a new look!
in the name of creating a quality blog, i recently submitted my url to several blog-reviewing sites. yesterday, i was lucky enough to get this site inspected at i talk too much, a site that is well-known for mercilessly ripping bad blogs to shreds. and i got a good review!! the content got four out of five smacks, and overall i got three out of five smacks.my critic raised an important point, though (the one that cost me the score of four overall smacks)...the small text size and white-text-on-black-background of my previous template made the site difficult to read. this was something i had never thought about--when i go about picking a look to match the words, i was looking for something simple, darker in tone, and elegant. after talking with a few of my friends, they confirmed the opinion of my i talk too much critic.
so, please let me know what you think of the new template. font size is larger, text background is lighter grey, and hopefully i won't be making you all go blind anymore...
posted by amanda @ 6:50 PM
13 Comments:
I love the new template - it is easier to read (though, I didn't have problems with the old style). I like the graphics... did you do them yourself?
no, i've been fiddling around with web graphics, but i'm not good enough to do a site yet. i got the template at beccary.com. she has a few others too, all are pretty cool.
Very nice site. So good to see another blogger in the fight against cancer. Keep it coming, you are fighting the good fight.
Love it, Amanda. It is soothing yet stylish! Great job!
This is SO much prettier! REally! MUCH better! And hey; have you noticed; when you put your Fight Cancer badge up, it was at 58; now it is 70! Yeah! (you have NO IDEA who I am. Don't worry. :))
Welcome to the team Amanda! I have a welcome post up for you on my site so our mates know you've joined. We are very excited to have you onboard. :-)
The new template is much better! I no longer have to highlite the words to be able to read them, lol.
I think I might go check out that template site myself....
How WONDERFUL!!
This looks SO much better and it is individual too...
Great job girl!
Minerva
Jackie,
Some other places I looked for free templates, just in case you're looking:
blogger-templates.blogspot.com
(my old template, "Folio" came from this site...I think that they make really simple, classy-looking templates, although the default font size they use is small)
blogskins.com (a lot of these are graphics oriented with a teeny-tiny textbox...but there are good ones if you are willing to take the time to look. The sheer volume of skins here is amazing!)
http://blog-templates.ravasthi.name/
I love a lot of these designs...kind of nature-y, not overly complicated design.
Hope this helps.
Wow! Thanks Amanda! I apreciate you taking the time to share those sites with me.
This REALLY looks nice! SO much pleasanter to read the type.
It still has a sedate, yet elegant look. Good for you!
"Pleasanter"?
More pleasant, maybe, ha-ha!
Thank you everyone (especially to beccary who designed the template.)
I appreciate all of the feedback!
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