Portfolio website - Page 2

**Mainframeguy** · October 2nd, 2008

well SOMEONE's insulted him - hey - blame me, I have broad shoulders!

**Grandmaster** · October 2nd, 2008

It's an interesting concept, but like a coupe others, I was confused when I first saw it. I think making the red menu links underlined would really help!

/me waits to see where the site goes...

**X-Istence** · October 2nd, 2008

Originally Posted by Mainframeguy

OK - I'm gping to take your "concept" or "gimmick" as a given...

THEN it follows that I can see ONE great big change you REALLY need to make!

Take that header with disclaimer and make it into an /INCLUDE or macro - will sure as hell make the whole shebang easier on the eye.

I will take that into consideration, however the header that is there is there for a reason, it is on most of my software, and it is the header I live and breath by. I fully believe human knowledge belongs to the world (quote from a great movie ...), and that open source is the way to do it.

For a more advanced twist on your take you might want to consider a couple of ideas that spring to my mind...

Layer on top or underneath a content manager (would show some real ability!)

Thought about it, would make it more complicated, not entirely sure if I want to do that. I really like the simplicity of the site as it currently stands.

An even showier thing - if you have time and inclination - would be to make a branch (maybe using above CMS) where registered visitors can involve their own plug-ins or modules... would require API.

It is not supposed to be the next Facebook/Myspace!

HMMMMMMMmmm maybe I am taking it and running too far though?

Yes

Hope this is of some use - particularly the first thing which surely makes sense (copyright you may need in key areas - I know a bit about this after Ca. 30 years software development)

The copyright is a bit if a gimmick. But it felt kind of lonely without it, in my eyes the website required the license/copyright notice to add a little bit more to it.

Originally Posted by Mainframeguy

/me waits for comment on his reply....

and hey - one more thing - why don't you mention this/linkie it in your blog?

Hehe, it is on my blog. The links in the top left corner are linked to that website. I have not yet blogged about it, since it is not done yet, and I would rather wait a bit longer. I wanted more directed feedback, rather than the people that read my blog. That, and many recruiters read my blog (Which is both good and bad I guess), and I would like to wait for yet another inbox bombarding with job offers (I get about 2 - 3 a week these days. All of them require me to re-locate and I can't do that as a student).

Originally Posted by Geffy

Probably because he just created it

Yup

.

Originally Posted by madmatt

In 10 minutes.

Eh, took me a bit longer than that. I had some other ideas floating around first. The concept came to me while I was in my fantasy literature class. Once i had the initial code written (the C++) I had to check that it compiled and worked, as expected, and then had to convert it to HTML and add the syntax highlighting. I am not a big fan of HTML, and as such that took me the longest. Adding in all the span tags around the appropriate sections.

So 10 minutes is a bit short, in total it probably took me about an hour to an hour and a half.

Originally Posted by Geffy

Thats a bit harsh

Originally Posted by madmatt

That was a compliment to his ability, not a rib. Obviously I liked the idea judging by my earlier posts.

Originally Posted by Geffy

oh right, so I've essentially insulted it by implying 10 minutes was harsh, bugger

Stop fighting you two. I was not insulted! Eh, kinda happy that my skills are rated so high as to be able to accomplish all of that in 10 minutes ... :P

Originally Posted by Mainframeguy

well SOMEONE's insulted him - hey - blame me, I have broad shoulders!

You definitely did not insult me!

Originally Posted by Grandmaster

It's an interesting concept, but like a coupe others, I was confused when I first saw it. I think making the red menu links underlined would really help!

/me waits to see where the site goes...

Yeah, that is the feedback I have been getting. My portfolio advisor absolutely fell in love with it at first sight, so I have won at that! :P We also have a career advisor who helps with resumes and whatnot, and he took a look at my site and said it was a very unique concept and the idea alone would get me points with recruiters and technical people. He really liked it as well!

I might go with an underline, I will have to play with it some more to see whether I like that or not.

**Geffy** · October 2nd, 2008

Originally Posted by X-Istence

Once i had the initial code written (the C++) I had to check that it compiled and worked, as expected, and then had to convert it to HTML and add the syntax highlighting. I am not a big fan of HTML, and as such that took me the longest. Adding in all the span tags around the appropriate sections.

I thought you'd done something like created a custom TextMate theme and then just had it convert the document to HTML to get all the spans done for you.

**Mainframeguy** · October 3rd, 2008

I'd invert the text - not underline...

**X-Istence** · October 3rd, 2008

Originally Posted by Geffy

I thought you'd done something like created a custom TextMate theme and then just had it convert the document to HTML to get all the spans done for you.

Nope. I had not even thought of that ... then again, I like having control over my source code.

Originally Posted by Mainframeguy

I'd invert the text - not underline...

What do you mean?

**Mainframeguy** · October 3rd, 2008

EG (look down and hover / mouseover (which is the right word?)!).

**X-Istence** · October 3rd, 2008

Ah, you want the background to become red, and the text white? Or just a black background and red text?

**Mainframeguy** · October 7th, 2008

I was not concerned about the choice of colour scheme - you choose - it's just a personal preference, another idea for you to play with, I just thought it more intuitive to pick up on what it is about....

**X-Istence** · November 13th, 2008

So, I have been working on it some more, adding more pages to it and whatnot:

http://bertjwregeer.com/About_me.html

Is one of the new pages I have created. That one was syntax highlighted using the sed script I posted in this forum. Also, notice that the #include that I have written (the one in " and ", not in < and >) is now also a link. So you can download all of the source code required for that file, and assuming you have the standard C++ library you can compile the source code and run it.

Figured that was kinda cool :P. Wanted to just post a quick update.

**madmatt** · November 13th, 2008

Still digging it. Awesome idea. Very original.

trukkmann · November 14th, 2008

I like it, but only coders will get it. Anyone looking to hire you, their eyes will cross and they'll say your site is messed up!

**Grandmaster** · November 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by trukkmann

I like it, but only coders will get it. Anyone looking to hire you, their eyes will cross and they'll say your site is messed up!

Yah, that's my concern too.

**X-Istence** · November 14th, 2008

I am not to worried about it. The industry I have been looking to go into seems to have smart recruiters that get it. For example, I received a job offer from a Fortune 500 company because they stumbled across my blog/resume and then googled my name for more information, in their email to me they cited that it was my http://bertjwregeer.com/ website that made them make the offer.

**Grandmaster** · November 15th, 2008

Originally Posted by X-Istence

I am not to worried about it. The industry I have been looking to go into seems to have smart recruiters that get it. For example, I received a job offer from a Fortune 500 company because they stumbled across my blog/resume and then googled my name for more information, in their email to me they cited that it was my http://bertjwregeer.com/ website that made them make the offer.

Well in that case... leave it as it is

Dark Atheist · November 15th, 2008

or in that case make it more codie and geekie!!!!

**SPeedY_B** · November 16th, 2008

I like it.

I like the idea, and always like a site which loads fast.

**X-Istence** · November 24th, 2008

Okay, so I have updated many of the pages involved. Actually, just the code behind it, the rest was magic that worked itself out :P That being said, I would appreciate it if you guys could give it a helpful look over and let me know if there is anything obviously wrong:

http://bertjwregeer.com/

Also, this may not seem obvious immediately and that is for good reason, however any #include " " statement is also a link to the file that it is including, so that any custom headers/code I have written is available for viewing as well. The entire website as it currently stands compiles as standard C++ using GCC.

The following pages still have to be created:

Resume page
LEDWall Project
Near Space Project
ThisWebsite Project

What I care more about is do you think this: http://bertjwregeer.com/Project/ChristmasTree.html is readable, are you able to get what the project was about? Too much text? Too little explanation? Diagrams and pictures are coming, I just need to find a way to put them on the web page without making it take away from the fact that this is supposed to be strictly code, and that in code there is no way to put images, as it is all text based.

**Geffy** · November 24th, 2008

Very nice, though the third paragraph() of ChristmasTree reads a little oddly.

**madmatt** · November 25th, 2008

Contact page: "Google chat" > "Google Chat"

Still reading...

October 2nd, 2008	Top \| #21
Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 166	Re: Portfolio website well SOMEONE's insulted him - hey - blame me, I have broad shoulders! hosted by Lord

October 2nd, 2008	Top \| #22
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 257	Re: Portfolio website It's an interesting concept, but like a coupe others, I was confused when I first saw it. I think making the red menu links underlined would really help! /me waits to see where the site goes...

October 2nd, 2008	Top \| #23
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website Originally Posted by Mainframeguy OK - I'm gping to take your "concept" or "gimmick" as a given... THEN it follows that I can see ONE great big change you REALLY need to make! Take that header with disclaimer and make it into an /INCLUDE or macro - will sure as hell make the whole shebang easier on the eye. I will take that into consideration, however the header that is there is there for a reason, it is on most of my software, and it is the header I live and breath by. I fully believe human knowledge belongs to the world (quote from a great movie ...), and that open source is the way to do it. For a more advanced twist on your take you might want to consider a couple of ideas that spring to my mind... Layer on top or underneath a content manager (would show some real ability!) Thought about it, would make it more complicated, not entirely sure if I want to do that. I really like the simplicity of the site as it currently stands. An even showier thing - if you have time and inclination - would be to make a branch (maybe using above CMS) where registered visitors can involve their own plug-ins or modules... would require API. It is not supposed to be the next Facebook/Myspace! HMMMMMMMmmm maybe I am taking it and running too far though? Yes Hope this is of some use - particularly the first thing which surely makes sense (copyright you may need in key areas - I know a bit about this after Ca. 30 years software development) The copyright is a bit if a gimmick. But it felt kind of lonely without it, in my eyes the website required the license/copyright notice to add a little bit more to it. Originally Posted by Mainframeguy /me waits for comment on his reply.... and hey - one more thing - why don't you mention this/linkie it in your blog? Hehe, it is on my blog. The links in the top left corner are linked to that website. I have not yet blogged about it, since it is not done yet, and I would rather wait a bit longer. I wanted more directed feedback, rather than the people that read my blog. That, and many recruiters read my blog (Which is both good and bad I guess), and I would like to wait for yet another inbox bombarding with job offers (I get about 2 - 3 a week these days. All of them require me to re-locate and I can't do that as a student). Originally Posted by Geffy Probably because he just created it Yup . Originally Posted by madmatt In 10 minutes. Eh, took me a bit longer than that. I had some other ideas floating around first. The concept came to me while I was in my fantasy literature class. Once i had the initial code written (the C++) I had to check that it compiled and worked, as expected, and then had to convert it to HTML and add the syntax highlighting. I am not a big fan of HTML, and as such that took me the longest. Adding in all the span tags around the appropriate sections. So 10 minutes is a bit short, in total it probably took me about an hour to an hour and a half. Originally Posted by Geffy Thats a bit harsh Originally Posted by madmatt That was a compliment to his ability, not a rib. Obviously I liked the idea judging by my earlier posts. Originally Posted by Geffy oh right, so I've essentially insulted it by implying 10 minutes was harsh, bugger Stop fighting you two. I was not insulted! Eh, kinda happy that my skills are rated so high as to be able to accomplish all of that in 10 minutes ... :P Originally Posted by Mainframeguy well SOMEONE's insulted him - hey - blame me, I have broad shoulders! You definitely did not insult me! Originally Posted by Grandmaster It's an interesting concept, but like a coupe others, I was confused when I first saw it. I think making the red menu links underlined would really help! /me waits to see where the site goes... Yeah, that is the feedback I have been getting. My portfolio advisor absolutely fell in love with it at first sight, so I have won at that! :P We also have a career advisor who helps with resumes and whatnot, and he took a look at my site and said it was a very unique concept and the idea alone would get me points with recruiters and technical people. He really liked it as well! I might go with an underline, I will have to play with it some more to see whether I like that or not. My blog!

October 2nd, 2008	Top \| #24
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 213	Re: Portfolio website Originally Posted by X-Istence Once i had the initial code written (the C++) I had to check that it compiled and worked, as expected, and then had to convert it to HTML and add the syntax highlighting. I am not a big fan of HTML, and as such that took me the longest. Adding in all the span tags around the appropriate sections. I thought you'd done something like created a custom TextMate theme and then just had it convert the document to HTML to get all the spans done for you.  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

October 3rd, 2008	Top \| #25
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October 3rd, 2008	Top \| #26
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website Originally Posted by Geffy I thought you'd done something like created a custom TextMate theme and then just had it convert the document to HTML to get all the spans done for you. Nope. I had not even thought of that ... then again, I like having control over my source code. Originally Posted by Mainframeguy I'd invert the text - not underline... What do you mean? My blog!

October 3rd, 2008	Top \| #27
Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 166	Re: Portfolio website EG (look down and hover / mouseover (which is the right word?)!). hosted by Lord

October 3rd, 2008	Top \| #28
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website Ah, you want the background to become red, and the text white? Or just a black background and red text? My blog!

October 7th, 2008	Top \| #29
Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 166	Re: Portfolio website I was not concerned about the choice of colour scheme - you choose - it's just a personal preference, another idea for you to play with, I just thought it more intuitive to pick up on what it is about.... hosted by Lord

November 13th, 2008	Top \| #30
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website So, I have been working on it some more, adding more pages to it and whatnot: http://bertjwregeer.com/About_me.html Is one of the new pages I have created. That one was syntax highlighted using the sed script I posted in this forum. Also, notice that the #include that I have written (the one in " and ", not in < and >) is now also a link. So you can download all of the source code required for that file, and assuming you have the standard C++ library you can compile the source code and run it. Figured that was kinda cool :P. Wanted to just post a quick update. My blog!

November 13th, 2008	Top \| #31
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 294	Re: Portfolio website Still digging it. Awesome idea. Very original.

November 14th, 2008	Top \| #32
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November 14th, 2008	Top \| #33
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 257	Re: Portfolio website Originally Posted by trukkmann I like it, but only coders will get it. Anyone looking to hire you, their eyes will cross and they'll say your site is messed up! Yah, that's my concern too.

November 14th, 2008	Top \| #34
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website I am not to worried about it. The industry I have been looking to go into seems to have smart recruiters that get it. For example, I received a job offer from a Fortune 500 company because they stumbled across my blog/resume and then googled my name for more information, in their email to me they cited that it was my http://bertjwregeer.com/ website that made them make the offer. My blog!

November 15th, 2008	Top \| #35
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 257	Re: Portfolio website Originally Posted by X-Istence I am not to worried about it. The industry I have been looking to go into seems to have smart recruiters that get it. For example, I received a job offer from a Fortune 500 company because they stumbled across my blog/resume and then googled my name for more information, in their email to me they cited that it was my http://bertjwregeer.com/ website that made them make the offer. Well in that case... leave it as it is

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November 15th, 2008	Top \| #36
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X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Re: Portfolio website Okay, so I have updated many of the pages involved. Actually, just the code behind it, the rest was magic that worked itself out :P That being said, I would appreciate it if you guys could give it a helpful look over and let me know if there is anything obviously wrong: http://bertjwregeer.com/ Also, this may not seem obvious immediately and that is for good reason, however any #include " " statement is also a link to the file that it is including, so that any custom headers/code I have written is available for viewing as well. The entire website as it currently stands compiles as standard C++ using GCC. The following pages still have to be created: Resume page LEDWall Project Near Space Project ThisWebsite Project What I care more about is do you think this: http://bertjwregeer.com/Project/ChristmasTree.html is readable, are you able to get what the project was about? Too much text? Too little explanation? Diagrams and pictures are coming, I just need to find a way to put them on the web page without making it take away from the fact that this is supposed to be strictly code, and that in code there is no way to put images, as it is all text based. My blog!

November 24th, 2008	Top \| #39
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 213	Re: Portfolio website Very nice, though the third paragraph() of ChristmasTree reads a little oddly.  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

November 25th, 2008	Top \| #40
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 294	Re: Portfolio website Contact page: "Google chat" > "Google Chat" Still reading...