I don’t want to start changing everything that John has worked so hard to create here or anything, but I thought I’d get a feel for whether people would like to see a new design here. If you would, I’ll try and get a very purdy one made. On top of that, I’ll make it available as a public theme. Anyway, so what does everyone think? New look or stick with this one?
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21 Responses
Markus
July 6th, 2005 at 2:23 pm
1New Blogger, new theme. Why not?
Brandon Martus
July 6th, 2005 at 2:34 pm
2Agreed. Change is good.
sA
July 6th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
3Change it.
indi
July 6th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
4yes, please
Rob Lewis
July 6th, 2005 at 5:15 pm
5Yeah I think it may be time for a new look - I generally like fluid layouts for websites, but having such a big content area, makes the lines of text very long, and possibly more difficult to read. Mind you, this could have something to do with the screen resolution I use (1280 x 1024) so maybe I should just resize my browser and shut up…
Robert
July 6th, 2005 at 5:22 pm
6Simplicity is best for me. I come here for the content.
This Is Not A Love Story
July 6th, 2005 at 5:42 pm
7Please change it!
Darren
July 6th, 2005 at 6:13 pm
8change is good - but I’m here more for content and follow things via RSS mostly so don’t let it consume you
Brett
July 6th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
9Change is not always a bad thing.
Bradley A. Noe
July 6th, 2005 at 6:49 pm
10I think a new theme would be nice. One idea would be to allow users to select from a few different styles depending on their taste. I know this is being done with other WP blogs but not sure on all the details. You could leave the current design as once choice and add a few others (say a darker theme for those eyes which can’t take the strain of a bright background color).
Just my 2 cents, and also good to see another Tennessean active in the blogging community! Can’t wait to see what all you have in store for us.
Brad
Leonid Mamchenkov
July 6th, 2005 at 7:26 pm
11Obsolete question. I read this site with Bloglines.
Chris Meller
July 6th, 2005 at 7:37 pm
12Well, I don’t generally visit the site either, but I think this design is pretty boring.
I’m definately all for a new layout! Bring on the colors and the fung shui, all these right angles are hurting my karma man!
Besides, it’s your blog now. I think you deserve to give it a touch of your own, not have to live within the pre-set bounds established by someone else.
Jacob
July 6th, 2005 at 7:45 pm
13Okay, well the overwhelming majority seem to would like a change. I think I can handle something. I happen to know a few good designers who could handle this job since I run CSS Vault. Anyway, my philosophy is always to keep the design focused on the content so we’ll see what I can have drawn up.
I actually just had this design made recently. What do you guys think of it? I probably won’t use it, I’d just like to get a feel for what people would like.
Tim Yang
July 6th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
14Stick with 3-columns. 2 columns for WP sites seems so cliched.
Rob Lewis
July 7th, 2005 at 1:51 am
15As always, content is king, and a few people here have mentioned that it doesn’t really matter to them what it looks like because they read the site via RSS - you also have to remember that there will be visitors from search engines, and I think a decent looking site can give a good first impression, which might make them stay around.
Jalansutera
July 7th, 2005 at 1:54 am
16yes, please. but we need a simple, fast-loading design…
Alex
July 7th, 2005 at 7:02 am
17A change would be good!
yuga
July 7th, 2005 at 8:27 am
18I believe a new look would be a fresh welcome for everyone.
How about a BloggingPro logo design contest? That should involve the regular visitors and create a little PR for you as the new guy here.
ZeroZen
July 7th, 2005 at 8:56 am
19New design please and keep up the good work.
April
July 7th, 2005 at 11:04 pm
20NEW LOOK!
Jeffrey
July 8th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
21Please - no fixed width themes… This site is currently very viewable. However, if a fixed width theme is used (like that at Wordpress), then the viewability will be much more difficult…