Comments on: Site Changes: The Details and Your Feedback http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/ Healthy Living For People and Planet Earth Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Will http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15158 Will Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:32:37 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15158 Thanks for the feedback! I sort of agree about the moving ad in the box. As that space is new, I was surprised by the moving image. I may restrict those to static display in the future. That vendor paid for 2 months with that ad, so I will honor that commitment. Yes the ads are necessary to offset the cost of maintaining the site. It was not a big deal when this was the only site, but with several more now, I need to at least try to break even. The ad revenue is minuscule, but does offset most of the costs. Thanks again! Thanks for the feedback! I sort of agree about the moving ad in the box. As that space is new, I was surprised by the moving image. I may restrict those to static display in the future. That vendor paid for 2 months with that ad, so I will honor that commitment. Yes the ads are necessary to offset the cost of maintaining the site. It was not a big deal when this was the only site, but with several more now, I need to at least try to break even. The ad revenue is minuscule, but does offset most of the costs. Thanks again!

]]> By: Bumbles http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15157 Bumbles Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:50:47 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15157 I like the rotating box at the top - it caught my attention right away and led me to this post so I would say it is effective. I like the color scheme and clean lines. I do not like ads cluttering my view but that is just a personal preference - nothing you can really do to make them go away if you need them. Though I would avoid moving ads - like the Healthy Direct one - it is distracting and can slow down the page load. I agree that WordPress is superior - I use it for the sites that employ my freelancing efforts. Blogger fills my needs for our personal blog but I do wish I had elected WordPress instead knowing now how flexible it is. .-= Bumbles´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBumblesBlog/~3/I-GnjaiO4Uw/on-photos-good-way-to-start-things-off.html">ON PHOTOS ~ Good Way To Start Things Off...</a> =-. I like the rotating box at the top – it caught my attention right away and led me to this post so I would say it is effective. I like the color scheme and clean lines. I do not like ads cluttering my view but that is just a personal preference – nothing you can really do to make them go away if you need them. Though I would avoid moving ads – like the Healthy Direct one – it is distracting and can slow down the page load.

I agree that WordPress is superior – I use it for the sites that employ my freelancing efforts. Blogger fills my needs for our personal blog but I do wish I had elected WordPress instead knowing now how flexible it is.
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]]> By: JD at I Do Things http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15134 JD at I Do Things Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:56:22 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15134 I like it. I like the way everything seems to be sort of compartmentalized. That makes for easy reading. I think the top box that shows "next post" or whatever could maybe also have some text explaining that that's what it is. You know? Instead of just arrows? I'm not crazy about the design of your top left box: your "Website Services." I don't really have any suggestions (except maybe to make it match your blog logo more? Otherwise I like it. Like the colors, layout; it's easy to read. Good job! .-= JD at I Do Things´s last blog ..<a href="http://idothings.info/i-hit-the-panic-button-so-you-dont-have-to/">I Hit the Panic Button so you don’t have to</a> =-. I like it.

I like the way everything seems to be sort of compartmentalized. That makes for easy reading. I think the top box that shows “next post” or whatever could maybe also have some text explaining that that’s what it is. You know? Instead of just arrows? I’m not crazy about the design of your top left box: your “Website Services.” I don’t really have any suggestions (except maybe to make it match your blog logo more?

Otherwise I like it. Like the colors, layout; it’s easy to read.

Good job!
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]]> By: Beth (Mother by Design) http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15129 Beth (Mother by Design) Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:05:48 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15129 I really like what you have done here, and commend you on your job of learning the coding! The blog is very clean and simple, yet attractive. I hope you do well with establishing a client base! .-= Beth (Mother by Design)´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.motherbydesign.com/home-exec/2010/01/08/well-baby-checkups/">Well-baby Checkups</a> =-. I really like what you have done here, and commend you on your job of learning the coding! The blog is very clean and simple, yet attractive. I hope you do well with establishing a client base!
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]]> By: Barbara http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15128 Barbara Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:55:13 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15128 Very nice, clean and crisp. It's easy on the eyes, and easy to read! You did a fantastic job! Very nice, clean and crisp. It’s easy on the eyes, and easy to read! You did a fantastic job!

]]> By: kennel dogs http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15125 kennel dogs Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:11:04 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15125 Making change is better than good.......!! great decision ...good luck ...!! .-= kennel dogs´s last blog ..<a href="http://squadmafiakennels.com/about-squad-mafia-kennels.html">About Squad Mafia Kennels</a> =-. Making change is better than good…….!! great decision …good luck …!!
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]]> By: Anna http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15115 Anna Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:27:58 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15115 Will, smooth ride for me! Excellent job again. Anna :) .-= Anna´s last blog ..<a href="http://myonlyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/01/motion-pictures-my-experimental.html">Motion Pictures - My Experimental Photography</a> =-. Will, smooth ride for me!
Excellent job again.
Anna :)
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]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15097 Will Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:56:27 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15097 Hi Abhinav Sood - Good to hear from you. Funny co-incidence that I was talking on Skype to two people in India when you IM'd yesterday. I forget where they are, but probably nowhere near you. It would be funny if you knew them though! Lunaicg - It has actually been quite uneventful. I am sure I will tweak things and maybe change some things, but when I put the code here from my test site, I really only had to trouble shoot one issue so far. That is solved so everything seems good. Of course if anyone notices anything, please let me know. Because I have not built several sites for clients now, and have built and maintain 4 of my own, it tends to go smoothly. Hope I have not jinxed anything by saying that! The real key is to have a couple test sites that you do all the building and implementing on so when the time comes to go live everything is already worked out. I am unsure of the rotator at the top of every page. I will watch the resources it uses and see if it can stay. So far feedback is that people like it. I like the border colors, but am unsure of the content area background so I may experiment with that a bit. I am going to do some more SEO stuff also. This site has been very good SEO wise over the years but I have a few ideas that should make it faster and better. My goal is to increase the current daily average unique visitor count of 600 - 800 to 1,000 by June 1st. We will see how that goes. The daily average is misleading as occasionally I get a post submitted to Digg or StumbleUpon or re-Tweeted several times. Then I can have a few days in a row with 10,000 to 15,000 visitors. If you exclude those occasional spikes, the daily uniques here are more like 400-500 so I have a ways to go! Thanks for your comments and feedback! And thanks to all who contacted me directly to say they liked the changes. I hope everyone is not just being nice. I want honesty please!! Hi Abhinav Sood – Good to hear from you. Funny co-incidence that I was talking on Skype to two people in India when you IM’d yesterday. I forget where they are, but probably nowhere near you. It would be funny if you knew them though!

Lunaicg – It has actually been quite uneventful. I am sure I will tweak things and maybe change some things, but when I put the code here from my test site, I really only had to trouble shoot one issue so far. That is solved so everything seems good. Of course if anyone notices anything, please let me know.

Because I have not built several sites for clients now, and have built and maintain 4 of my own, it tends to go smoothly. Hope I have not jinxed anything by saying that! The real key is to have a couple test sites that you do all the building and implementing on so when the time comes to go live everything is already worked out.

I am unsure of the rotator at the top of every page. I will watch the resources it uses and see if it can stay. So far feedback is that people like it. I like the border colors, but am unsure of the content area background so I may experiment with that a bit. I am going to do some more SEO stuff also. This site has been very good SEO wise over the years but I have a few ideas that should make it faster and better. My goal is to increase the current daily average unique visitor count of 600 – 800 to 1,000 by June 1st. We will see how that goes. The daily average is misleading as occasionally I get a post submitted to Digg or StumbleUpon or re-Tweeted several times. Then I can have a few days in a row with 10,000 to 15,000 visitors. If you exclude those occasional spikes, the daily uniques here are more like 400-500 so I have a ways to go!

Thanks for your comments and feedback! And thanks to all who contacted me directly to say they liked the changes. I hope everyone is not just being nice. I want honesty please!!

]]> By: lunaticg http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15094 lunaticg Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:02:59 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15094 Making changes to your blog template is not an easy thing to do. I have done it and it come with a lots of headache and disappointment but when you see the final result. It will be a smile all days long. See you around. .-= lunaticg´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LunaticgBanknoteAndCoinBlog/~3/XFbZJm_jQAk/error-money-found.html">Error money found</a> =-. Making changes to your blog template is not an easy thing to do.
I have done it and it come with a lots of headache and disappointment but when you see the final result. It will be a smile all days long.
See you around.
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]]> By: Abhinav Sood http://willtaft.com/will-taft-com/site-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-15082 Abhinav Sood Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:00:53 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=3075#comment-15082 Good luck with the updates, Will. I pray all goes well and hope to see you up & running soon.. Regards. Good luck with the updates, Will. I pray all goes well and hope to see you up & running soon..

Regards.

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