Comments on: New Look for One Money Design

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:55:58 +0000

Thanks, PT. Ha ha. Yeah, many hours getting it just right!

By: PT

PT — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:49:51 +0000

Really liking the new look, Jason. Especially those social icons. You must have spent hours tweaking those.
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By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:51:27 +0000

Matt, thanks for your thoughtful comment. You make some strong points that I’m already weighing in my head. 2 things come to mind: 1) Content is for the reader; 2) any features, buttons should enhance reader experience. I could do some more housekeeping on number 2, especially with the social buttons. Thanks again.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:49:25 +0000

Wojciech, thanks and good advice. Not sure I can do this with the theme, but will look into it.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:48:32 +0000

Thanks, Jason. Good idea on the subscribe option. I’ll give that some thought. I could see where that might make it easier for people to subscribe vs. the link in the header.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:46:48 +0000

Thanks, Pete. Yes, sir. I’ll get to writing! I’m glad the new design is up so that I can focus soley on the reason why I have a blog in the first place.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:08:33 +0000

Everything looks great Jason! I think Matt had some good constructive criticism to take into account. It’s always good to weigh the load times for your site vs. features. And content is always king – so get writing! the more content you have, the better!
.-= Peter´s last blog ..Blueprint For How To Make Money With A Blog: Money Making Ideas, Optimizing Your Site And Helpful Site Tools =-.

By: Jason @ Redeeming Riches

Jason @ Redeeming Riches — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:05:25 +0000

Jason – site looks awesome! I love the new logo and design too.

I use a Woo Theme too and love it.

The only thing I would recommend is to have a prominet way to sign up for email newsletters. I like when sites have a box right on the homepage that I can sign up for the email rss.

Other than that I think it’s GREAT!

Keep up the great work!!
.-= Jason @ Redeeming Riches´s last blog ..What is The Real Cost to Skipping Your Credit Card Payments? =-.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:59:17 +0000

New theme looks great Jason. Love the new logo, featured section, comment counts, tabbed widget, and especially love the “side blog” idea and your use of asides… very creative.

Now for the constructive criticism:

Scrutinize your inclusion of each social icon button. Some may be helpful to readers and some may not. Evaluate each one scrupulously to determine if they add value to your readers.
Image gallery? Again, scrutinize its usefulness to readers.
Consider displaying your latest post as a full post on the homepage, then display all subsequent posts as teasers like you have now.
Install the Firebug and Yslow Firefox plugins to help you speed up your site loading times for both homepage and single pages because currently your site ranks low for both.

In closing, continue to always design/implement each site feature with reader benefit in mind. And make sure you don’t spend too much time tinkering… that time can be more wisely spent on producing great content for OMD readers – all bloggers get caught up w/that so just be aware of it.

Overall… great job – I think you picked a winner!

Godspeed.
.-= Matt Jabs´s last blog ..Current Giveaways on DFA – January 2010 =-.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:51:16 +0000

I really like the changes! I do something similar for a side blog on Tumblr.

The theme is really clean–I’ve used Woo Themes for a couple of projects in the past and have been happy with everything.

One suggestion I would have is to make your videos more prominent!
.-= Wojciech Kulicki´s last blog ..How to Deal With Future Income =-.