Now Live Responsive + Modern Portfolio Site

[jarod_peachey]

Hey all!

I've recently completed my portfolio site, which is a big step in my career. If you don't mind, I'd love for you to check it out and tell me what you think! (good AND bad).

Home

Front-End web developer with an eye for design. Experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, as well as back-end languages like PHP, MySQL and others.

jarodpeachey.netlify.com

For those who want to know, I built this using GatsbyJS and hosted it on Netlify (kinda obvious from the URL 😂)

 

[Dominic]

Hey all!

I've recently completed my portfolio site, which is a big step in my career. If you don't mind, I'd love for you to check it out and tell me what you think! (good AND bad).

Home

Front-End web developer with an eye for design. Experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, as well as back-end languages like PHP, MySQL and others.

jarodpeachey.netlify.com

For those who want to know, I built this using GatsbyJS and hosted it on Netlify (kinda obvious from the URL 😂)

Good job! Well done.

What I like

• the diagonal menu (I'm on mobile)
• the text (sounds very marketing/business. Convincing)

What I would do differently

• the hamburger when menu is open
• I don't like the apostrophe

 

[Dominic]

Good job! Well done.

What I like

• the diagonal menu (I'm on mobile)
• the text (sounds very marketing/business. Convincing)

What I would do differently

• the hamburger when menu is open
• I don't like the apostrophe

I wrote more, but part of my post got lost :(.

I wrote that I would left align more and would prefer multiple pages to a one pager. (I don't like onepager in most cases)

 

[jarod_peachey]

Good job! Well done.

What I like

• the diagonal menu (I'm on mobile)
• the text (sounds very marketing/business. Convincing)

What I would do differently

• the hamburger when menu is open
• I don't like the apostrophe

Cool, thanks! I was debating doing a multi-page, but settled on single page for the time being. I'm working on a multi-page version currently.

 

[Adam]

Great structure and content!

I think it would really benefit from a nice sans-serif type. The font feels like it’s broken and losing a default serif to me. The diagonal menu is quite janky on mobile.

The star ratings are also a bit confusing and would probably benefit from lanes such as ‘proficient’, ‘working knowledge’, ‘learning’ etc to be more clear.

 

[jarod_peachey]

Great structure and content!

I think it would really benefit from a nice sans-serif type. The font feels like it’s broken and losing a default serif to me. The diagonal menu is quite janky on mobile.

The star ratings are also a bit confusing and would probably benefit from lanes such as ‘proficient’, ‘working knowledge’, ‘learning’ etc to be more clear.

Yeah, that mobile menu just won't slide out properly on mobile. Do you have any suggestions for that? It's an issue with transform: translate() on mobile, it works fine on a small window on desktop.

I'll look into updating the star ratings and font as well! Thank you!

 

[Gummibeer]

I would remove the stars. I would say 5/5 JS is only arrogant but not realistic. 😉
And that's not against you. But if you would earn these five stars you wouldn't need to present them because every JS related dev would know you!

I always hated all these bars, stars or whatever visual representation of skill. Because they are always wrong. Without the scale they are useless.
My recommendation is to let your projects talk for themselves.

 

[Gummibeer]

Great post I've found on how to improve your CV/personal webpage.

Make Your Personas Great Again in 7 Simple Steps

Less decoration — more data. A bonus GIF included.

uxdesign.cc

 

[27leaves]

Great post I've found on how to improve your CV/personal webpage.

Make Your Personas Great Again in 7 Simple Steps

Less decoration — more data. A bonus GIF included.

uxdesign.cc

It's about personas, not personal websites ;)

 

[Gummibeer]

It's about personas, not personal websites ;)

But with a CV as example. 😉 For sure you can apply the ideas everywhere.

 

[nshep]

Some well-meant feedback:

• I agree that the font needs changing, especially your name in the header and footer. Looks like a fallback font right now.
• I find the hexagons in the About Me section a little harsh. I'd use something softer. I also think that section could use some more/other color. It looks a bit stale together with the header and next section in the same color.
• I like the Skills section though a lot of people keep saying not to use any sort of indicators for your proficiency.

Aside from that, I think it's pretty solid. Good job!