Please pull apart my website, would you give me a job?

KIPAX said:
eeerm no one said you could.. I even explained that the experience would be different for different users.. so your agreeing with me.. But as a photographer looking for business is the target to make people like your website using bells and whistles or to attract customers...



again your agreeing wiht me.. your saying it can be done but you think thats too much work. in my book thats just posh for a lazy approach



your the second person to try and debate the point wiht me then go on to 100% agree with me :)
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Im not agreeing with you im afraid, you are saying that by not designing a website like that then the person is being lazy, but people only design sites like that if they care about things like that.

My website isnt accessible to a fair few, and neither is yours, but I wouldnt say I took a lazy approach to it, I designed the site for the masses as I assume you did.
 
I like it - I'm not a fan of Flash sites per se, but I do like the way yours works. Loads fast, and easily navigable.

If I wasn't such a damn good 'tog myself (who am I kidding!!), I'd employ you....
 
foz said:
My website isnt accessible to a fair few, and neither is yours, but I wouldnt say I took a lazy approach to it, I designed the site for the masses as I assume you did.
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eeerm no.. I am lazy :)
 
neo2810 said:
I disagree again (but in a nice, non confrontational way :D)

As a showcase portfolio site, flash (done well) will have much more impact than html/css. For a gallery style site, yes, html/css/java is the way to go. This is a showcase portfolio site, and therefore the flash works well to add punch. Potential employers will more than likely be on faster connections and usually have a little more patience than Joe Bloggs...
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PHP, or ASP .NET are superior to either HTML or Flash. Because you can achieve preprocessed visuals but remaining easy to use and running server side thus not demanding the user to use a powerful PC
 
TheKrikkitWars said:
PHP, or ASP .NET are superior to either HTML or Flash. Because you can achieve preprocessed visuals but remaining easy to use and running server side thus not demanding the user to use a powerful PC
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Superior, but nowhere near as easy for people who are not pro in this field. I build a lot of C#.net sites now, after coming from 4 years Classic ASP. Neither are easy to pick up to non programmers, and with regards to .NET, even getting the hosting right can be a royal pain in the ass. And actually, scrub that. It's not really superior, its just different.

Gary.
 
Thank you for all the comments so far, ive been reading them and making notes.

It is just a portfolio and I am just trying to show what i have done / can do in the best possible way. I dont have anything to actually sell apart from myself which a couple people seem to be confused with. Most likely its a problem with my website or my original post.

I have taken a while to get that site to work but I am in no way good at flash at all. I am worse at making non flash sites and I dont have the first clue on how to recreate the website in html, or php...ASP... that all means nothing to me but im interested in how it could work for me.

If anyone has the time to help me that would be really great. I have some time today and will start looking at dreamweaver and trying to figure it out.

Sure as anything the sound will be going, seems like the general consensus is to loose it.

Maybe a redesign in html is needed just using the same basic outline. I remember a long time ago there were things called server side includes where you could add some code into your html and it would then include whatever you wanted.

Any advice would be very welcome.
 
I've had a bit of a look around and I like it. My stay was fairly brief so didnt find much I didnt like. I liked the little noises, they're funky. I didnt like the slow load time. I wasnt to keen on having to click the tiny thumbnails to see another photo, could you have the arrows either side of the big photo to go to the next or to go back? The photo's were quite good. The colour scheme was great. I liked the overall feel of the place.

Mick.
 
If you are trying to sell yourself to photographers, you don't really need a site at all - just a strong portfolio of work.

If you are trying to sell yourself to potential clients, then a site is more important, but I would suggest you make it more specialised rather than trying to present a jack of all trades image. Decide on the work you want to sell and build your site around that, rather than building a site that tries to appeal to everyone.
 
WeddingHack said:
If you are trying to sell yourself to photographers, you don't really need a site at all - just a strong portfolio of work.

If you are trying to sell yourself to potential clients, then a site is more important, but I would suggest you make it more specialised rather than trying to present a jack of all trades image. Decide on the work you want to sell and build your site around that, rather than building a site that tries to appeal to everyone.
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The site is my portfolio, but you are right, I should focus on one style, but I only have the grungy stuff because thats what I have at hand since i havnt had the chance to do much else.


Are websites still made with frames?
 
frames are not encouraged anymore and shouldnt be used. you can do it with php now.
 
Do you have php enabled on your hosting account?
 
im using 1and1.com I have no idea, im thinking I dont but ive been looking all over to find out how to enable it

I think i need something like an .htaccess file but I made one and out it in the route with the lines AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

now I get a 500 error when I goto www.richardgrebby.co.uk/info.php
 
EdinburghGary said:
Superior, but nowhere near as easy for people who are not pro in this field. I build a lot of C#.net sites now, after coming from 4 years Classic ASP. Neither are easy to pick up to non programmers, and with regards to .NET, even getting the hosting right can be a royal pain in the ass. And actually, scrub that. It's not really superior, its just different.

Gary.
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C# is the only real language I know (unless you count Q-basic), It's my opinion that the sites based around a server side execution platform are superior... For reasons of speed and compatibility, It is I will grant a right royal pain in the arse to set up.

(PHP is probably much better than ASP on the compatibility stakes too.)
 
TheKrikkitWars said:
(PHP is probably much better than ASP on the compatibility stakes too.)
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I spent years learning (Not learnt.. always learning) perl which I think is the hardest of the lot... then PHP hit the shelves and I thought what a waste of time learning perl.. php made server side simple.. like programing in BASIC :) Perl is the most powerful but not needed for web work when php is about IMHO
 
I like the look and feel of your site and you are clearly a good photographer. Many have already commented on Flash/ speed etc. so I will leave that element of it.
However, are you looking for the various search engines to look at your website? If so, then you might like to think again about Flash because, as far as I know, Flash pages are not indexed by Google which means that Google will not take much notice of your site.
Our website, is for business so Search Engine Optimisation is critical to us so Flash is a no no. However, this might not be of interest to you - I do not know.
Anyway, you have spent a lot of time on this - visually it is good.
 
I know nothing about flash/php/html so can't say anything about the way your site is constructed.

However I did as you asked and had a look at it. I viewed a pic or two and clicked on one of the shorts. I didn't find useing the site difficult at all.

However, (isn't there always a however?), I found the text size hard to read and the bg colour didn't help. Oh and when the front page opened the sound made me jump. (That'll teach me to turn the volume down in the future when viewing new web pages.)

Hope you get some work out of it, you are a very talented young man.
 
KIPAX said:
I spent years learning (Not learnt.. always learning) perl which I think is the hardest of the lot... then PHP hit the shelves and I thought what a waste of time learning perl.. php made server side simple.. like programing in BASIC :) Perl is the most powerful but not needed for web work when php is about IMHO
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You should have waited for python! (Clickity Click)
 
well, my efforts to look into php are hampered by the fact my server does not support it since im on the basic £1 a year type deal or something. A little annoying but now I know I cant make that size from a non Flash perspective.
 
rgrebby said:
well, my efforts to look into php are hampered by the fact my server does not support it since im on the basic £1 a year type deal or something. A little annoying but now I know I cant make that size from a non Flash perspective.
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As much as it galls me to support a flash site... it is bloody good already so stick to what you know rather than shelling out more to start over with a technology you don't yet properly understand. Maybe learn php for the next rebuild...
 
TheKrikkitWars said:
As much as it galls me to support a flash site... it is bloody good already so stick to what you know rather than shelling out more to start over with a technology you don't yet properly understand. Maybe learn php for the next rebuild...
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Thanks, I would upgrade but they would charge me £4.99 a month. Its not much but if i were a new customer they wouldn't charge me anything for 12 months. I hate being penalised for being a customer when new customers get all the perks.

Im going to go through my current site and optimise it as people have suggested, loosing the sound will make it slightly quicker. Only problem i see is making text larger as it always looks fine on the monitors i use.
 
rgrebby said:
Would you give me a job?
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I am retired now but if I was still working - YES. On trial to see if work produced in response to a specification from a commissioning editor is as good as the work you turn out when you chose the subject.
 
The header of your page is called "indexc" - change this to you website name please
 
Alright rgrebby, how anal are you looking to be with your website? There are a number of things ive noticed with it, but not sure how much they would really matter in the grand scheme of things.
 
foz said:
Alright rgrebby, how anal are you looking to be with your website? There are a number of things ive noticed with it, but not sure how much they would really matter in the grand scheme of things.
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Go for it, the more things people see wrong the more I can change and know what other people notice.
 
My website provider says that I can only have simple html. So PHP is out. Is there anyway to remake the website in html but still have its basic appearance.
 
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