jcombs_31 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I started coding my personal site. I using percents rather than pixels to make it fluid. I know there are a couple bugs already, but wanted some feedback on it's current direction. So far it's only the index page and contact page with no real functionality. I'm currently coding an ajax photo gallery. The random image on the main page uses a little ajax to cycle through pics in a directory. I just used a few sample pics and threw them in a folder for now. edit: the link helpshttp://www.jcombs.net/~jeff/jcombs3/It may not be that fast on my home box. Also, I really hate this forum software, can we please switch back!!! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Hey,I like the design that you have, very clean and professional looking.I also like how you have your contact page set up.Looking forward to seeing the rest of the site when you get it done.Why don't you try and make the whole site in ajax?-Chris Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-54453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 Thanks for the quick reply. As far as AJAX, I'm think everything has its place. Ajax is great for SOME things. I don't see the point in using it everywhere. When I go to a new page, I expect a new page to load. Besides, I've really just started scratching the surface. I've never really done anything with javascript so I'm learning as I go. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-54473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Ya - AJAX has its place.Anyways - a few points jeff.Im using IE6 on win2k.The javascript you are using for them photos - the fade puts my cpu to 100% usage.The Recent work divs. Well with 1280X1024 they are really wide, and the <- (arrow) you have is way way over on its own on the right.The Resume is good. The 2 large images on the left are a bit big.As with all your images, I think you should make them links to large original versions.The resume page would be nice with thumbnail graphics of your work. Perhaps an ajax mouse over to bring up a larger picture.The contact page is nice. I think you need more % padding on the left to bring the contact box closer to the middle of the screen at high resolutions.In my IE6 - when the width of the browser goes less than 900 px in width all the content goes down underneath the Right divs.This happens on the contact page, Resume and Home pages.Fixed with sites are soo simple in comparison!!Anyways - good luck with it. Looks nice overall.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 [quote author=steviewdr link=topic=99796.msg394065#msg394065 date=1152466884]Ya - AJAX has its place.Anyways - a few points jeff.Im using IE6 on win2k.The javascript you are using for them photos - the fade puts my cpu to 100% usage.The Recent work divs. Well with 1280X1024 they are really wide, and the <- (arrow) you have is way way over on its own on the right.The Resume is good. The 2 large images on the left are a bit big.As with all your images, I think you should make them links to large original versions.The resume page would be nice with thumbnail graphics of your work. Perhaps an ajax mouse over to bring up a larger picture.The contact page is nice. I think you need more % padding on the left to bring the contact box closer to the middle of the screen at high resolutions.In my IE6 - when the width of the browser goes less than 900 px in width all the content goes down underneath the Right divs.This happens on the contact page, Resume and Home pages.Fixed with sites are soo simple in comparison!!Anyways - good luck with it. Looks nice overall.-steve[/quote]Thanks for the feedback. I don't know why the fade puts you at 100% CPU usage, I'm lookin here at work and I did jump to about 27%, but no higher. What kind of PC are you on? I'll have to look into, I grabbed the fade code online.I know what you mean about the recent work section, but it didn't look right when it didn't stretch the page, not sure, I'll have to think about it. The large images on the left? I'm assuming your mean the two diploma pics on the right? I just threw them up there real quick, not sure if they will stay. I thought about the thumbnails on the resume page, but I don't want it to get too crowded, but another thing to consider.The contact page does look stretched with high resolution, but moving it more to the center makes it look funny because it is no longer aligned with anything. I guess with the lack of content it is hard to pull off a full screen fluid layout. Really needs to have three columns to fill out, but it looks pretty good on lower resolution. I'll have to think about it for a bit. For the time being I guess I'll just start working on my photo gallery and decide on any major change later. IE is acting strange, the content moves at different resolutions when I change my browser size, I don't see where the problem is, but I haven't looked that hard yet. I'm assuming it's some padding somewhere placing games with the %s. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Re: 100% cpu fade issue.I tested it on another pc and same issue RE 100% usage with IE.My Machine: AMD 3000+ 1gb RAM, Win2k, IE62nd Test Machine: 2.4gh Xeon, 512 RAM, Win xp, sp1, IE6..so I definately think its your code.To test this correctly - make sure your Browser Window is active, i.e. Task Manager is minimised to the task bar. The little graph should show up beside the clock. Spikes of 100% cpu usage occur with change of photo.RE. Recent Work -> I wouldn't have this stretch to 100% width. Fixed would nearly do it.RE. Diploma Images -> I see also that they get bigger according to Browser size! Its just that I normally view at 1280 X 1024 and them images are quite large at that size.As you said -> your side looks really nice at 1024X768. Its at the larger sizes that the content seperates from the right div.RE. the contact page -> I would have the input fields stretch with the % width of the browser. It wouldn;t be much more useful, but it would help spread the colour and take up the whitespace.Yap - IE doesnt like resizing your website. Id say that would be a PITA to get working. I think you should rethink the code for the right div, and how it works.Rgds,Steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 The site looks fantastic... I like the opaque part on the contact page and it probably wouldn't hurt to throw that effect around on other parts of the site.My only real bitch is that your "snapshots" of the 2 sites on the main page are kinda fuzzy... either sharpen them up or make them smaller. You might be fine just showing the site's logs... instead of a full screenshot of the top of the page.As a side note, who's the hottie with the kid? ;) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 [quote]As a side note, who's the hottie with the kid? [/quote]I was kinda wondering that too...i assume it's your wife or girlfriend? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 that would be the wife and kid. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 *high-five* ;) And cute kid too!I assume the bloke in the black shirt is you. Funny how some of us developers don't fit the mold. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-55794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 ah yes, forgot I was in that group of pics. Yea, I don't exactly fit the stereotype, especially if you knew my past. as far as the site, I'm coding my image gallery and will make other layout decisions later as I go. Thanks for everyone's feedback. I did see the CPU issue with the image fade, I'll have to re-think that part as well. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I checked my CPU usage on my PC at home and it went up to 60-70%...and on a duel core...thats not good :-) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Ok, I think the CPU fade issue is fixed, please let me know. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Hey, much better, only 15% at most on 3ghz P 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 anyone happen to know off the top if you can check to see if the image is fully loaded with javascript? I want to delay the fade until the full image has downloaded to the client. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 yes, they fully load for me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 no, that's not what I'm asking, I know they load, but I want to wait until they fully load on the client browser before I start to fade the images in. Can javascript check the status of an image downloading to the browser? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-56368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I dont know off hand, to see if the image has fully downloaded on the client side.Not sure if ajax would give you this for free -maybe.On the brighter side -> you cpu usage is within acceptable limits IMO.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13959-wip/#findComment-57258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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