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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Hey guys, so I've gotten a lot of great critiques on here in the past. I just changed my site over and was wondering what you guys think, etc...?


Thanks +k


Jun 7 2010 5:02PM
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Billups
Posts: 3960 - Karma: 329
I like it. Simple, easy to navigate. Works well I think.
Jun 7 2010 5:04PM
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tom.skier
Posts: 817 - Karma: 392
I liked it a lot. Really simple and easy to find your way around. nice one!
Jun 7 2010 5:53PM
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Ian.Ham
Posts: 1688 - Karma: 1,154
good navigation, good pics.  Only problem is that the picture selector goes over the picture you are looking at and you have to like push it out of the way.  Other than that I like it.
Jun 7 2010 5:55PM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 519
simple, clean, pretty sick
Jun 7 2010 5:56PM
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Jimmy.
Posts: 2888 - Karma: 27
make it so you can throw the scroll bar at the top, always thought that was kinda cool.

but the site looks great!
Jun 7 2010 5:59PM
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TomasAa
Posts: 585 - Karma: 699
clean and simple. Very nice
Jun 7 2010 6:01PM
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ice_mike
Posts: 249 - Karma: 23
well made, doesn't take long to download anything or navigate and pictures look good
Jun 7 2010 6:20PM
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BryantPhoto
Posts: 1574 - Karma: 891
Hey, how is your website hosted? I made my site way back in the day in highschool for a project using flash and have it hosted on godaddy. Problem is that my site is so slow because it's flash... I'm trying to find a place that has a site template or something that can use up the rest of my 5 year agreement with godady... i think i have like 2.5 years left. Any ideas?
Jun 7 2010 6:22PM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
really clean. sweet how you can change picture anywhere
Jun 7 2010 6:40PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Thanks everyone!

10/10 fo yo help.


Please let me know if there's something you don't like or advice!



Thanks :)
Jun 8 2010 10:22PM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,057
stop using flash? or use external movies that only load when you call them. dont have everything pre load..
Jun 9 2010 8:57AM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,057
OP, looks like you are using KROP for everything.. did you design any of the website or just put the images and resume in? i see theme-presentation for div id's.. which theme did you choose?
Jun 9 2010 9:00AM
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omckee
Posts: 945 - Karma: 1,141
Diggin it Jordan, solid site for sure
Jun 9 2010 11:51AM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Thanks bud!

How are you? Long time no speak!


Jun 9 2010 3:07PM
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Polar_Beer
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 228
Maybe I'm just dumb and can't figure it out, but lets say I wanted to make one of these pictures my background. How would I go about doing that? Because every time I try I can only get the + or - sign to save but not the picture.
Jun 9 2010 3:31PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
haha, that's kind of the point of it. I didn't really want a lot of people going out and being able to save all of the pictures

I'll email you a hi-res of whatever you want though, just send me a PM
Jun 9 2010 3:52PM
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SirClancelot
Posts: 162 - Karma: 49
Looks sick, but like someone mentioned above, the picture scroll bar sits on the top portion of the picture and there's some delay after you move your mouse off. So, I don't know if it'd be possible to move that to the side seeing as most of your pictures seem to stick to the center. Other than that it was realllllly clean and easy to navigate.
Jun 9 2010 6:09PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Yeah I totally agree, I can't move it to the side :(

But I think people figure out how, when they do the +/- scrolling, they'll be like "oh i got it haha"



Jun 10 2010 9:38PM
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SirClancelot
Posts: 162 - Karma: 49
Haha yeah I had one of those moments, once I figured it out it was fine.
Jun 10 2010 11:40PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
bump!

Changed some stuff around, curious if people like the new style?
Jun 23 2010 1:41AM
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Mooserz
Posts: 2945 - Karma: 32
im likeing it. the main focus is the pictures
Jun 23 2010 2:12AM
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jonsimpson
Posts: 303 - Karma: 36
I really like it. The only thing i could say to make it better would be to make the photos the same size.
Jun 23 2010 6:52AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
I see "playboy" listed as one of your clients ....

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Pics or it didnt happen !!!






Ps: website is tight!!
i like the simple design, better than all those fancy websites with flash and stuff that takes forever to load and basically have no usefull content at all....

you did a good job !
Jun 23 2010 7:28AM
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Blandct
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 37
need some eye candy at the beginning of the site.
Jun 23 2010 10:11AM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Thank you!

I think it is better than a ton of flash.


did happen!



And for the guy that said make them the same size, I totally agree I am going to start working on resizing everything!



10/10 for errrbody.
Jun 23 2010 12:39PM
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I_Am_Mod
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ok, it happened, but not quite what i expected ;)
Jun 23 2010 12:41PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
hahaha yeah...not quite a playboy spread :( but their anniversary party
Jun 23 2010 11:48PM
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.jr
Posts: 5313 - Karma: 356
Difference between clean, and boring. Sorry but its hit the boring side. Also, resize everything so that I dont have to scroll on every shot to see the entire thing.
Jun 24 2010 8:50PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
functional for sure, but a wee bit bore tour. Maybe mix up some alignment and get some lines goin around the screen.

And the first senator shot is straight up virgin poo
Jun 24 2010 9:50PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Thanks for the input!

I wanted a simplistic theme - I changed the banner, might do a different color


what do you mean by virgin poo? ahahha - I haven't heard that before, bad thing?
Jun 25 2010 1:55AM
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Elife
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virgin poo= tight shit
Jun 25 2010 1:03PM
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PeterWojnar
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 678
^bahahaha that's great!

The web site is sick, the only thing I don't like about it is that I have to scroll down each time. Try to move the menu off to the side, and organize it so that a standard 1280x720 monitor can display it in its entirety without needing to scroll up and down.
Jun 25 2010 3:06PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Everything has been resized, see if that's a little better? I think it's much better now.


Thank you all so much for your help!
Jun 25 2010 4:51PM
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gabfreeski
Posts: 1459 - Karma: 23
nice and simple
I liked the resume section
Jun 26 2010 10:23PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Thank you! :)


10/10 for errrrrbody
Jun 29 2010 5:14PM
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Bryan*
Posts: 1818 - Karma: 115
the site is great enjoyed looking at it. thanks.
Jun 29 2010 11:18PM
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Wood_Wizard
Posts: 805 - Karma: 899
I thought it was sick just fond it way to bland maybe a splash of color would be nice no hate just constructive criticism
Jun 30 2010 12:54AM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
no thank you!

I changed some things around again, I have website ADD :(
Jul 1 2010 5:12PM
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vitols
Posts: 143 - Karma: 186
Looks really nice. im a big fan of the simplicity and cleanliness of the layout. not too busy.

I like what you did with the homepage showing various pictures that show your versatility of what you can shoot.

overall, very well done.
Jul 21 2010 2:32PM
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Rolfe
Posts: 357 - Karma: 20
i like it its clean and simple
Jul 21 2010 2:54PM
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Jordan
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phew, thank you - good catch!
Jul 21 2010 6:07PM
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PeterWojnar
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On a content related note, I think the two skate photos are too similar to both be on your site. I'd keep the horizontal and get rid of the vertical if I were you.
Jul 22 2010 12:19AM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
totally agree, it got messed up too they weren't supposed to be next to each other, but I removed the one and I think it works a lot better.


Thanks man :)
Jul 22 2010 2:00AM
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SWAG.
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Works great! You have some sick pictures too!
Jul 25 2010 1:47AM
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Jordan
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totally changed again haha...


Jul 25 2010 2:25PM
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Steezyskis303
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i still like it! glad you fixed up the portfolio menu :P
Jul 25 2010 4:27PM
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Jordan
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Thanks man, thanks for your help too! :)
Jul 26 2010 12:40AM
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vitols
Posts: 143 - Karma: 186
like the contrast with the dark grey. really brings out the content. i liked the small thumbnails you had before however. less scrolling. but i am biased as you already know.
Jul 26 2010 12:22PM
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