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Design by Satori – Web Redesign – Part 2
Posted by Claudiu Geanta in Web Design on December 26, 2009
This is part 2 of this series. You can view Part 1 here.
I decided to split the main screen in 2 sections, after the “slideshow” on the billboard. One section will cover copy about myself, talents, skills, etc. and the right sidebar will include “Services” and “Design by Satori featured in”.
The sidebar will change according to whatever page I’m on and display information with links for easy navigation. For example, if on “Portfolio” page, the sidebar will include:
- Web Portfolio – with copy and my best samples
- Before & After Design Portfolio – section with jobs I took over and redesigned sites for clients
- Logo & Branding Portfolio – samples of my work along with copy of logo and branding
- Brochures Portfolio
- Print Portfolio
- Graphics Portfolio
For the “Portfolio” page I am currently using thumbnails but after reading some more on Smashing Magazine, I reached the conclusion that thumbnails should be eliminated and large pictures of the design work should be displayed without leaving people guess what every thumbnail would be.
An explanation of each project will be a nice add-on (and that will give me some more tags and keywords that would please the All Mighty Google). Of course “Calls to Action” with “Contact” information would be present next to each project, allowing the web viewer to immediately take action once convinced the work is up to his/her standards.
In conclusion – the below shows where the change will occur:
Design by Satori – Web Redesign – Part 1
Posted by Claudiu Geanta in Web Design on December 26, 2009
It’s been almost a year since my last redesign of “Design by Satori” and it’s time for another one. By the way -I highly recommend redesigning your site once per year or at least updating chuncks of text in your web copy at least 4 times per year. This will maintain Google rankings not to mention the nice surprise you will give your web viewers – showing that you care about your site and the way you present it to them.
I have decided to share with you the pain of redesigning a website, especially if you are like me (looking at tons of websites for inspiration, trying something, don’t like it and start all over again).
Well the present site was a bit too dark. Here’s a shot of it here:
In fact, here are all my versions since I decided to redesign the site every year (sometimes twice):
