Comments on: Phase 1 of The Blog Herald Design Upgrade http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thord Daniel Hedengren http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-841378 Thord Daniel Hedengren Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:50:49 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=10838#comment-841378 Thanks for the feedback, all! Phase 2 isn't ready just yet, but I did clean up the front page a bit more, and made the featured area somewhat more sober. There is still some things to tackle on that front, though. Thanks for the feedback, all! Phase 2 isn’t ready just yet, but I did clean up the front page a bit more, and made the featured area somewhat more sober. There is still some things to tackle on that front, though.

]]> By: Brock http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-833691 Brock Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:19:52 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=10838#comment-833691 I really like the featured posts and featured series part (might like it more if they were balanced vertically - maybe, maybe not). I also personally like a wide column because I feel like it puts the focus on the content and helps reduce the appearance of clutter. For some reason the search box looks a little out of place to me. Maybe it is just the color. Is the "using the form to the right" part really necessary? I agree about not putting ads in the header, but I can understand if that creates a lot of revenue for you. Overall, it looks good. I really like the featured posts and featured series part (might like it more if they were balanced vertically – maybe, maybe not). I also personally like a wide column because I feel like it puts the focus on the content and helps reduce the appearance of clutter.

For some reason the search box looks a little out of place to me. Maybe it is just the color. Is the “using the form to the right” part really necessary? I agree about not putting ads in the header, but I can understand if that creates a lot of revenue for you.

Overall, it looks good.

]]> By: Randa Clay http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-833677 Randa Clay Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:02:18 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=10838#comment-833677 Looking good Thord! I like the rearrangement of the sidebar content. The one area I would have comments on is the top of the content area. The Welcome section has a 1px letter spacing, and when you've got upper and lower case letters, the general rule is not to use letter spacing, for legibility. Also, it seems the yellow should be 100% of the width of the content area. I would second Rob's comment that the first impression is big time clutter. My eyes don't know where to go first. Featuring posts and series up there is a nice idea, and the graphics to go along with them is nice too, but because there are so many other graphic elements, ads, etc. up there it's all just too much. You mentioned though, that you thought the front page was still a little messy- so I'm looking forward to seeing phase 2! :) Looking good Thord! I like the rearrangement of the sidebar content. The one area I would have comments on is the top of the content area. The Welcome section has a 1px letter spacing, and when you’ve got upper and lower case letters, the general rule is not to use letter spacing, for legibility. Also, it seems the yellow should be 100% of the width of the content area. I would second Rob’s comment that the first impression is big time clutter. My eyes don’t know where to go first. Featuring posts and series up there is a nice idea, and the graphics to go along with them is nice too, but because there are so many other graphic elements, ads, etc. up there it’s all just too much. You mentioned though, that you thought the front page was still a little messy- so I’m looking forward to seeing phase 2! :)

]]> By: Krug http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-833553 Krug Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:04:08 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=10838#comment-833553 Looks sharp Thord good job as usual. Looks sharp Thord good job as usual.

]]> By: Rob O. http://www.blogherald.com/2009/02/27/phase-1-of-the-blog-herald-design-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-833481 Rob O. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:39:19 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=10838#comment-833481 I really like the wider content column and I'm anxious to see the changes that the other 2 phases will bring. You've obviously put a lot of work into this! Hafta say though, it still seems that the content is overshadowed by the find a surprising amount of distracting clutter scattered across the page. That there are even ads in the header section seems a bit excessive. Will your header be getting a refresh too? I really like the wider content column and I’m anxious to see the changes that the other 2 phases will bring. You’ve obviously put a lot of work into this!

Hafta say though, it still seems that the content is overshadowed by the find a surprising amount of distracting clutter scattered across the page. That there are even ads in the header section seems a bit excessive.

Will your header be getting a refresh too?

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