# Portfolio Site

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 19, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098 "2004-07-19T19:58:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author: ![amtronx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@amtronx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amtronx)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/1 "2004-07-19T19:58:57Z")

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Hello! Just looking for some feedback on my portfolio site. I’m looking for overall design, UI, and functional critiques. Thanks in advance…

[http://www.jasonamster.com](http://www.jasonamster.com)

jay

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/2 "2004-07-19T20:01:28Z")

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Overall, I like it! I really like the colors, and the transitions! Good Job! :thumb:

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/3 "2004-07-19T20:06:04Z")

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Some better rollOvers wouldn’t hurt… your transitions seem a little too slow or choppy, you know what I mean? Other than that I don’t see anything wrong with it maybe a more readable font.

Welcome to the forums. 🍺

_Edit: The transition’s move smoother the second time around, not completely smooth but better. Overall, good job._

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/4 "2004-07-19T20:06:57Z")

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the navigation-try to make it stand out more, maybe increase the font size or color

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/5 "2004-07-19T20:30:07Z")

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Overall I like it. I think the naivation can be punched up a little like color said.

There is something that is bugging me about the colors though. I think it’s that you use alot of that flat sort of gold color and style which gives me a printed material kind of feel and then the reds seems to have a metallic style which for me conflicts.

P.S. I’m extremly jealous you got to build a site with Justin in it.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/6 "2004-07-19T21:11:12Z")

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Wizard, are you using a Mac? I find that I get choppy and slow transitions on OS X some of the time. I think it’s because it’s all actionscript and no tweening, and for Macromedia’s OS X flash playe sucks… On my PC it runs smooth but like I said, I get mixed response on my Mac.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/7 "2004-07-19T22:11:48Z")

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> [@amtronx](#):
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> Wizard, are you using a Mac?

No, I’m not. I’m not sure why that happened but like I said: The transition’s move smoother once they’re in my cache.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/8 "2004-07-19T23:07:06Z")

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i don’t like the javascript that resizes my window. i like everything else. transitions were fine for me.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/9 "2004-07-20T02:13:33Z")

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i bet the transitions will be smoother if you get rid of this part of your HTML code:

```auto

<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

```

and this:

```auto

wmode="transparent"

```

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/portfolio-site/58098/10 "2004-07-20T09:56:07Z")

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It looks a bit like [http://www.cubancouncil.com/](http://www.cubancouncil.com/), especially your name on the thumbs in the portfolio. The fonts are also quite similar to those used at Cuban Council.
