Jn-Harlequin now has a main page for my small, but growing portfolio.
I spent over 10 hours setting up this page. Normally I am a lot faster at producing web work, but I seemed to have gotten the web version of writers block. Regardless, I now have an up to date website with content.
Goals: I am looking at making constant changes to the website to allow a comfortable feeling for visitors and also follow the recent trend of websites. Many pages rely on large image backgrounds for the scenery and then adding the content on top. Below are some links of some interesting styles of what I find to be creative and fit this area:
liam-galvin - This is a Wordpress layout which seems to be the new style for websites. A lot of new designers/developers are using CMS (Content Management Systems) for websites for easier management of their code and files. Wordpress happens to be a CMS with blogging on the side, so the fad for this is huge.
nouincolor - Great example of a background with text/image design. It also incorporates jQuery which is an open source add on to JavaScript. The interesting thing about jQuery is that Apple products such as the iPhone/iTouch and iPad can run jQuery, but not flash, so the use of jQuery is increasing.
Problems: The contact form will require a security code shortly as I am getting email spam from spam bots. Multiple forums I used to host on my server had bot spam issues, but it's easy to block them from posting using the admin control panel. Fixing the php form may take some time as I am still new at php scripts.
