Mike HindleThe all-new Mike Hindle Photography website 🤍
Luc Pestille@mikehindleuk I love the monochrome brutalism and chunky type. I _really_ need to finish my site overhaul...
@LucPestille Nice one, Luc 🙌🏻 Just had a little nosey at yours, I like it! What plans do you have for the update?
@mikehindleuk It's been in the works locally for ~4 years (life just got in the way) - but there's a better portfolio, a bunch of micro-reviews, a virtual photography section, RSS for everything, and a low-effort dark mode. Just needs the last 2% push...
@LucPestille Nice! Sounds good and look forward to seeing it, especially the dark mode ⚫️
tlohde@mikehindleuk lovely images, and a really smart simple website. two thumbs up.
@tlohde Thank you 🙌🏻 Very much appreciated 🤩🙏🏻
Daniele T."/words" and "/about" look really huge on a computer screen 😳
@dan_t Thanks for the feedback, Daniele. Does it look any different to these screenshots?
I only have a laptop/16 inch screen so haven't seen it on anything bigger.
@dan_t Thank you. It was originally meant to be full width, but it's a little (a lot) OTT here.
I've made words and about a little smaller on desktop/laptop.
Appreciate your feedback 🙌🏻
No problem! I like your website and photos.
Brandon Zhang 🇨🇳 📷@mikehindleuk This is superb, Mike. Do you somehow keep track of your old versions? I know a designer, she redesigns her website each year and keep all the previous versions and she have links on the header to old versions as well. I'm not suggesting you do same, just an idea that I'm throwing out there. I forgot the name of the designer, I will share that once I find it. Plus, I wish I could have your design skills.
@heybran Thanks Brandon 🙌🏻 I don't to be honest (I probably should). Great idea and would love to see her site.
I've moved the site back to Squarespace, so very little design skills involved 🤣
@mikehindleuk Hrmm didn't know you're back to Squarespace, what is the reason behind this move? This is the site I talked about: https://lynnandtonic.com/archive/
@heybran Well that one of the nicest websites I've seen in a long time 🤩 Thanks for sharing it, Brandon 🙌🏻
The same reason as before, really; just looking for a simplified / non-technical solution. Don't plan on moving again, as it's a lot of work with so many blog posts to migrate.
My WordPress sites don't update anymore without logging into the web host and clearing the cache, which was getting annoying. The web host also can't figure out the issue.
@mikehindleuk That's annoying indeed. I guess that's the selling point of Squarespace, taking care of the annoying site maintenance for you.
@heybran True 🙌🏻 It's not 100% ideal, but it suits my needs.
I'm less and less interesting in the technical side of things these days. This way I can just focus on my business, photography and writing.