Critique Needed

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  1. willj778

    willj778 Member

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    #21
    Ya The 'Miscellaneous' and 'Website Tips' tabs currently are not aligned properly, don't know if that is on purpose or not. Also the orange link color slightly hurts the eyes.

    Other than that, very clean nice layout
     
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  2. lycos

    lycos Well-Known Member

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    #22
    I think there's still a lot of improvement needed on your blog.
    First of all, maybe you want to consider trying to explain to visitors what the site is all about rather than saying "Let's Sermo - let's get talking". It would be better to say "Let's Sermo - Talk about webmaster topic".
    Second, the main page is rather too long. You might want to consider limiting and reduce the number of post per page to prevent long scrolling and make the blog load faster.
    Third, I think the color is too bland.

    Just my suggestion. Hope that helps.
     
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  3. skypeace

    skypeace Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Thank you everyone especially bodger!

    Rep added to all :)
     
    skypeace, Aug 17, 2008 IP
  4. blackonyx

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    #24
    • Your "about" page should be featured more prominently and explain better whats a "sermo" is.
    • If you are planing on advertising and think about getting into AdSense (who doesn't?), you'll need a privacy statement.
    • Your content is actually quite shallow and your blog lacks a clear topic.
    • "Links" pages are things you should not do. Search engines frown on them, as they are not of real value to visitors and hence only serve for linkfarming purposes.
    • In firefox 3/Linux, the "Let's sermo" title link has an annoying border when clicking it. The "Miscellaneous" and "Web tips" links below leave artefacts in the black bar above.
     
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  5. Chase.

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    #25
    Rather nice; it does have a pre-made look, though.
     
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  6. CodeWorld

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    #26
    I am always after neat clean looking themes and your's is one. I like it. However i found out something in menu, please find the image attached.

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    The menu seperation lines are overlapping the header. Other then that its awesome.:)
     
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  7. kfir2

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    #27
    The template is nice, but the logo could be better.
     
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  8. skypeace

    skypeace Well-Known Member

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    #28
    I was editing the CSS
    and messed up :)

    Thanks +rep
     
    skypeace, Aug 20, 2008 IP
  9. EricBruggema

    EricBruggema Well-Known Member

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    #29
    Great articles as i mentioned at your blog, think content is best, nice design and easy to read!

    Nice!
     
    EricBruggema, Aug 20, 2008 IP
  10. allthegoodnamesweretaken

    allthegoodnamesweretaken Peon

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    #30
    OVerall, it's a great design! I'm not usually a fan of dark themes, but you've blended it in well with some light so well done.

    And as for critique? :p
    > The Logo doesn't blend in on Safari
    > And the second navigation (below the banner) goes slightly off when you hover.

    Apart from that I think it's great--bookmakred!

    PS. I was looking for somewhere with the Google logo's for AGES (An hour plus) and couldn't find any, so thanks!!
     
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    #31
    i like it, but it looks really...generic. give it something to really make it stand out.
     
    bghjkl, Aug 20, 2008 IP
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    #32
    farrhad you have very neat and nice blog but what main thing i noticed that your rss feed image is very small . If you can apply little bigger image than may be this can help you to get more readers .
     
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  13. skypeace

    skypeace Well-Known Member

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    #33
    Thanks :)
    Glad i could be of help

    +rep to you and atulperx :)
     
    skypeace, Aug 20, 2008 IP
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    #34
    It looks too flat to me, no contrast. But i like the display :)
     
    scubita, Aug 20, 2008 IP
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    andyba Well-Known Member

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    #35
    Nice and clean site.
    I would make the header a bit smaller since it occupy a lot of space without much use.
    On a smaller monitor it looks to thick almost 1/3 of monitor space.
     
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  16. msi52

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    #36
    Great site. like every said about the header. i'd say your header is good too just do something about the logo colours. Lets in orange is ok do something about Sermo!. Make it same as your pages background colour (something like beige). Main page too long. Cant you make those GOOGLE logo's scrolled automatic and limit the size ? I dont know if i'm right or not. Just a suggestion.

    Over all its perfect. I loved it.

    All the best
     
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  17. skypeace

    skypeace Well-Known Member

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    #37
    Thanks Everyone!

    I fixed the css error :)

    +reps
     
    skypeace, Aug 22, 2008 IP
  18. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    #38
    I like the design because it's neat, clean and the color combination is great. But I think you should redesign back the "Let Sermo" logo. Try to use bold font.

    The other thing is, why the blogroll table down there is not the same width as all table above it. Or do you want to just keep it that way?
     
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  19. skypeace

    skypeace Well-Known Member

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    #39
    Am looking to add second sidebar. This will make it look fine.... :)

    Thanks. Rep added :D
     
    skypeace, Aug 22, 2008 IP
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    #40
    if you have made that theme yourself then its really awesome!!
    but it looks kinda incomplete. I dont see any logo on your blog.
    i think you should design a new fancy and attractive logo. It will look great!
     
    demonator09, Aug 22, 2008 IP
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