Title: humanb's Replies | WordPress.org --- # humanb [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [Criticise my Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/criticise-my-blog/) * [humanb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * (@humanb) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/criticise-my-blog/#post-486957) * Wow, that looks a lot better. It is much more readable. * I might still try lowering the header just a little so it is not pushed up against the top edge of the screen. * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [Criticise my Blog](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/criticise-my-blog/) * [humanb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * (@humanb) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/criticise-my-blog/#post-486887) * Your site could look very nice with a few adjustments. * **Font-type** – It’s a bit overwhelming. Maybe experiment with just the header in Garamond and use a serif font easier to read like Times for the rest of the site. You don’t want to mix your fonts, but your header can be different. * **Font-size** – the header font is too big; the size of the rest is a little too big, but might be improved by changing the body font to Times so you can go smaller, or going down a size in Garamond – including in the sidebar headings. * **General cleanliness**: the site is simple, but it is not calm. There is not enough spacing between everything, and nothing is grounded. I think the site could benefit from the sidebar being clearly delineated somehow. Many modern sites let it float, but they place the sidebar to the right so the text creates its own straight vertical line to separate it from the body. * **Any other comments** For the sake of cleanliness and calm: * 1 The top of the site feels a bit bunched. Maybe add some padding above the header and some padding between the header and the body. * 2 Consider extending the black lines beneath the header all the way over on each side, and moving the Hart publishing graphic into the sidebar * 3 Consider separating each post with a thin, dotted or solid line – again, making a clear separation and grounding each post * 4 Consider not using all caps: not for tags, headings, site title, “Filed in”, etc. It is very “in-your-face”. * 5 Consider using the “Read more” link for long posts. You have a lot of text in some of your posts, and you can cut the posts off at strategic points to entice the reader to click for more. * 6 If this is to be simple, calm, and intellectual, consider using different link colors – darker, more grey, more subdued colors – including for your hover color. * 7 The site might benefit from a background color (light grey for example) that makes the actual webpage a crisp, professional white sheet of paper so to speak. * Hope this helps. You helped me a good deal, and I have since made the other changes recommended. * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [New Blog in Need of Review](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-in-need-of-review/) * Thread Starter [humanb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * (@humanb) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-in-need-of-review/#post-485289) * Thanks so much ALWStaff for the comment. * The site is currently set to whatever the width is of the screen being used. I had been asking myself whether or not to set a fixed width. Maybe that makes sense and the header image width will be smaller and set. * Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/) In reply to: [New Blog in Need of Review](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-in-need-of-review/) * Thread Starter [humanb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humanb/) * (@humanb) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-in-need-of-review/#post-485275) * Thanks very much you guys. Great comments. * Some of the things you suggest I am not sure I can do with my Sandbox template or at least I don’t know how to do since I can only change CSS not the HTML: * * Edit the footer in any way (as it is automatically generated by WordPress) to include “back to top” * * Hyperlink the logo/header * I will definitely: * * Increase the left-hand margin * See if I can add the navigation at the bottom as well * Try mpgeorge’s idea of delineating recent posts (it looks good on your site) * Play with the background color * Consider Helvetica * The picture is quite large, but I don’t mind that since on even a small screen, it means the only text you see is the most recent post and the “about this blog” which is what they should notice. * However, I do like how MattRead has a description of the site front and center. Looks great. Hmmm…. * Thanks very much again guys. I appreciate it. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)