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Old 06-28-2005, 02:53 PM www.soccer-views.com/novel.php - Football Blog - Feedback Needed
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Hi there. I'm in the process of designing a football blog which is slated to launch sometime soon.

I do agree that the site layout is generally "narrow". However I think it makes it look a tad more unique than the conventional broad-based types. If it remains a dominant problem, than I'll go for something wider. This would naturally mean that all the graphics would have to be re-designed to fit the new length of the site, which is a tedious task in my humble opinion.


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Old 06-29-2005, 06:46 AM
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Hello Josh,

Nice work! I really like it, images look really sharp, nice contrasting colours! How long did it take you to produce?

I can't see anything wrong with it at all and I don't think the narrow design is a bad idea.

Will you be extending the length of each page as the content of your site starts to increase? That would be the only problem that I could forsee in the future, having to continually use the scroll wheel/bar up and down. If that was the case, then perhaps you could put named ANCHOR tags, that would take the visitor back to the top of the header. Just an idea.

Overall it looks stunning.
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Old 06-29-2005, 12:51 PM
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Thanks for the kind words.

It took me about an entire day to design the site from scratch. I kinda' had the layout stuck in my head for sometime which made it all the more easier implementing it.

The "Anchor" tags are indeed essential. Thanks for suggesting the idea. I'll definitely be utilizing it.


Cheers and pls keep those comments rolling in.


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Old 06-29-2005, 03:35 PM
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WTG Josh! Really nice layout. The text is easy to read and looks good with the colors you have chosen. I like the nice simple layout, you have your navigation bar on top so your visitors will be a ble to navigate your website easily. Really Nice Job!
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Old 06-30-2005, 02:17 PM
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Thanks again.

I've completed the coding for the whole site, so that every section has active links. The navigation has also been made simpler for our readers.


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Old 06-30-2005, 08:39 PM
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Nice CLEAN layout. only prob in my opinion is that there is no rollover image on the links at the top. besides that it is great
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Old 07-02-2005, 05:02 PM
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very cool blog indeed..

i've just started a footy blog too..maybe we can exchnage links?..lol
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:27 AM
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yep, it is a bit narrow .. but it looks nice. I like the way you've made it. Good job.
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Old 07-09-2005, 02:23 AM
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Old 07-09-2005, 02:41 AM
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Your site is near perfection.

1. The green "partition" at the bottom spoils your site. Remove it and bring up the footer image to complete the site.

2. The menu links have matrix brackets surrounding them. I find that these are often misused, and such are yours. These types of brackets should never be used on a site, unless it is Flash and the brackets are animated. Simply getting rid of them and keeping all the links the same format would benefit your site.

3. Don't worry about the size. It is the content within it that matters and the way that content is provided. The narrowness of your site looks the ideal. If it was say 600px or wider, then it would just look stupid.

4. The stars around the first letter of the title images are a little warped. If you could make them anti-aliased and a little smaller (so that they barely surround the first letter) I think it would look a lot better.

5. If you look carefull at the man holding the trophy, there is a slight bit of that picture protruding out of the frame (and I don't mean his arm). A small line of pixels (roughly 2px) of the landscape behind him is showing.

6. You into is perfect. It is not the same boring intro as everyone else's, "Hello and welcome to my site. The exits are located here, here and here..." Great job on making it different.

7. Normally a header image should always have the main content of it on the left, however when the site is as narrow as yours, a lot of rules get thrown out. Especially that one. I think that it looks perfect and should NEVER be changed.

8. The below image takes up too much room on your blog entry. Your site is simply too narrow to have something like that in the blog. Provide a much more effective:space title to bring out the content better.


9. The title bar of your blog entry does not fully connect to the surrounding border of the main content of the blog. This may however be an indescrepancy with IE, but please check it out.

10. The copyright on your site is good. However, remember that it is not LEGALLY BINDING. This means that if anyone does decide to copy your content, you can not sue them. It would also be a suggestion to put in Copyright(c) 2005, YOUR NAME. That way we know who it is copyrighted to.
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Old 07-10-2005, 08:28 AM
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Thanks for the comments guys...esp Twitch. I really appreciate the feedback and will work on the areas which you have stated. Cheers!!
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