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Posted by Daniel Thomson
Daniel Thomson
3,598 Points

Thoughts on really clean/minimal personal portfolio.

Just wanted to get peoples thought and opinions on my simple personal portfolio created with just HTML and CSS only part way through the front end development tutorial and haven't tackled any JavaScript yet so its still a work in process. I've made all links just null at the moment im aware none of them should link to anything. Have I went too simplistic ?

http://port-80-fgy7ytcc1n.treehouse-app.com/ (Hopefully that link works not sure how i link to Workspaces)

Please ignore the text in there as well its all just gibberish/ Lorem Ipsum, just seeing how varying text lengths effect the look on different browser widths.

Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points

Hi Daniel, to share your workspace create a snapshot link via the snapshot button to the top right. I look forward to checking it out!

Daniel Thomson
Daniel Thomson
3,598 Points

Sorry when i snapshot it appears only to snapshot the code itself and not the website ? https://w.trhou.se/rowvndpdsw

Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points

I can view it after forking it to my workspace. It looks really good by the way. I love the clean design and the subtle use of colors when hovering the menu links. One thing I would add is .bio {text-align: left} within @media max-width: 640px. The text space between spme words a bit too much on when justified at 320-400px screen size. But, that's just a very tiny preferrence of my own.

Lastly, I would change .bio's width to 100% and set the .container near max-width 600-700px;

When the container is max 1280px and the bio is 80%, the bio content extends all the way to 1024px on large screens, which is bit too wide for ease of reading. Alternatively, you can set the bio to near max-width 600-640px. Those are just my personal thoughts for imporvement though.

Overall, I'm jealous that I dont have clean portfolio like this yet. Yours is without clutter, clean design, and inspiring.

Daniel Thomson
Daniel Thomson
3,598 Points

Thanks Abraham I appreciate you taking the time and effort to go through and leave your feedback I'm just worried in-case its too minimal, hopefully it showcases the information I need it to showcase and when any potential employers click through onto my projects that's when I can hit them with my actual skills.

Absolutely shrinking it down I understand the comment about some large gaps between words than I can easily removed and I appreciate the feedback for larger monitors and screen sizes.

Thank you very much for your comments.

Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points

There's a developer by the name of Gabrielle that I follow, and she takes somewhat of an adventurous approach showcasing her projects. You may be interested in checking out her design.

http://gabriellew.ee/ http://gabrielleismy.name/