What do you think of my portfolio page?. Please be honest. I am still working on this and will add more projects to it sometime later. I will also work on styling the inputs at the bottom (The donate page does not work.). The link is below.
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Hello,
that is a wonderful portfolio you have, I really like it.
One way, I suggest, to make it better is to add a link to your projects so anyone can click and see your projects live, also the navigation menu at the top can use a little more spacing by adding some padding especially to the top and bottom of it
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Sorry it took me so long to respond. I thank you for your honest response. Maybe the top bar could use a little more padding, but my intent was to make it as small as possible. The problem with the link to my projects is that the “Noted!” project is a desktop application. I do not have a website or download link for the project so I just put a download unavailable button.
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that is one way to do it and to make it better you can add a tooltip on the button so when someone is visiting your website and sees the download unavailable button, he will get a small text explaining why (because it is a desktop application), this text appears when the user hovers on the button and disappears when the mouse cursor moves away from it
I’ll try to implement this. Thank you for the suggestion.
Looks good. I like the feel. Just some suggestions to make it even better.
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@constantcode9909 is right - I think you do need to make the nav a bit thicker. It doesn’t have to be anything gigantic - just thick enough (like maybe twice its current thickness) to make it not look like a browser glitch at the top of the page. Also consider adding some hover features to make it a bit more interactive.
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Consider adding a linear gradient background. While I love your bright pastille red color choice, it could be a little less plain. A gradient background would really bring a nice feel to it while still keeping it clean and simple. Here’s a tool you can use to help you find the perfect gradient if you need it: https://cssgradient.io/ If you don’t like gradients, try using an image instead as a background. There are many plain patterned background images perfect for this. https://unsplash.com/ is a favorite of mine for these, but there are other resources as well. Whatever you pick, keep it red - I love the red.
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I noticed you didn’t apply your Roboto font to your Donation text. Maybe you like it that way, but just in case you forgot, here’s a reminder to add it there too.
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Think about adding some kind of separation between the different sections. Right now it’s okay with the same solid color behind all of it, but it would be cool if you separated each of the section somehow to make it unmistakable and well-sorted. It could be a slight (or not so slight!) change in the background color per section, or a border line (maybe the
<hr>element?) or maybe even a cool png (check these! Wave Line PNG Transparent Images Free Download | Vector Files | Pngtree) - just have fun with it.
All in all great work and really, these suggestions are all optional. Above all, be creative and don’t be afraid to try out crazy ideas because, maybe, just maybe, they might actually work!
Happy coding,
Nicolas, 17
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Thanks for the suggestions. I will begin working on it and seeing what ways I can improve my project with. I was thinking of adding a section that would allow people to send me suggestions on what type of projects I should build. Does this sound like a good idea? If so, how should I go about it? I have heard of Mailchimp but haven’t taken a deep look at it.
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Sure, anything you want to add to your website that is useful and you think you have the skill to implement is a good idea. As for Mailchimp, I don’t have experience with it so I can’t say much. From what I’ve been able to research, you could use it to send newsletters regularly to your subscribers as well as use it to embed a sign-up form on your website. Keep in mind this may involve monthly payments to them to use their services. All in all you could use Mailchimp or you also could make it work a million other ways. It’s up to you. I’m only proficient in HTML and CSS and functional forms are more backend, so if anyone else has some knowledge about this, please write what you know.
Nicolas
Here’s a video from Mailchimp that might be able to help you…
Hope that is what you’re looking for.
N
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Very helpful video, I wish I had seen this before my Survey Form project.
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