A Review of Blog Redesign by Jesus H. Christ

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  • Jesus H. Christ

    Jesus H. Christ

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 2
    • Purpose: 1
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 3
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    Posted on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    LOGO POSITION -- Your logo visually disappears in the background. Not enough contrast. And you're ignoring web design standards by placing it on the right side, instead of on the left where people naturally expect it to be.

    MAX WIDTH -- Your body content spans 600px in width. Which is longer than the recommended 480px. As your line length goes above 480px, it takes more and more time to read. Because the transition of reader's eye, from end of one line, to beginning of next line, takes more time.

    TYPOGRAPHY -- Body text feels a bit small. It's difficult to read. And I feel it could use some more line-height.

    DATES -- Not noticeable. They disappear into the background. And on article pages, you don't even show the date. Also, you don't show the year. That might be convenient from a design perspective today, but when people are reading your articles a year from now, they won't know the article is old.

    And I can't help but feel, I've been on your website 10 minutes, and I still don't know what a kaplang is. Also, you don't have a tagline, welcome paragraph, you don't have an about page, and you don't use categories in your blog -- so it's not immediately apparent as to what your blog is about.

    Could use some work.