Small Business Arena Review Request

Discussion in 'Websites' started by onestop, May 13, 2005.

  1. #1
    Hi everybody
    I have launched my new site Small Business Arena yesterday. I'd like all your constructive criticism, and reviews about my new site.

    I'm especially interested in your reviews about logo, design, menu, adsense placement and whatever else you can think of.

    I will update this site/blog daily, and am looking in hiring guest authors (pay per post basis), so if you have any experience writing in small business/entrepreneurship areas, you can contact me via PM for possible author position.

    Thanks in advance for all reviews.
    Matt
     
    onestop, May 13, 2005 IP
  2. Cashable

    Cashable Well-Known Member

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    Matt, nice site. RIN theme, right? I used the same theme here: http://www.mymickeycard.com

    My one advice would be to shrink the logo. Just seems to take up more space than it needs to. I was thinking something like this:

    http://upload.images.filecabin.com/uploads/sba.gif


    I like the adsense on the comments page, I might have to do that.
     
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  3. onestop

    onestop Well-Known Member

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    Thanks mouseketrips. I was thinking about making the logo smaller :)
    I have to find a way to change <H1> tags in posts (any ideas?), and fix some xhtml validation errors. I have customized the sidebar, but I get several validation errors.
    Your site looks pretty good also, good job.
     
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    Cashable Well-Known Member

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    Did you check out the style.css file? All of the variables are in there. I just messed around with it until I found the right ones. Good luck!
     
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  5. onestop

    onestop Well-Known Member

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    Thanks mouseketrips, I have to play with stylesheet little more :)
    I'll be happy if other members have sent their critiques also.
    thanks
     
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    carowan Peon

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    I like the site a lot, nice and clean.

    As a person who works with benefits often, I think many business owners would be intererested to find some resources on reducing the cost of benefits as the annual increases are in the 10-15% range for the past few years.
     
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  7. onestop

    onestop Well-Known Member

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    carowan thanks for your comments. I totally agree with you about reducing the cost of benefits. As a small business owner, it's a very important topic. If you are interested in writing some articles also, please PM me, my goal is to collect valuable articles from professionals.
    I'm also looking forward to receive more comments/critiques.
     
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    prowler Guest

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    Nice site just saw a spelling mistake not sure if it is ment to be genious or genius line 336 column 54
     
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    Super neat look. On my browser, however, all the content and bottom of page leaving bit blank are under banner. Menu looks as if it is located where you want it.

    shannon
     
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  10. onestop

    onestop Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, I've fixed the spelling mistake :)

    Thanks shannon, you're right, it doesn't look great. I will fix it.
    Matt
     
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    I really like the look of your site. Sometimes I read about a page rendering as expected in some browsers and not others. Just wanted you to know in mine still need a little tweaking. You are going to have very nice site.

    Shannon
     
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