March 01, 2005

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Made a few changes to the layout of the site. Any feedback or comments would be gratefully received.

The changes:

1. Added a Recent Posts section on the top right sidebar, listing the last 15 posts for easier navigation (i.e. it lists all the posts on the main page).
2. I've shifted some parts of the Dollars and Sense section around. I moved my Amazon Wishlist (gifts available in all price ranges) to the Information section at the top of the left sidebar. Next comes the Paypal button and Google ads, then the Amazon search function.
3. I shifted the icons for the site into the Other Stuff section on the left sidebar.
4. I shifted the Praise section to the bottom of the left sidebar.
5. The Top Referrers got promoted the second from top on the right sidebar. After all, if they send the traffic they deserve good billing.
6. The "Open links in new windows" box remains top of the right sidebar.
7. The "Stick Around" section was deleted.

Still working on adding an "Email this post" button to each of the entries so they can be sent easily. If anyone can help with how to do this I'd be most grateful. Any other feedback or comments are also very welcome.

posted by Simon on 03.01.05 at 02:27 PM in the




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Comments:

The main page won't open. No error message, just a "Done" with only the top graphic loaded.

posted by: Jim on 03.01.05 at 06:59 PM [permalink]

It loads now. Yay!

Recommendations:

For the recent posts section, reduce to 10 so it won't take up so much space. Also put a unique character (asterisk or something) at the start of each line. It's very difficult to see what's what at the moment because some titles go to multiple lines.

I'd left justify everything in the sidebar unless it really needs to be centered. It's difficult to read lists of items of variable length when they're centered.

Run your email address through an encoder and just post the link instead of the anti-spam detailed version.

Overall, looks great!

posted by: Jim on 03.01.05 at 09:20 PM [permalink]




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