What do you think about my blog?

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    melbel, Jul 5, 2008 IP
  2. lycos

    lycos Well-Known Member

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    Hey, I like the content. It's pretty nice to read your blog posts detailing the comparison on what you've made between France and America. I'm sure a lot of people coming from those countries will find it useful.
     
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  3. kittyluver

    kittyluver Notable Member

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    This blog is really awesome not only in design but also in content. I love the manner in which you're presenting things. That's why I bookmarked and make a comment on it also!
     
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  4. dfourss

    dfourss Well-Known Member

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    Very nice start. I like the color scheme.

    My only suggesting is to increase the size of your font. These old eyes had a hard time reading your content and that's WITH reading glasses. LOL
     
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  5. DMComics

    DMComics Peon

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    V. Nice website, though I also agree that the text size needs upping!
    Also, what font do you use for the main body text, is it Times New Roman? - Sans Serif fonts are read more easily on screens compared to Serif font. Serif fonts should mainly be used for printouts only.

    Sans Serif (e.g Tahoma) = Screen/Display
    Serif (e.g. Times New Roman) = Paper/Hardcopy

    Hope this helps,

    Dave
    "everyone knows a bloke called Dave"
     
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  6. Comspec

    Comspec Peon

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    Hi

    I like the idea for the blog, and good luck with it.

    The text needs to be increased, as it is defeinitely hard to read (and I have great eyesight) :)

    I also think that your text area could do with becoming a little wider. OK, at the top your sidebar is there, but as you go down the blog the text then only takes up half the width. Perhaps use a 2-column theme, and spread the sidebar stuff down the page a little?
     
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    Like your site An American In France, this could turn into an online novel as the name leads the mind to imagine all that could be in store for an American who is in a foreign land.
    Great jump out at you color scheme as well the red is utilized well not over done.
    Logic
     
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  8. melbel

    melbel Notable Member

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    I changed the font in my blog. I hope it still looks nice. Let me know what you think about the font change.
     
    melbel, Jul 7, 2008 IP
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    dfourss Well-Known Member

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    MUCH better!
     
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    camp185 Well-Known Member

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    Not a big fan of red text on black background.
     
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    melbel Notable Member

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    It's on a white background. There's no black background. :(
     
    melbel, Jul 8, 2008 IP
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    Nosfer Well-Known Member

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    #12
    your blog has a sweet design for blogger. you could replace the favicon to hide the fact that it's a blogger blog.
     
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    melbel Notable Member

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    How do I do that?
     
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  14. Lard

    Lard Peon

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    #14
    I like the site. You should go for a little comedy/personal opinion too - ie the annoying things that they do etc. Their love of two hour lunch breaks, their frankly ancient internet sites etc

    Bon chance.
     
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    camp185 Well-Known Member

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    #16
    That's grey.

    Personally I quite like it for the small amount used on the site.
     
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    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    Where are the pictures at???? There is a lot of talk, but pictures are worth 1,000 words. You speak of recycle bins, but no pictures?
     
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  18. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #18
    the red has to much contrast on the dark background, it doesn't look good.
    Also, I would work on a better domain, it seems like a free domain to me with all the dashes.
    and I would definitely take care of the favircon... if you don't know how, just google favircon generator.

    cheers
     
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    camp185 Well-Known Member

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    Well if you are going to get super technical about it, that color is not GRAY either.

    Gray is 808080, not 636363.
     
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  20. Lard

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    #20
    Hardly getting super technical about it....just that it quite obviously wasn't black.

    Anyway tomato tomAto

    :)
     
    Lard, Jul 10, 2008 IP