What I am looking for is general overview and review of my personal blog: http://www.haxs.org Currently I only post small rants or briefings on articles I find interesting / humourest. I am a security consultant by day, so I've added a small section geared towards that. As well, my audience content is primarily geared towards Canadians... What I would like: - A review for a scope / model to follow for future posts (ie: what direction to take it in) - should I add anything? (sections, forums, catergories, etc?) - Should I bother with adding ad-space? - what do you like and dislike? (remember its only 1 week old ) - any off topic suggestions? Thank you in advance!
The site looks great it's very appealing to the eye, however, it's missing a logo, you should get a professional logo asap.
I don't think a logo is such a necessity. You don't want to dry the eye to the top of the page too much. Your blog theme does look very nice already. If you were to make a logo, it would have to fit in with the color scheme. I don't think you need to change your format or anything else. Just keep going as you are. If you start to get some traffic, it would probably be worth making room for some ad space. A blog doesn't have to have a lot of extra features. If you have time to spare, maybe you should consider creating a 2nd blog tightly themed around one of your interests.
nice theme, it sure is appealing to the eyes, there is an empty space at the header, you may just fill it with the name of your site, big size just to make a brand of the site and maybe under it your site motto, it would look great. mikerambling
Ok - I took all of your advice and implemented it. I now have a general concept and material to blog about. - Would my adsense and google search be located in convient places considering I dislike header ad's? - The pages/stats - ya or nay? - any other advice? did i go over board should i revert? Thank you in advance!
Very clean design however a few recommendations; - you are targeting a crowd that likes flashy colors/ a lot of features/ and a forum for interactivity Incorporate those and you have a winning formula!
I don't like the colour scheme how its dull green the whole way. Another thing with blogs is always pump out content xD
The design was very soothing until I moved the mouse over your "code area" in your posts. Then it kind of flashed me. Try chaning the flashy white to something darker.
Nice blog with A LOT of unique content! Great job! Also nice layout, but like Walruus said, I should change that code area also.