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1. simplymother
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Disclaimer: I am not any kind of designer, graphic, web or otherwise. I don't think I have an eye of an artist, and I don't understand all of the codes perfectly (just what I've learned through lots of theme modifying over the last year or two.) But I have spent a looooong time working on this site, starting with the Zeke theme by Solostream, and manipulating it to beyond recognition, I think, in looks and code, and I'm finally to the point where I'd really like some feedback from people who do design work for real!

   Don't worry about hurting my feelings, I really want to hear honest reactions. What would you change about the looks (colors, fonts, sizes, etc) and functionality of this site: simplymother.com ?

2. mikey1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi there, I think its a charming blog, initially I wasn't crazy about the baby blue color, (just a personal thing), but I really enjoy this kind of blog which is obviously very personal to you, for me it illustrates what blogging is really about, so many have become nothing more than commercial ventures (I'm guilty).
   I've bookmarked your site and hope you keep writing. good luck.
   mike.

   http://simplymother.com/

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   VERY nice :) One more example of how someone who "is not a programmer" can learn and use wordpress.

4. davcheong
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Nice web you have there,simple and clean. At least my wife just gave birth 2 weeks ago, like reading on it. By using wordpress, you need less(none) experience to use it. Themes, you can actually download via the wordpress themes page :)

5. Tremor
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Nice design! Out of interest, how did you get the post titles to use a non-standard font?

6. simplymother
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Oh thank you, you guys are too nice.

   Tremor, I'm using the FLIR plugin (http://www.23systems.net/plugins/facelift-image-replacement-flir), and it's really great--but not without limitations. I didn't realize until someone commented about it that visitors will have to have javascript installed in order to see the pretty fonts at all. I don't know how common that is, but if most regular visitors can't even see it, I might have to do something else. Sad, because I actually bought that cursive font specifically for this purpose--and I'm cheap--this is the only font I've ever bought.

   It's also giving me a few other bits of trouble, but hopefully it will clear up when I get imagemagick installed.

   Also, help! I can't stop messing with the design. Now I'm playing with the comments section again--I love the rounded corners and I'm so excited that I managed to figure out all that with all the different divs and everything--but it just looks like it's missing something. Currently, I'm toying with adding numbers.

   Thanks again for looking. I still welcome any more feedback!

7. Will Anderson
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   simplymother,

   while usability is definitely something to consider, a situation like yours where visitors without javascript support still see the text is probably fine (in my experience at least). My goal is always to provide a usable interface to the visitors with the least capabilities, but not to limit visitors with more powerful browsers (or settings) to the same standards. I think you've done a good job at this with your FLIR effect. Another concern would be if visitors have javascript enabled, but images disabled. Your site also handles this quite well, so I wouldn't sweat it over the small fraction of visitors without javascript/image support.

   Good luck with your blogging endeavors!

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