday 22nd September 2007 at 5:45PM [Post Link]

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I'm getting a job because of this man ;)

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Replied - Saturday 22nd September 2007 at 7:43PM [Post Link]

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[QUOTE] adam2z said (20th September @ 14:12pm):

im sure code-wise it is perfect.

design wise it is boring. there is nothing.

im sorry about that, it wasnt helpful.
i found the layout to be sparse and monotonous. but it looks fine. with content it shouldnt be an issue.

i dont think my creative advice is quite up to scratch at the moment anyway.

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