J. Daniel Clements Photography - Chromataphore
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- Klementz
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www.jdanielclements.com
Additional Extensions: nothing that shows in the front end.
Custom Development: none
Other Features: Using Slideshow Pro for Lightroom (to create two flash slideshows), and Slideshow Pro Director to manage gallery.
Comments: It is pretty basic. I may even strip out some of the template shadow effects to reduce the http requests. The front page has a large flash show on it, so when loading viewers may have a few seconds seeing a large blank space, but the left hand "welcome" module should load first so people can start to read that while waiting.
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- Terp
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I love pages where I don't have to scroll now, so can truly appreciate the cleanliness on the home page (or 'front' as you call it?)
In fact, were you to remove a line or two on both your 'about us' and 'contact' pages, one wouldn't have to scroll on those pages, either.
I do like the clean look, sir. Well done.
Is the photo on the front supposed to rotate while you are on there? In seems to change when I go page to page and return, but doesn't change when I land on the site and wait...just wondering if this is by design.
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- Klementz
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Terp wrote:
Is the photo on the front supposed to rotate while you are on there? In seems to change when I go page to page and return, but doesn't change when I land on the site and wait...just wondering if this is by design.
Yes, that is by design. I thought about putting a single image there, and changing it from time to time, but I went with a flash slideshow with no controls that loads a picture randomly. I may change it, though, to get a faster load on the "front" page. (Yeah, kind of quirky, I know.) The images that appear on the front page vary from 65k to 265k, but the flash show (actually two flash files and two support files) measures 86k.
Thanks for the idea on the other two pages. I may try to shorten those down.
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- Klementz
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Henning Bokelmann wrote:
I like both: Design and Photos.
Pretty long loading time of the flash-content on my side here – but its worth
Thanks. I don't think there is much I can do about the gallery page. It's initial load is 184k according to YSlow. I guess once the initial flash is loaded, it is speedier.
Thanks for the feedback.
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- Nanci Memory
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Beautiful work! I love the simplicity of the design. I was truly in the moment... excellent stories there I am sure. I became curious about the people and just who lived in such a place. You may want to consider including some story line about the history of the area and it's people. I'm from the states, California, so was really curious.
What kind of camera are you using? The detail is very good as well as color balance.
The best to you!
Do protect your work... and keep it up.
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- Klementz
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Thanks, Nanci! I currently use a Canon Rebel XTi with a variety of lenses shooting exclusively in RAW format, and process my images in Adobe Lightroom. Theoretically, by having my pictures in a Flash app, they will be very hard for someone to steal (beyond a screen shot). If someone could get at the JPGs, they'd have a lower-res version that still has all my copyright info embedded.
I like your suggestion about having more info. I have considered moving all the current information that pops up on the bottom of the photo (Title on one line, location and date on the second) into a single line. Then I could write a short sentence or two about the photo. Perhaps that will be a Christmas holiday project for me.
Another idea would be to add a whole "appendix" type of section to the site, with thumbnails and short stories. That would be even more work, but just the writing part. Joomla would make the building of it rather easy.
Cheers!
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- Vicky Thomas
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- Just beautiful. Such a simple, elegant site. Thanks for sharing.
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