Please Review my New Magic Blog

**FreddyMcV** · 06-08-2006, 04:33 AM

I have just started a new blog dedecated to one of my all-time favorite hobbies, magic. I don't care if you hate magic tricks or magicians...I don't care if you know how all the tricks are done...I just want some honest reviews of the blog's layout and design. Let me know what I should change. Thanks a lot!

www.strugglingmagician.blogspot.com

**starsearcher** · 06-08-2006, 04:36 AM

I don't hate magic tricks.

Anyway, you've got one cool site there. However, your fonts are too small and it's better if you can make the scrolling bar noticeable. Just my 2 cents.

**FreddyMcV** · 06-08-2006, 08:24 AM

Thanks for the feedback...and extra thanks for being so quick about it! I made a few changes. Let me know if there's more I should do.

**MGB** · 06-08-2006, 09:43 AM

I love the bunny

Like your site alot too! The only thing I didn't like, was there was no list of archived posts or topics readily available- the linked graphics at the top have no indication what they are for..maybe a little word to popup or something when you hover over it would be helpful.

**checkmate** · 06-08-2006, 09:59 AM

i dont liek the scrolbar, its hard to tel if tiers a scrollbar thier or not espeicaly the frame in middle

**skyjude** · 06-10-2006, 03:23 AM

I do like magic and will read your site further. However, on first visit I thought the scrolling main window was a bit unwieldy and would have preferred a a static page to scroll down normally. The red is a little heavy going when highlighting the link required and for the main navigation buttons I would have expected the main 'Blog' link to be the first reading from the left.

**megamoose** · 06-10-2006, 05:25 AM

I love magic tricks, and always have been a fan of them :P

I hate your mouse cursor, the crosshair one. When I enter a site that I see has dnoe that I will immediatly close it down. Just my opinion though.

I really like your 3D rabbit

and in general your layout, even though is simple, gets to the point

5/10 (would be higher if you didn't have the crosshair pointer :P )

Mark

**crush123** · 06-10-2006, 09:15 PM

your main page is using frames
you may remember that search engines cant index content in frames
and it makes the site very difficult to promote through them.
and i personally feel it very inconvenient to scroll through frame.
also the fontsize is a bit more than what we usually see on other websites.

**FreddyMcV** · 06-11-2006, 01:11 AM

I have made a few changes...but I'm thinking of making more drastic ones. I like how it's different than most blogs but I also understand the problems with search engines and using frames. I'm not real sure which direction to take it. I am leaning toward the more traditional template, such as my other blog, but then I feel I'll lose the originality of this magic one. What to do...?

btw megamoose...I changed the cursor back just for you!

**abt123** · 06-11-2006, 02:25 PM

i like the look. but i would get rid of the music.