21 Responses

1. Markus

   July 6th, 2005 at 2:23 pm

   1

   New Blogger, new theme. Why not?

2. Brandon Martus

   July 6th, 2005 at 2:34 pm

   2

   Agreed. Change is good.

3. sA

   July 6th, 2005 at 3:39 pm

   3

   Change it.

4. indi

   July 6th, 2005 at 3:43 pm

   4

   yes, please

5. Rob Lewis

   July 6th, 2005 at 5:15 pm

   5

   Yeah 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…

6. Robert

   July 6th, 2005 at 5:22 pm

   6

   Simplicity is best for me. I come here for the content.

7. This Is Not A Love Story

   July 6th, 2005 at 5:42 pm

   7

   Please change it!

8. Darren

   July 6th, 2005 at 6:13 pm

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   change is good - but I’m here more for content and follow things via RSS mostly so don’t let it consume you

9. Brett

   July 6th, 2005 at 6:23 pm

   9

   Change is not always a bad thing.

10. Bradley A. Noe

    July 6th, 2005 at 6:49 pm

    10

    I 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

11. Leonid Mamchenkov

    July 6th, 2005 at 7:26 pm

    11

    Obsolete question. I read this site with Bloglines.

12. Chris Meller

    July 6th, 2005 at 7:37 pm

    12

    Well, 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.

13. Jacob

    July 6th, 2005 at 7:45 pm

    13

    Okay, 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.

14. Tim Yang

    July 6th, 2005 at 10:42 pm

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    Stick with 3-columns. 2 columns for WP sites seems so cliched.

15. Rob Lewis

    July 7th, 2005 at 1:51 am

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    As 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.

16. Jalansutera

    July 7th, 2005 at 1:54 am

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    yes, please. but we need a simple, fast-loading design…

17. Alex

    July 7th, 2005 at 7:02 am

    17

    A change would be good!

18. yuga

    July 7th, 2005 at 8:27 am

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    I 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.

19. ZeroZen

    July 7th, 2005 at 8:56 am

    19

    New design please and keep up the good work.

20. April

    July 7th, 2005 at 11:04 pm

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    NEW LOOK!

21. Jeffrey

    July 8th, 2005 at 10:40 pm

    21

    Please - 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…