Not signed in (Sign In)

A podcast and forum for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is not just a web design podcast, it is also a thriving online community. Whether you build, design or run websites there are always people here to help. Whatever your question there is sure to be somebody with the answer.

Welcome, Guest

Want to take part in these discussions? Sign in if you have an account, or apply for one below

Vanilla 1.1.10 is a product of Lussumo. More Information: Documentation, Community Support.

Have your say

Become apart of the Boagworld community...

Website critiques My new site

Bottom of Page

1 to 7 of 7

  1.  
  1.  permalink
    Hi guys,

    I've just launched my personal site, let me know what you think!
    http://www.bensmithett.com/

    A few notes:
    - I work on a Windows PC and have an Android phone, so I have very little idea what it will look like on Apple devices. I did some sneaky testing on an iPad in a shop the other day and had a quick look on an iPhone and a Mac today, but nothing extensive. Let me know if you find any bugs.

    - I haven't even looked at it in IE6 and I don't want to. Surprisingly, IE7/8 seem to handle it ok.

    - It's not a portfolio. I decided that very early on. That said, if I ever have a need for a folio it will be pretty easy to bolt on.
  2.  permalink
    Hiya,

    not alot of time to take a closer look, but thought i would just say i like that alot. I REALLY like the use of icons.

    Nice work,

    Cheers,

    Jamie + lion
  3.  permalink
    Very nice! Very modern. I love the CSS3 touches too.
    •  
      CommentAuthorDoug S.
    • CommentTimeJul 8th 2010
     permalink
    Quite good but your links are almost impossible to discern. With the icon list I'd have expected them to be a solid link. When they weren't I thought they might not be links at all, then I found the inline links. So... Yeah. That needs something.
  5.  permalink
    Hey Doug,

    I originally designed that watching/listening/reading section to indeed link through to my Last.fm, Vimeo and [something similar for books] profiles. In that scenario, all of the icons would have been big fat links.

    However I got rid of Last.fm in The Great Social Networking Purge of 2010 (I'll blog about it when I get a chance), so the purpose of that section changed to just be a list of my music, video & book "statuses".

    There are links in there though (to band & author websites or to the video in question), so do you think it would be more obvious if the :hover style (dotted line under the link) was actually the default?
    •  
      CommentAuthorDoug S.
    • CommentTimeJul 11th 2010
     permalink
    That's usually what I do. Dotted for default, solid on hover, lighter color dotted on visited.
  7.  permalink
    I'll change it. Just read this article on hover states, I'm completely convinced now. No more ambiguous links!
    http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/05/non-hover/

1 to 7 of 7

  1.