Going for Clean and Clear But Still Interesting to Readers...Did I Get It?

[ryanwiley]

http://ryanwiley.net

I wanted something that was different, clean and clear, but that still had some punch to it. I think the home page design is good. Most other pages are pretty good... but

I think my resume page (called Professional Me) looks really boring. There is a fine line between crisp and clean and just boring!

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ryan

[whims]

I think it looks fine.
The Professional Me page looks ... professional, with the page content separated out nicely and is easy to read, which to me is more important

[ryanwiley]

Thanks Whims!

[eric]

I agree with Whims, the Professional Me page looks just fine. You could try tot "dress it up", but I don't know if it needs that.

The only thing I would do to that page is adjust the #wrap Width for that page (your "resume" Layout) in Dynamik Options > Widths. I see that most of your layouts are set to 910px width but your resume layout is set to 840px. So adjust that wrap width to 910px and then it will match the rest of your site. As of now that page shrinks when you go to it from another page on your site which isn't ideal.

Eric

[ben_pyman]

I did notice the jump between page widths too, but nice job Ryan for something "clean and clear". You def hit that mark. I like the professional me page too... the alternating green BG in your lists really adds a nice touch as well as helping readability. Nice one.

[bambo]

Those social icons could do with a bit more width so LinkedIn does not get pushed?

Both these fixes works here:


#sidebar-1 #text-31.widget p img {
margin: -1px;
}



#sidebar-1 {
width: 256px;
}


Last one does not belong in custom CSS I dont think but I use Firebug. Dynamics options has a "Widths" tab. Must be the one to look at.
I am almost certain that the first time I checked site there was same problem in footer but may be you fixed that?

No you did'nt ;) Not on Pro Me http://ryanwiley.net/the-professional/ where widget width is 246.667px - on front 270px. What eric refered to may be.

[deepsouth]

Well to play devil's advocate I think it is a much too plain. Thirty minutes work would add a lot to this site imo.
Here's 30 minutes work:
- Replace the headings font (and maybe the body as well)
- Create a real header rather than just default text
- Make the background 6% tone rather than pure white
- Select a sgnature color for the header and footer rather than just gray