Hi, that's great, thanks."This is a kind reminder that on Photrio, we only allow commercial offerings in specific places and under specific circumstances."
You've accomplished some museum reproductions and done a better job at it than I could have.
There's a lot of text descriptions that given the amount and size makes it more of a chore to read, especially with the various color schemes - I'm more of a white space kinda guy.
Keep going, you're on the right track!
Your eyes must be a lot better than mine, because much of the text on your website is very hard for me to read.Hi Jvo, thanks for your message.
I've decided to start with white font on a darker background for contrast and because it's easier for my eyes as my eyesight isn't great (looking at a white computer screen for too long gives me headaches). But what I'm planning to do eventually is add an accessibility option at the top so that visitors can change the colour scheme, font, and text size.
But if there is some way to make the website deliver a different website experience depending on the viewer's screen size, then I would prefer that to happen automatically in the background rather than making me choose.
tell me what you think
Your eyes must be a lot better than mine, because much of the text on your website is very hard for me to read.
+1 to all the remarks of @runswithsizzersYour eyes must be a lot better than mine, because much of the text on your website is very hard for me to read.
This I can read:
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This I cannot:
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Despite my unhappiness with some of your color and font choices, personally, I would not be interested in having the ability to change the "the colour scheme, font, and text size" on your webpages. I feel like it is the web-designer's job to get those elements right so I don't have to spend my time messing around with the mechanics of the site before I can enjoy the content. If you really want to give the user some control over the way the website looks, you might consider offering two, or at most three choices for: Large Screen, Small Screen, and Phone(?) But if there is some way to make the website deliver a different website experience depending on the viewer's screen size, then I would prefer that to happen automatically in the background rather than making me choose.
Other issues:
- Your "Blog" link wants me to sign in before viewing; that's not gonna happen.
- When I look at your "About" page, I see too many different colors and different fonts, which combined with the almost random layout of elements results in a haphazard impression. The busy webpage design competes with your content for my attention.
- I think photos (and most artwork) are best displayed on more subdued backgrounds rather than bright primary colors. The blue background used for your "Home" "About" and "Art Gallery" pages looks too garish to me.
- On your Art Gallery page, I notice you give credit to the museum or gallery where the painting is located, but none to the artist who created it. Somehow, that doesn't seem quite fair.
Whenever I read something like, "The above text was generated by OpenAI's Chat GPT," then the whole website looses a lot of credibility for me. I have seen too many articles which give examples of factual inaccuracies and absurd conclusions that have turned up in some AI generated text. For a small, personal project like yours, I have to wonder, If the creator does not care enough about the website to create the content themself, then is this website worthy of my time?
Bottom line for me: not bad as a starting point, but obviously not a finished product. If your main goal is to learn how to build a website, then keep working at it and refine it until you are satisfied. But if your main goal is to showcase your photos, then I wonder if it might be more efficient to adopt a template from an existing photo-sharing / blog service that would give your site a more polished appearance without having to take the time to re-invent the wheel? I am not a big fan of Flickr -- too much "promoting" and too much social media crap on every page. Personally, I use SmugMug (https://garywright.smugmug.com), but I'm sure there are other online providers that allow your photos to be displayed without being surrounded by a lot of distracting BS.
And good luck to you with your project.
The purpose of my website right now is mainly just for me to practice web design and learn some HTML, CSS and Javascript.
I haven't tried to build a website since HTML 4 was new, so I am mostly ignorant about the details. But I have noticed one thing when looking at websites that were apparently built with some variety of Wordpress. When there is a page that consistists mostly of smaller photo images, I can click on each image to view it larger. Now, if I want to look at the rest of the images on the page at the larger display size, the ideal behaviour would be to click on a right arrow to see the next one. But almost invariably, I must first close the enlarged image, go back to base page, then click on the next smaller one, etc. I don't know if this irritating behaviour is a limitation of the Wordpress software, or perhaps due to lack of skill/knowledge on the part of the website builder?
I don't know if this irritating behaviour is a limitation of the Wordpress software, or perhaps due to lack of skill/knowledge on the part of the website builder?
One brief remark about the 'free' bit - this applies to non-commercial sites. When used for commercial ends, WordPress isn't free. This same policy extends to many of the 3rd party plugins one might use for galleries, mailers etc. Since OP appears (judging by the menu items on his present website) to be considering advertising his services, this would mean that WordPress may not be free in his particular use case. For a personal web page that's not set up to sell, advertise etc., it is indeed free.free auto-installation
For viewing large numbers of photos, the most appropriate way in WordPress is to use a gallery plugin. There are plenty of gallery plugins, also free, that perform quite well. I sometimes use NextGEN which also exhibits the browsing behavior you point out. https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
One brief remark about the 'free' bit - this applies to non-commercial sites. When used for commercial ends, WordPress isn't free. This same policy extends to many of the 3rd party plugins one might use for galleries, mailers etc. Since OP appears (judging by the menu items on his present website) to be considering advertising his services, this would mean that WordPress may not be free in his particular use case. For a personal web page that's not set up to sell, advertise etc., it is indeed free.
It's not just you - the example (blue/black/red) fails accessibility analysis due to insufficient contrast. It should be at least 5:1. The drop shadow on the red text makes the situation worse for anyone with compromised sight.
Wordpress itself is free for any purpose
I echo the comments of the other posters. If you are just having fun learning JavaScript, HTML and CSS, then enjoy the process of building your site from scratch. But if your end goal is a professional website that promotes your business, then I'd use a website builder like Squarespace or similar. It'll save you a ton of time and you'll end up with a well designed, cross platform site that your visitors will enjoy using.
Good luck.
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