Hi all We have added a blog to our website, and I would appreciate any comments on it from members here. Blog can be found at www.ComspecComputers.co.uk/blog/ I know it is quite plain, but I liked that to be honest. I also thought that the colour scheme matched my main site quite well, and the blog itself looked quite modern. Thanks in advance for the reviews.
Thanks for that. I took a serious time to pick that theme, so nice to know others like it Funny though, I had another theme originally, but it crashed on some of the new additions to wordpress, must have been for an earlier version. This one is better imho though.
Nice and Clean design/layout. That's what PC Security Website should be. Not too flashy, easy to navigate. Very useful information too. Just my 2 cents worth
Thanks for the positive input guys. I cannot take credit for the laptop security picture - bought that from istockphoto Clean, uncluttered, content-rich - that is my take on it all, and that's the way I have aimed it. Cheers for taking a look.
Thanks. It matches the overall website in colour at least. The website has a link on the blog (www.comspeccomputers.co.uk). It was a completely bespoke job, done for me by Creospace. It is difficult to choose your theme in WP, as there are just so many to choose from. I had installed another theme first, but it had a few technical problems, leading me to have another look. Glad I did really, as I love this look.
I will suggest few changes to make it look professional.. firstly from the blog page that link to home should link to your website home page not your blog.. their should be another link their to blog which will link to blog's homepage.. plus the footer should have link to your homepage plus your disclaimer and how to contact you plus your about page.. plus the links in the sidebar should have that Comspec Computer Services link on position no. 1 than others.. all this gives it little more professional look... many people would charge you for similar advices..at DP they are given away for free.. please add rep if you like this..
Thanks for that. I will change the 'Home' link as you say - it is a good idea. I might also then just add a 'Blog Home' too, to allow the reader to get to the home page for the blog too. I agree about the links, Comspec should be in position no. 1, but it seems to default to alphabetical (need to figure out how to change this) Any advice is always welcome, so thanks for taking the time to do this. Edit - figured out the 'rep' bit, and added one
if it is automatic than you must be using wordpress blog roll for that..right? instead of that use the HTML tags <ul> <li><a href="your link">your anchor text</a></li> <li><a href="your link">your anchor text</a></li> </ul> ok I was bit too basic but believe me that is all you need. Although you might need the <div></div> tags too as per your theme's CSS file
Yeah, 2.5 it is. Not that clued up on WP tbh, but I am going through a steep learning curve. Will check into it though.
I was glad to see that you seem to be using the blog to try to have a conversation with your customers. Keep being honest and personal, it will pay off over time. My only suggestion would be to add a link so its easy to get to the homepage of your actual website.
You are correct, its plain and simple and thats what exactly you need for a computer related blog. Computer troubleshooting can be a pain in the 'back'. My personal experience, while troubleshooting a computer, if I search on Yahoo or Google and end up on a site with Heavy Design, I may close that site no matter how informational it could be. On the other hand, if I visit your site, I would love to read the articles because your blog is extremely easy on eyes. A very good control of colors, I loved it, really. I really liked your use of Continue reading 'Post Name' instead of using MORE. Did you use some plugin or did you edit the theme? I would give your site a score of 9 out of 9. And I believe, you will have more categories as you will keep adding more articles to your blog. Andy