New blog. Looking for reviews/thoughts

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    http://www.randomjabber.com

    I've been designing sites and graphics for a few years but this is my first real site online.

    1. How is the design? Does it make you want to come back?
    2. Navigation?
    3. Text easy to read?

    Any other thoughts? I'm trying to decide what to put under the "recommended books" section in the lower right side of the footer, so if you have any suggestions there, I'm all ears.

    Thanks
     
    deronsizemore, Jul 27, 2007 IP
  2. parab

    parab Banned

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    #2
    1. How is the design? Does it make you want to come back?

    8/10 - nice design..

    2. Navigation?

    10/10 great nav

    3. Text easy to read?

    7/10 light font
     
    parab, Jul 27, 2007 IP
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    1. Good design, clean and friendly! And best of all it doesn't look like all other blogs.
    2. easy to fine!
    3. very
     
    mattjfrank, Jul 27, 2007 IP
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    Easy to navigate, great design, easy to read. Great blog overall. Good luck with it :)
     
    Slacker, Jul 27, 2007 IP
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    addlinkurl Well-Known Member

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    #5
    great example for a blog design i think.very nice work.
     
    addlinkurl, Jul 27, 2007 IP
  6. Doug the Great

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    Nice and 2.0ish.

    I like it.
     
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  7. deronsizemore

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    Thanks for the reviews everyone. Really appreciate the positive feedback. :)
     
    deronsizemore, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    9/10 - well done.

    One thing i would do is display how many feedburner subscribers you have.
     
    Andy92, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    Hello!

    Very nicely designed blog! I am going to agree with parab with respect to the text colour... it's a bit too light for my personal tastes but then again, we are all different!

    With regards to the above comment, I think displaying your RSS feed subscriber number is very much a personal preference and of course there is lots of controversy about whether or not to do it... but for me, it doesn't take away from your overall design!

    Best of luck!
     
    emilykash, Jul 28, 2007 IP
  10. deronsizemore

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    Hi, with regards to showing the feed subscribers. I will more than likely show them eventually, but right now, as it's such a new blog, I really don't have many subscribers. I don't think it would be beneficial for me to display my ten subscribers. :) Now, if I had five-hundred subscribers, then yeah, I'd probably show them.

    Thanks for your thoughts.
     
    deronsizemore, Jul 29, 2007 IP
  11. Andy92

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    Yeh, i would reccoment showing them if its at least over 50.
     
    Andy92, Jul 30, 2007 IP
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    Great blog. It looks very clean and professional.

    But I would make the text a little darker so it is easier on the eyes.
     
    themanbeast9, Jul 30, 2007 IP
  13. deronsizemore

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    Thanks for your thoughts. That seems to be the general consensus, I'll have to play around with the color tonight. :)

    EDIT: Okay, I've made the font color darker. I actually do like it better. Thanks for the suggestions on that.
     
    deronsizemore, Jul 30, 2007 IP
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    wow, i really like it.. very professional and clean..

    good good..
     
    4xbizexec, Jul 30, 2007 IP
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    #15
    Same as this guy!

    Like the mybloglog on the bottom left!

    Sam
     
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  16. deronsizemore

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    Thanks a lot everyone! I appreciate the comments. :)
     
    deronsizemore, Jul 31, 2007 IP