Blog redesign for scottgale.com/blog

Scott,

glad you are enjoying blogging and getting some success with traffic.

In all honesty, i think the current site displays the main body content better than the new design.. however the sidebar is better in this design.

Personally I would remove the lens glare from the picture as it draws my attention away from the page and towards a large white headache causing blob. Good use of a full width image and it photo of you gives the page some personal identity. But its muddled with new post text, lens glare and social icons.

I like the new header (logo, nav) better than the last design.

Also, personally i am not a fan of content boxes with all 4 corners rounded off.... for me it just doesnt feel right.

Also the repeat of the '26' comments so close together looks a bit strange but cause its a mock-up with no content this may not occur in the real site.

Not really feeling the lens flare - it's taking away from the content and is distracting. I know it may look cool to you but it's not really working.

I would also change the rounded edges to 5px instead of 10px - it looks a little childish.

For the header, I'd make it mid-gray, not black and fade your b&w pic in with the new posts.