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New Blog Template?

Thursday, 8 July 2010

I've been monkeying around with a new blog template, as this one is a bit dull. I've set up a shadow blog to test things out. What do you think? Too much colour/decoration? Not enough? Any opinions gratefully received because I've looked at about 500 different templates now and I can't think straight any more!

Posted by Simon Kewin at 07:28

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous8 July 2010 at 10:05

    I agree the original isn't attractive because of the 'bitty' nature of your content. I only found one template out of 95 that suited my purpose - the others create strange formats. Your new one is better because it creates definite separate areas, so it's easier to follow, but the font isn't very elegant. Can you change it? Sue

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  2. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 10:14

    Hi Anonymous Sue,

    Yes, I'm sure I can tweak the fonts. I do agree about the separate areas. I'll tweak some more and - if you're agreeable - get you to cast your expert eye over it?

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  3. Thomas Taylor8 July 2010 at 13:03

    I like the new one. Looks good to me. Of course, what you really need is an illustrated banner *cof*

    :-)

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  4. Karen Jones Gowen8 July 2010 at 13:09

    I love the look of it! Go ahead, and if you change your mind later, it's easy to try another!

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  5. Old Kitty8 July 2010 at 13:34

    I say THUMBS UP for your new blog!! The colours are lovely and I like how columns and things like that are well defined and boxed in!

    The background colour though is the best!

    Go for it!

    take care
    x

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  6. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 13:46

    Thomas,

    An illustrated banner, hmm, now there's an idea. I'll think about that ...

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  7. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 13:47

    KarenG/Old Kitty,

    Thanks. You've all persuaded me. I just need to monkey around with all the enhancements I've made to the old template and then I'll go for it!

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  8. Anne R. Allen8 July 2010 at 17:12

    Love the blood-red background. It's intense, but not so intense you want to look away. It's an original look. Go for it.

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  9. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 17:44

    Thanks Anne - I'll definitely give it a go and see how it looks once I've tweaked it.

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  10. fairyhedgehog8 July 2010 at 18:05

    I like the new one because it's more distinctive but best of all it doesn't leave the main text sprawling across my rather wide screen. So I hope you'll go for it!

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  11. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 19:35

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  12. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 19:36

    fairyhedgehog,

    Thanks - definitely don't want it sprawling on your screen!

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  13. Anonymous8 July 2010 at 21:09

    I like the new layout a lot, Simon. My one area of complaint for some of the templates on blogs I follow is that they take so long to load, it disables the scrolling facility. Your new one doesn't do that, so I say, move it over!

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  14. Simon Kewin8 July 2010 at 21:16

    Donna,

    I'me moving everything across as we speak! Just got to edit some HTML and that ...

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  15. Ann9 July 2010 at 10:27

    I love it! So easy to read. Go for it!

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  16. Simon Kewin9 July 2010 at 10:40

    Thanks Ann. It's strange how much I suddenly hate the old template!

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I'd love to know what you think.