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Need Review and Advice - 9/29/2008 5:10:19 PM
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SophiesLadder
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Joined: 9/29/2008
From: Atlanta, GA
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I've been a Christian for over forty years, and I've been writing short stories for about 13 years. I've recently been impressed by the Lord to move into theology (and therefore non-fiction). To that end, I've started a blog / website which will touch on any issue that lies on the cusp of religion/science. (There are some blogs that deal with the wonder of the universe or the arts). I've tried to gear it so that it it would serve any seeker, not just believers, but now I'm wondering if that's the best way to go.
Could you look at the site at www.sophiesladder.com and give me your thoughts? Be brutal if you need to be. Is there any thing you would like to see that's not there? Where and how can I do things better? What would make you want to come back to the site?
I read the guidelines for this forum and it seems you may deal exclusively with fiction. If there's a more appropriate way to get feedback from this group, I would appreciate it if someone would let me know.
Thanks for the help!
Sincerely,
Jeff Carter (Sophie's Ladder) - and I don't know how this signature thing works either!
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RE: Need Review and Advice - 10/4/2008 6:52:42 PM
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Locke
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Anyone who knows me on this forum knows I can't resist taking people up on an offer to share my unfiltered opinion. So, be encouraged, blessed, and corrected as the Lord leads. Know that the following is for your benefit, as requested:
1. Your site looks amateur from the perspective of many fields: web design, typography, etc. Seriously consider consulting professionals in these fields, and you will promptly promote your site from a freebee homemade site to a professional site that generates automatic respect for your site's content.
2. Consider changing your site's name - I honestly expected a home & garden site judging by the name. It may not generate interest with your intended demographic.
3. Consider using less generic graphics - everyone has seen Mars and Saturn, specifically those photos of Mars and Saturn. Are they yours to use? Ripping photos from NASA may be a no-no.
4. Your site's navigation is a little rough. Consider consulting a designer on the concept of "visual hierarchy," and contrast.
5. Your one image under the article on "Soa Lee" is verging on pornographic from a Christian perspective. Many viewers will recoil from content like this. (I'm one of them).
6. Your side frames run WAY too far down the page. Most readers don't want to scroll down that far to get to what they're interested in. Perhaps using several pages would be advantageous, as well as reducing load times for users.
7. Your introduction seems contradictory to say the least, revealing a Christian bias and then claiming to be unbiased. It also uses personal pro-nouns, which i would shy away from. Talk about the site, not the author.
8. Why is your e-mail sophie11? Why not sophie2, or sophie99? The number seems a little confusing, and unnecessary, and should be removed unless you have a very good reason to have it there.
This is a quick start to help you as your site progresses. As an amateur web designer, and a professional graphic designer, I can certainly understand and sympathize with the challenges that you face with this site. Let me know if I can be of further assistance to you.
cheers,
Locke
P.S. - signatures are set via the "My Profile" link at the top of this page.
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