What should I add or tweak next?

Discussion in 'Websites' started by mnymkr, Feb 8, 2007.

  1. #1
    I know there is so much to do on this site. It is a learning process. However I need to add something that will benefit my users and I also need to make it more attractive.

    Please offer any suggestions and criticisms.

    All are appreciated!

    www.shareyourexpertise.com
     
    mnymkr, Feb 8, 2007 IP
  2. melissasanger

    melissasanger Peon

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    #2
    Change the color of the blue text to a soft dark grey :)

    It will make it look more professional & reliable
     
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  3. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    do you have a color code in mind?
     
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    i thikn you should change the shade of green used. it looks a bit like an old car with faided paint.
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #5
    If you're going to stick with the green, then get rid of the blue link text. Change them to green too - or at least something that doesn't clash as much.
     
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    ZeRo_CoOl Peon

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    Yeah mate, try and blend your site as much as possible. Either change the color scheme to match your links or vice versa (change the link colour to either the green or a shade of it). If you are going to have different colors I think it would be better to use colors that compliment each other. my 2c
     
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  7. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    OK I am totally cool with that....I just need suggestions. I am not good with colors. Can someone give some actual hexi code suggestions.
     
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    Angeleyes Peon

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    #8
    The green is fine, but those links have to be changed. You should change the link color to the darker grey you use for the text, and the bullets you should match with the darker green in the header.

    That would look nice! :)
     
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  9. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    I can't get the grey to show up well at all. The grey in the header is not grey at all it is actually a normal black just looks that way with H2 normal weight and that font....i think......what do yall think....i changed it to a grey
     
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    Personally i think that the site looks great. nice clean professional look to it.
    amxcorey
     
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  11. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    thank you....i am not very good with making sites look cool or web 2.0ish....i am trying to build a nice community! i hope some more people join!
     
    mnymkr, Feb 9, 2007 IP
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    d16man Well-Known Member

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    I would change the placement of the ads...make them appear more like they belong...at the most, make sure they have the same background color as the page, so that they blend in better...also, I got ads for meditation, which doesn't have anything to do with windows vista...if I came looking for vista information, I personally would not click the ads...just my $.02...
     
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    smatts9 Active Member

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    Get rid of that Joomla favicon and come up with an original one, like a small lightbulb like in your header image or something. I also don't know if that is the best title tag.
     
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  14. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    #14

    I am not sure what you mean about make them appear more like they belong. ads are ads. In my opinion, blending makes them appear like they "belong" too much and is often used as a trick to make people thinks its a link on your page that they should click on and not an ad.

    But I do need to improve the placement and color scheme of them.

    Unfortunately I cannot control what ads appear. The page you looked at is the latest articles page. The meditation article was in the top of the list yesterday so I guess Google hasn't updated the ads for it. If you view the Vista article in the directory the proper ads appear. Which is how someone searching for the article would find it.
     
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    It looks great now mnymkr!! :)
     
    Angeleyes, Feb 16, 2007 IP
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    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    Thanks! Been working hard!

    Sure would be cool if someone was writing about pets on it ;)
     
    mnymkr, Feb 16, 2007 IP
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    Love the green!
     
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  18. mnymkr

    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    wow not many people say that....ill be adding some stuff today....might add classifieds...not sure.....anyone wanna join! about to add featured members and featured articles
     
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    Hecky Like a Dungeon Dragon!

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    Yeah, I like the header design, also it might be an idea to get the ads on the homepage for extra revenue?
     
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    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    I want to but is hard to target ads there. so I am up in the air about it. I also was gonna save that ad space for "winners" of monthly contests.
     
    mnymkr, Feb 17, 2007 IP