I can has feedback – take 2

Posted: October 11th, 2009 | Author: Karolijn | Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

You guys are fantastic!

I got so much great feedback from my last post – which led to a lot of changes.

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Overall the major changes were:

  • dulled the colours a bit and increased the hint of grunge-style to reduce the children’s-site vibe.
  • added a cross to drive home the whole xian thing
  • added an ad/feature slider to the top to allow for the inclusion of more colours and pictures of real people (unfortunately there are no pictures of ‘real people’ yet from the community, so I’m trying to keep the stock-photos to a minimum – but they can be added here later)
  • removed the badges from the sidebar (and adding them to the slider)
  • separated the news & events to eliminate important ones being buried
  • increased the padding/spacing in the main text
  • increased the size/shadow of the headers to make them stand out more

Some things I’m still unsure about:

  • the colour of the sidebar – some people mentioned it doesn’t feel quite right. I agree, but I can’t seem to find anything better – suggestions?
  • social media badges – style/size/position?
  • visual balance – especially in the header area
  • the right sidebar in general
  • anything else?

Thank you so much for your feedback – I think it’s looking better already. And I’m learning a lot in the process :)

Just a quick FYI – the comments are broken on here temporarily. I still get them but they aren’t displaying right so I’m getting them and I appreciate them but until I fix it, I can’t reply directly. But since most people are letting me know their thoughts on Twitter anyway, hopefully it doesn’t matter too much for now (hint: I’m easier to find on Twitter anyway)

2 Comments on “I can has feedback – take 2”

  1. 1 Tweets that mention Karolijn » Blog Archive » I can has feedback – take 2 -- Topsy.com said at 1:17 am on October 11th, 2009:

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Karolijn. Karolijn said: Thanks all that gave feedback on my web design – the suggestions were incredibly useful! Would love guidance on take 2: http://bit.ly/4DXYWp [...]

  2. 2 Sarah said at 12:14 pm on October 11th, 2009:

    Sidebar – have you tried a dark grey (same palette as the lighter gray in the ‘news’ section) or black? One thing I also found if I could not settle on a colour was to have a plain colour (noted above) with a bit of a very subtle pattern almost invisible to create the interest you’re going for (think straight lines, squares, etc).

    I really like it, it’s appealing to a youger audience but not overdone that someone older can go there and be comfortable.

    Only concern is on the actual length of blog entries and news sidebar, don’t want those to be too disproportionate to one another, not sure what the plans are to page out the blogs (by # of posts, etc).

    Other than that – great job!

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