Posted 4 years ago #
Check out this cool magazine! It's completely powered by WordPress. We designed our own template and everything runs on the web.
Et cetera is an online student-run magazine. We started in 2006.
Check us out at nshsetcetera.com
Give us comment and suggestions, please!
Posted 4 years ago #
Does anyone want to critic it?
Any suggestions, comments and/or questions would be a great help!
Thanks
Posted 4 years ago #
I think you are somewhere between a 'minimalist' and a 'toss it at em' in a hurry' type situation... Neither is bad, depending, but in the middle like you are is new ground... I don't think you will get any trust from readers by breaking out of the norm...
as far as design: It looks like I am reading it on a PDA. The page seems too simple for something that actually has content. I am not bashing it, just maybe instead of badge images for your content, make the image a little smaller and display some content of the article adjacent to the image....
You have some skill though!
Posted 4 years ago #
so you think that there should be less image, and more content?
how do you think we can make it less "pda-like" other than displaying some content.
And also, what do you mean by "you will [not] get any trust from readers by breaking out of the norm"?
Posted 4 years ago #
less pda like: more white space, margins on sides, menu features like hover effects, maybe a nice logo...ect
what I mean by trust is this: people expect certain things from a webpage... one being straight forward navigation, the other being something which has instant familiarity, or enough design appeal to draw a double take...
surfers are familiar with the most successful designs the first time they look at them....
matter of fact I would go as far as to say this:
if a design doesn't conform to a familiar format, doesn't have the instant charm to strike curiosity, or doesn't have a good balance of both, it needs overhaul... or something to draw those surfers 'in' for a closer look....
I like your page- I like the way your posts appear, and I like the way your categories are set-up, but being straight up honest with you my interests derive from the fact I too am a wordpress designer, and I see in your work inspiration for my own... If I stumbled upon your page as a result of a search for content- I wouldn't find much use for it because it lacks a feel of authenticity.. for the reasons I explained....
no offense intended, just straight forward constructive criticism.
Posted 4 years ago #
I like the idea behind your design, but you are wasting a huge amount of space.
I don't like how I have to scroll down to view most of the content on my laptop screen, viewers want to get most info compacted into their viewing area.
Posted 4 years ago #
hey CognitiveCombine and drewactual, thanks for the comments and suggestions.
how's this now? is it too flashy?
anyone else want to tell me what they think about it?
Posted 4 years ago #
here's the link again: nshsetcetera.com
100KB for a small image like this:
http://nshsetcetera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sophomore-speeches.png
is way too much! And you have several of them on that main page. That's a big NO-NO!
Images of that size shouldn't be more than 10-15KB max!
Posted 4 years ago #
right on dude! looking good!
I like how you have included at the footer post content..... that will give you credit as a real source now instead of making folks wonder what your page is all about.
I am going to study your design a little more, as I said, it lends me some ideas of my own!
Posted 3 years ago #
Looks good but a little crowdy. You can re arrange things a bit.
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