My Blog

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Benjelliott, Feb 18, 2010.

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    http://benj3.com

    I designed the website myself, and I would just like some input on the design.
    About how it can be better, or what I can do to make it better, thanks.

    :)
     
    Benjelliott, Feb 18, 2010 IP
  2. mezner

    mezner Peon

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    Its not bad, although I would have liked to see a sidebar or some more information on what your blog is about (on the main page, because that's where people end up first). Also, add this to your CSS

    a {
    ouline: none;
    }

    That will get rid of the dotted border when you click on buttons in the navigation (which personally, I always make sure there is no outline).
     
    mezner, Feb 18, 2010 IP
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    Thats not bad looking.

    One thing that ive read a few times is that lines of text can be easier to read when they are not so wide, maybe theres something else that you can do to the layout to mean that the text doesn't span nearly the whole width of the page.


    I dont know if it is, but if its a fluid width layout for example (i hope fluid is the right term?) then obviously the text would be even more stretched accross in the layout on a large screen.
     
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    yeah fluid is the right term, and that WOULD be bad for blogs in my opinon. I suggested a sidebar, because that would get rid of the line lengths while adding in a better way to find old posts.
     
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    I don't have a sidebar, because I don't like them very much...I do have a footerbar though. It's pretty much just like a sidebar but it's at the bottom of the page.

    And no, it is not 'fluid', it is set to 900px width.
     
    Benjelliott, Feb 18, 2010 IP