[Scott]

Reworked it:

www.scottoliver.co.uk

P.S. Pat, get to bed....

[30equals]

the preview banners of your work look like there are adds cluttering your page

there's no focus and seperation of the different categories.. too busy..myeah.

and your "cv pdf" shopping sticker advert thing looks too compressed

[matthall28]

Picture of yourself isn't always needed, and it looks kinda weird on the site. doesnt fit in very well

[Vlad]

Hey Scott,

First of all, I feel as if there isn't any design there. It's just content after content. For something of that sort, you could have made a nice, simple multi-page site.

The typography is not strong. I'm sorry to say that, but that font looks like Architext. If you can, go for a nice sans-serif font like Myriad. And I would consider making the font bigger and maybe a bit darker. One thing that I really found weird was the Download my C.V pdf badge. The "Download my" text shouldn't go over the badge and I don't get it why "C.V" is so spaced and "pdf" is so condensed. And "C.V" should read "C.V."

I must say I like the colors; pink and black. But I find it a bummer that the only place I found them was in the header. And also, I don't know if this is wanted, but the background of your headlines is different thant the background of the page.

Content-wise, I think that if you want to put a picture of you, you should put one that wasn't taken by a webcam, cause it would look more professionnal. I also didn't see why you put a print section when there's nothing in there. And I didn't realize that something happened when you clicked on the headlines. You should put arrows or some kind of symbol to show that something is going to happen if you click on the headline. And your web part should be somewhat cleaner. I think the screenshots are way too big and you could make that a really nice part of the site if there were some cool effects and if the description was more visible.

And code-wise, you use too many <br />'s when you could just simply use <p>'s, and it would be semantic. And I find the code weird cause it looks like you mixed tables and divs. Also, for the contact part and the links, instead of using breaks, use a list(be it <ol> or <ul>). And it would be good if you lang="en" in your html tag.

G'day!

[Megaton Cat]

Looks too squashed together - site overall is very plain and boring.

[jthomas]

First off, Vlad, you give a damn good crit. Keep that up.

Originally Posted by Vlad

And I didn't realize that something happened when you clicked on the headlines.

I would even venture to say that this is a completely unneccessary feature, unless they all started out collapsed, with some sort of notifier to click them to expand. I agree with the majority of what was said. Although, my personal opinion is that you could still pull off a decent one-page site, just needs the bit of work already mentioned.

[Scott]

I added the collapse simply just as an extra feature which can be used to view each section better. Its not needed and i've not intended it but its their just incase some random decides he/she prefers to view them separate from each other.

I wouldn't say its plain and boring either, its a simple contemporary design without any nifty flashy graphics. I want the user to be able to get straight onto my portfolio and find out about me without the need for a row of cat heads.

thanks for the comments so far, keep em coming.

[pgo]

Originally Posted by Megaton Cat

Looks too squashed together - site overall is very plain and boring.

Agree with the first part, not the second (not entirely anyway).

[Megaton Cat]

Not a cat lover I guess.

[hlulu]

I liked it better with your pic...

[Scott]

Originally Posted by hlulu

I liked it better with your pic...

gheys

and

haha @ cat.



I've spaced it out a bit, How would I go about making the divs all collapsed at the page load. I think this makes it better, I didn't originally want it to be collapsed at the load but you lot are saying its cluttered etc.

Also I don't have any print work i want to include in there just yet. Hence why theres nothing under the print title.

[Limbo]

typo on your cv: scottoilver

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Limbo

typo on your cv: scottoilver

ahhh fudge, thanks.

[Stickman]

Quick look:

Don't like your type skills on the site or the work. Boo-urns.
It could do with some padding.
Some right nobs in the respected bit.

Overall, its nice and straight-forward - but it could do with fine-tuning I think.

[finbarr]

Originally Posted by Stickman

Some right nobs in the respected bit.

arf arf

[cocknose]

your CV is bad...
content and style wise!

Not a designers CV, typographically poor (sorry) and you just skip over you experience give details.
point size to big, font choice is bad (you should be more offical). Think GRID!!!...

[cocknose]

tyne + wear.... BAD! an ampersand would be bad typography a plus sign is just terrible. loose the t: p: a: before the info... if you keep it the letters should be out-dented!
and... interest's should be there (your not 14 looking for a paper boy jop)
maybe pick up a book on CV's..
from that CV i wouldn't employ you!!!!
"PACKAGE" remember...

[Scott]

Originally Posted by cocknose

tyne + wear.... BAD! an ampersand would be bad typography a plus sign is just terrible. loose the t: p: a: before the info... if you keep it the letters should be out-dented!
and... interest's should be there (your not 14 looking for a paper boy jop)
maybe pick up a book on CV's..
from that CV i wouldn't employ you!!!!
"PACKAGE" remember...

I just used CA's portfolios issue and copied the CV stuff from there.

[cocknose]

computer arts is good... but...

you don't have enough content to copy!
think of a cv as somewhere to stretch your typographic legs so to speak! (as it is all type)
have you ever read "elements of typographic style?".. read it then re-do your CV
think contrast with your text, body text one weight, header's slightly heavier weight, use of margins for information, maybe have it as a two colomn grid.... separate content and headers, one colomn for headers and the other for content. The white space should be scattered so it moves your eye around the page. At the moment your text almost makes the CV fall over to its left cause its so side heavy!
elaborate on experience i must stress that!!!!......
condense "self" information... don't have it as a larger weight just a different type weight.
......
maybe get a piece of A4 and draw lines and square until you work your GRID OUT
choose a better typeface, think conservative but contemporary!!!but classic...