Jim Kukral - Latest Comments in New Blog Design

Re: New Blog Design

Israel — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:56:50 -0000

i dont know what it looked like before, but this design is clean and it works. One thing i dont like is the title with your domain in italics.

Re: New Blog Design

John Ettorre — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:09:34 -0000

Wow, Jim, love the new design. And I love (even more) how you stick to the notion that strong content is the most important factor. Keep up the great work, pal.

Re: New Blog Design

Steven Snell — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:28:35 -0000

Wow, it's a lot different. I like it. The content and comments are definitely easy to read. I think the white background of the content area with the dark background of the rest of the page draws some focus to the content and makes it easier to read.

Re: New Blog Design

Jim Kukral — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:43:15 -0000

@aaron, any suggestions for getting more deep traffic reading?

@Kevin, yeah, Brian Gardner is a wonderful designer.

Re: New Blog Design

Kevin Muldoon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:07:28 -0000

yeah thats a lot better Jim.

Overall I like the design...though maybe I'm biased because I use a Brian Gardner theme too. The comment area is a lot friendlier too :)

Re: New Blog Design

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:59:17 -0000

I like it. I'd consider a Best of type of widget in the sidebar but try not to get overly cluttered. There's not a whole lot of functionality to drive readers deeper. That would be the one thing that I think is missing.

Re: New Blog Design

Jim Kukral — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:23:58 -0000

How's that Kevin?

Steven, I'm a believer that strong content is what makes your blog stand out, not design. But I hear what you're saying. I'm going to be releasing some daily video content next week that I think will fit nicely into this design. In other words... I have a plan :)

Re: New Blog Design

Steven Finch — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:27:22 -0000

Im not too sure about the design. I agree with Kevin in terms of the fonts etc. they are a lot better now. I think the design is more professional, but it wont help your blog in the long run, because it just doesnt stand out as much, plus you need to click thru just to see the articles.

Im also not too sure how your videos will link it, because i know you do a great deal of videos.

Re: New Blog Design

Kevin Muldoon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:00:55 -0000

I think the size of the fonts etc are better now. The one thing I would do is remove the preview from the single.php file - ie. at the moment you have a few sentences previewing the post which is below it :)