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Because you haven’t categorized any of the posts (write a post, click on a category and post it, the category name should appear).

If that doesn’t solve it, then you just don’t have your sidebar configured to show categories.

If that’s the case then go to your admin page > design > widgets and add one which shows categories. If your theme does not support widgets, then open your sidebar.php and add

<?php wp_list_categories(); ?>

Haven’t heard of this problem yet.

Check if everything looks normal in your directories using an FTP client, if not, delete everything (backing up the files you’ve edited) and reinstall WP.

News flash,

I know how to critique logos, I dont know how to design them, i don’t have a degree in design, i’m 15 after all
I designed those logos while in school in around 20 min

I still think they look better than his logo, but that’s my opinion and it’s subjective. As far as I’m concerned you can think whatever you want, and even enjoy it. I love being criticized because in the end it improves your work, however I hate people that criticize work and inject comments criticizing not just the product, but the maker as well.

I love it how you immediately associate the “C” with the copyright symbol – lol, and I really don’t see what you have against “C”‘s.

You have a point.

But essentially there are two ways of remembering a logo

1) you see it all over the place (ala Coke, CVS, etc.) and therefore you remember it
2) you see it in some place and since the design (or message) is so intriguing, you remember it

For 1 you need, well, tons of money, and a great designer.
For 2, you need a great designer.

Ok my turn to have a say on this 🙂 !

Personally I don’t know much about logo design. But I can say a few things.

1) Every good logo has a meaning
2) Every good logo is easy to remember
3) Every good logo is easily associated to/with its meaning

The logo provided doesn’t fit into any of these categories.

1) It has has some sort of a meaning, “Chris Ranes” Personal trainer etc. but this meaning is not conveyed design-wise (which incidentally, is the point of any good logo)

2) How do we remember things? We associate them with a meaning, a cause, an image, or an experience. Does this logo have any of that? No.

3) Nothing much to say here since it doesn’t have much meaning.

Now I know you could go arguing that this logo cost only $25. But hey, I just proved you wrong, it’s a bad logo, it won’t help him, and he lost 25$ to you.

Judging by your previous replies I don’t think you take criticism lightly. But hey, before you go and bash be with your post and declare me an e-punk, remember that by commenting on your logo i am trying to help you.

Oh just as an interesting fact, Carolyn Davidson designed the now famous Nike “swoosh” logo for $35.