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Old 03-22-2010, 09:25 PM Whew! It's done...finally.
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Well after weeks of tweaking and coding and lots of Tylenol I finally got my site finished. I would welcome anyone's opinions, suggestions, or critiques.

Doug Draws: http://dougdraws.com/

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Old 03-22-2010, 09:30 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Wow, that is a great site. Very different, but PERFECT for your type of work. Your graphics are amazing, and I love the layout of the site, very fresh, different, and clean.
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:32 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:48 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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It might be nice if the thumbnail images in the portfolio category were bigger. On the pages that don't have comments enabled... I would just remove the text that say's they are disabled, kinda unnecessary. On the front page, it might be nice to have the main image scroll to the next one automatically or randomize every time you load the page... just a thought.

Oh and... not really about your design or anything, but on "The Artist" page, I would get someone to take your picture. :P Mirror shots are cheesy.
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:53 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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No problem at all Doug! How did you do the banner? Javascript I would assume?
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:58 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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That was the best picture of myself that I had, cheesy or not. I have been looking into how to get rid of the "comments closed", but haven't figured out how yet. I also haven't figured out how to change the dimensions on the page thumbnails, either.

I like the scroller the way it is. Might be nice to have an automated one, but I don't have the coding knowledge to make that happen. So for now I'm happy with the static one.
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:59 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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No problem at all Doug! How did you do the banner? Javascript I would assume?
What banner?
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:03 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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When you do figure out how to delete the comments closed saying, you should let me know... I've actually had the same issue before.
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:04 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Sorry, I was referring to the banner at the top of the site. Was it created in Flash?
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:06 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Sorry, I was referring to the banner at the top of the site. Was it created in Flash?
o_O ... you mean at the very top? The cup, paper, and pencil?
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:08 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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When you do figure out how to delete the comments closed saying, you should let me know... I've actually had the same issue before.
Ha! That's too funny. Yes, if I find out how I will let you know.
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:21 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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It might be nice if the thumbnail images in the portfolio category were bigger.
Just figured out how to enlarge the thumbnails for the category pages. There's only fifty-thousand PHP files to go through. I wonder if they could have made more? Anyway, check it out now and let me know what you think.
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:27 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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I was in fact referring to that.
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:29 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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I made that myself. That image and the wood are two different background images. I have the wood tiling as the background image in the "html" tag and my header image is the background image in the "body" tag.
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Old 03-22-2010, 11:28 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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When you do figure out how to delete the comments closed saying, you should let me know... I've actually had the same issue before.
I figured out how to remove the "Comments are closed". It was located in my comments1.php file here.....

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<p class="nocomments"><?php _e('Comments are closed.','ColdStone') ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
I just removed the whole paragraph and voila! - no more comments closed.
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Old 03-23-2010, 01:35 AM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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It's obvious that you put a lot of work into the site. Congratulations. I like it! Keep up the good job!
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Old 03-23-2010, 10:30 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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I got the thumbnail images larger on the main page, too. I also dug a little deeper and found that I had to enlarge the thumbs on the archive pages as well. I think I got them all now.

Oh, and I got rid of the "cheesy" photo of myself and replaced it with a handmade one. Well, it's actually a photo with a little painting effects.
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Old 03-24-2010, 08:34 AM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Nice updates buddy, Now it looks good. Keep it up. We will update you.

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Old 03-24-2010, 12:02 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Really good look on the site, looks very professional and importantly fits your work
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Old 03-24-2010, 12:08 PM Re: Whew! It's done...finally.
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Very nice!
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