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New personal site - just getting started. (7 posts)

  1. osu9400
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    Posted 1 month ago #

    This is my first attempt at a blog. I found a theme I like, added some cool plug-ins, wrote some stories, added some ads, implemented a rotating header (so hit refresh a few times) and even got a few comments. What do you think?

    http://www.bowlesonline.com

    I think this is my best post: http://www.bowlesonline.com/my-bedlam-experience-in-norman

    Thanks for looking!!

  2. Pinoy.ca
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    1. People with visual impairment will find the color contrast of your entries hard to read.

    2. Your best post does not validate.

    Other than these, yeah, I'll tell my friends about your blog.

  3. boober
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    you might want to bump up the font size. it looks good, but i would never try reading it, tooooo small.

  4. osu9400
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    Thanks for the replies. I will bump the size of the font up some. I have bad eyes so I understand this issue!

    As for the color, there is a lot of contrast on my screen. The light grey contrasts well on the black background. Is it possible that our color profiles are set differently?

    As far as the validation goes, the HTML is generated from WordPress, my theme, and plugins. I didn't do much PHP/HTML customization. I'll look into it, then look for updated plugins if needed.

    Thanks again to all.

  5. nluckhurst
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    I like your site, but the text looks like it's glowing on my screen and is very difficult to read. I'm looking at it on a 17" widescreen Macbook Pro at 1920x1200 res.

  6. psiph
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    you definitely want to up the contrast and the font size.

    maybe lighten the black background a bit too. it's really hard on the eyes.

  7. osu9400
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    ok, changes have been made. font increased from 76%/1.6em to 76%/1.8em and the text color has been lightened. There is a lot more contrast now. What do you think?

    I'm not sure what to do about the look of the font on Safari. The anti-aliasing or something is crazy. The text looks a little fuzzy. I sometimes thinks Apple releases software for Windows just to make Windows look bad. (A little sarcasm)

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