i have knocked up http://mashtrends.com i would like some honest opinions on how i can improve the site please
You need to get rid of that logo and those black shadowed text images. You are talking about trends and you are using really old-looking graphics. Try some web2.0 style or a little bit brighter graphics. Good luck.
im going to try out some of the wpnow themes they have some pretty nice looking web 2.0 themes lets see how that goes any reactions will be much appretiated
ok installed the simplista theme from wpnow however ... the images no longer show on the home page not sure how to correct that any ideas?
ok changed back to the original theme and added some web 2.0 style graphics any further advice form anyone?
There are lots of players available on this war, and compare with them your site looking very skinny. You need to re-work and build site eye caching, pretty in terms of GUI.
yeah your right but im trying to stick with the current theme as i have spent some time customising it im just playing with the backgrounds now i like the one
i have just put on the black one but not sure what to do with the rest of the theme ie content background etc to make it look right
yeah it is a little simple im just struggling to come up with new features...i think i might use some more of the google api's so far ive used the google maps api and the youtube api ... any suggestions on features guys?
ok so ive updated it now looks a bit more web 2.0 but no where near where i want it yet...its been approved by google news and appears on programable web and killer startups but a reccomendation from killer startups was to include some user interaction any ideas what i could include?
I definitely enjoy the site and I think the idea is great, any time I end up watching youtube videos for 20 minutes I commend whomever has caused such a distraction so good job there. My only suggestion (at the moment) would be to try to do something about the way the youtube videos are embedded in the page. They come down over the text and can be quite stubborn to try to close them after you've watched the video. Keep plugging away though, you're definitely onto something good!
thanks mate im going to try and use a light box for the youtube vids if i can figure out how to intergrate it with the youtube api...if anyone has any thoughts on how this can be done please do share.
anyone any ideas on which wordpress plugins can be used for a reasonable membership site...the plugins must be free i have to state!