The past week and a bit I’ve been a little bit busy. Well, not busy. But I’d given myself a task to do and get done in just over a week. Get my portfolio updated.
This is what it was. Which is fine. It was nothing special. Well, it was a bit special once upon a time ago. But no longer. I’d kept the information updated and added new work as and when I could. But the design? Just a bit eh really. From my POV.
Say hello to the redesigned JainaMistry.com. Complete redesign. From scratch.
It’s totally responsive, so it’ll work on mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktops. I could have done more to make it retina friendly, but eh. I got lazy there. It’s still just a one page simple affair but I am much happier with this layout. Showcases my skills a lot more. And, getting rid of the black was a good idea.
Just in case anyone is interested, here’s a bunch of things that helped me get the site done:
- HTML5 Boilerplate was my starting point.
- Google Fonts for all of the fonts used on the site.
- FitText to make sure all the headings looked good when the site resized.
- for the icon-age.
- Magnific Popup for the very awesome responsive lightboxes.
- 1 page PHP contact form for the contact form.
- LocalScroll for some pretty scrolling
(PS. If you spot anything slightly wonky with it, let me know! Please? If you say it looks weird in IE6 I may just have to… rudely ignore you.)
It looks awesome. And I like the fact that you have a site that is light-hearted and not one of those that takes everything about web development oh-so-seriously.
Thanks you 🙂 Yeah, something light hearted is a whole lot more me.
Jaina, the new design is marvellous! Very pleasing colour scheme, the layout is well structured and feels expansive. Just brilliant, really. Not that I’d have expected anything less from you 🙂
I especially love the layout of the popups upon clicking your portfolio links. And as AnjaKJ mentioned, good overall balance of professional with a hint of personable. Excellent work 🙂
Thanks so much, Jina!
Sweet! Nice job!
Cheers, Dan!
It looks wonderful!
😀 Thanks, Stephanie!
Looks absolutely wonderful Jaina! Really you and very much in keeping with your personality.
It redesign looks great, Jaina.
I like the colors! Don’t know anything techie, but the site looks easy to navigate and definitely showcases your talents and projects.