• David Stys

    David Stys

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    Posted on Jul 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    Very nice lightweight looking site. I prefer Design v1

    A few things I like:

    • Article titles, prefer v1 to v2
    • View by day/week/month, etc looks nice
    • Search bar and RSS layout are layed out nicely
    • I like the rank numbering of articles.
    • Great logo!

      A few things I'd change:

    • The top navigation is too busy as buttons. Consider using simple text links for Home/About/Contact.

    • The Submit Article button should live near the list of articles in the table listing. I'd place it somewhere near "Top 10 Articles"

    • The Google Ads don't need your artistic column. It draws too much attention away from your content. Also, it makes the ad space look really busy.

    • Change "Current Rating" to "Rating." One assumes that ratings are always current.

    • Too much text for the "published on, by, minutes ago". Simplify. Use fewer icons. I suggest something more like "By John Smith 53 minutes ago". Either show posted dat OR "minutes ago", but never both.

    Nice work - I think you're close!

Socratic News Updated Design v1

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    Spacing

    I feel like if this line of text was shorter (floated to the right, and smaller) you would get better white space between posts

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