Comments on: My Last Portfolio Sucked, Yours Might Too

By: Jerome

Jerome — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:29:54 +0000

ps: design quality and *structural* quality

By: Jerome

Jerome — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:26:02 +0000

I agree too that the design quality and design quality of eportfolios is very very variable… And most of the time, the important and necessary information is also missing (real competencies are not well detailled, only the realisations are spotted).

We try to select some “good practices” eportfolios to register on http://portfoliomix.me/ . If some readers here think their portfolio is a good example, welcome… We give more importance on how the portfolio is structured regarding the competencies, rather than the graphical quality itself.

Read you,
Jerome

By: Freelance Web Designer Cardiff

Freelance Web Designer Cardiff — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:54:50 +0000

Nice article, usability is key to a good website - if you cant quickly and easily access areas of a website you are failing. keep the good work up

By: Barry La Vette

Barry La Vette — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:07:40 +0000

Scroll baby scroll ( your new site) and I love it. No thumbnails, it’s all right there to see. Very nice.

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By: C Kaufman

C Kaufman — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:01:54 +0000

On the thumbnails - Hmmmm…don’t agree.

I did some testing with my own website and found when I put larger pictures up I got less feedback and/or inquiries and people spent less time on my site.

I figured that either:
a) people did not scroll down further than what they saw on the
initial screen (above the fold thing),
b) the images loaded to slowly (plus took up lots of bandwidth),
c) too much of a visual overload of so many large images,
d) all of the above.
I went to thumbnails and found people staying on my pages longer and more inquiries.

When displaying my paintings I have moved from all large photos of the painting and its details on a single, long scrolling page to a more compact one large photo, plus thumbnails. It works much better.
Example here:
http://charleskaufman.com/paintingsresources/womenpaintings/2008/fashion-alley-art-2011.html

I am always trying and testing new designs, but will never, ever include music on the website.

By: Outdoor BBQ Grills

Outdoor BBQ Grills — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:56:03 +0000

You made some really valid points. In design business your portfolio is your arsenal and ammo and it should be loaded all the time

By: Sue Brettell

Sue Brettell — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:34:53 +0000

Thanks for researching this topic. I totally agree. I’m amazed at how many otherwise good sites are spoiled by poor portfolio navigation and presentation. Same goes for WordPress themes, which I’m currently researching.

Top of my frustration list is when there’s no navigation from one zoomed image to the next …so you’re forced to open each image from its thumbnail.

By: Graphic Design leeds

Graphic Design leeds — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:56:14 +0000

You make some very interesting points, Thanks for the share

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:58:10 +0000

Just checkin if the header will change - great little thing btw