Long Nguyen

The beginning of my new website

Lately, I have been thinking of redesigning my website which serves as my online portfolio. The reason is because my current one isn’t doing justice to what I can do as web designer. It lacks purpose and clarity. What it currently is, is a page with a series of links that point to websites I have created. In other words, all the link are making visitors leave which isn’t really my objective.

So what’s my objective? To get people to see that I can do a good job and to get people to hire me.

In order to reach that objective, I have thought of using words on the home page. For example, I could use an introductory paragraph that says something like: “I am a web designer experienced in building clean, simple and user-friendly websites for clients across the globe.” It’s a simple statement that lets visitors know what I do and who I do it for. It’s also very clear and easy to read. Initially, I had a longer text, but I realized that it will be better suited for an About section.

In addition to an overhaul of the home page, I have also thought about the general structure of the website with a navigation that will contain these elements: Services, Portfolio, Blog, About, Contact. I have very clearly defined each of them as follows:

• Services – The things I do
• Portfolio – The things I’ve done
• Blog – The things I write
• About – The things I am
• Contact – The things you want to tell me

I already figured out the content of each section, so now, I am thinking about how I can display all that information. This is the design stage.

Stay tuned for more details on this personal project.