hi everyone - I (believe) i've finished my new site - at least the basics - and would ask if others could have a quick toot at it, even if its only the firstpage. give me an idea of any glaringly bad things that i'm oblivious to. being new to all this, i would like to get opinions of those better able to see howlers in the form of design/layout/advertising etc cheers to you all nath the site is: http://www.ubertramp.com many thanks
The black bar can be extended a bit so it aligns with your right menu and left content area (It's a bit short at the moment). Essentially it needs to be the same width as your header. The overall layout is pretty neat.
you design abd colours are looks good but are you sure that the lack bar on your header is necessary?
Nice and clean blog. I agree with the post before mine about the adsense. You can add adsense below any of your two sidebars.
hey, this is great feedback, folks. many thanks to you all for your comments so far. will definitely look into getting an adsense ad on the far right menu bar, and am seriously considering moving the top black menu bar (or getting rid of it altogether). I think i can solve the home navigation by making the main header a live link to the front page, and i can place a link to the bio in the middle sidebar i reckon - the same goes for the contact page link. once again, thanks everso much for taking the time to review my site. cheers, nath
Nice site.. The only thing I don't really like is all the white.. try and cover it up a little! - Regards
once again, thanks folks for your time and your feedback so far. I know what you mean about the white background, but i'm not finding any other colour that really works at the oment - although'm constantly jiggling with borders and backgrounds to try and get something alittle more pleasant on the eye. thanks for the comments on the pics, too. im writing this list of suggestions and comments down, and when we have a trend emerging they will be acted upon - i want both the content and the look to be just right! thanks to you all, and please keep the critique coming - it WILL be acted upon thanks nath
Once agin, thaks for your suggestions. just as a quick update I thought i'd share my changes. 1. Adsense - yup, dotted some ads around the site and they are covering the cost of the hosting no probs. they won't make me a millionaire, but as long as i don't have to delve into my pocket to pay for the blog i am happy ;-) incidentally, the top 728x16 has definitely attracted the most attention, and send to thathas been the inline ads. the 200x200 block is pants, so i think that will be disaprearing altogether very soon. 2. Got rid of a bit of the white by increasing the size of photos and text areas, and i must admit i like the look more now - thanks folks! 3. have adjusted the black bar at the top so (hopefully) everything lines up now. i still have a few browsers to check it on, but the main ones are A-OK now 4. got rid of some of the side bar menus and replaced them with little green icons (and an orange 'subscribe' one) - I just hope they are clear enough and readers understand what they are for. it separates nicely the 'content' menus and the 'static page' menus, at least i think so. Just have to move the links one and its all done. many thanks again for all your comments so far, and if ANYONE has ANY more suggestions to improve my site then please leave a comment - I will provide updates for those that take the time to do so. Cheers! nath