Blogstorm redesign come and take a look

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Glen Allsopp 04 Jan 2008 at 2:06 am

I prefer the old look for the posts, although the homepage looks nice

Christian 04 Jan 2008 at 2:08 am

Looking good, Patrick. The whole site just looks and feels a lot cleaner.

Nice work.

Christian.

Sucker 04 Jan 2008 at 2:16 am

Still nice and clean, I like it!

Patrick Altoft 04 Jan 2008 at 2:21 am
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Anything in particular you liked about the old look? I’m going to be making some tweaks so this isn’t the finished product.

The main priority was to get switched over to WP without any hitches.

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Raj 04 Jan 2008 at 2:26 am

1. The new design looks a lil better than the older one but I recommend to use a new color theme for your blog.
2. The search box is lost between other things in the sidebar.
3. The navigation on the top looks plain and very simple. You may at least want to highlight them with an underline or some background color.

Matthew 04 Jan 2008 at 2:30 am

Looks great and was a surprise when it first loaded up in the browser just now.

Damien van Holten 04 Jan 2008 at 2:38 am

Personally I feel the header needs a little more “bang”, but overal it’s a good redesign.

Patrick Altoft 04 Jan 2008 at 2:42 am
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The header will change a bit once the RSS buttons are added in so that will help.

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Sander 04 Jan 2008 at 2:44 am

Nice redesign! The reading is much easier, thumbs up!
Agreed with Damien, the logo needs a remake aswel. Good luck with your blog.

Al 04 Jan 2008 at 2:56 am

Looks great to me and is that a subscribe to comments I can see, about bloody time

Patrick Altoft 04 Jan 2008 at 2:59 am
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Yes you were one of the more vocal supporters of the subscribe to comments feature. I’m pleased I made the change even though it was tricky.

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Rajab Bader 04 Jan 2008 at 3:04 am

I must say it looks fabulous! Well-done Patrick, a very sexy theme!
I have requested the search function and finally it came;) Thanks Patrick

Al 04 Jan 2008 at 4:56 am

It’s all well and good having the checkbox but I never received an email, sorry

Patrick Altoft 04 Jan 2008 at 5:12 am
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Yes me neither…..

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Osman 04 Jan 2008 at 5:42 am

Hi Patrick,

Love the new design and the blog posts. I have your blog in a tab automatically everytime I run FireFox.

I didn’t realise that the ‘old’ style was not implemented using WP. I too have a site which is blog style format but not using WP, and I am thinking about doing this. I suspect its not an easy job?

Oz.

Patrick Altoft 04 Jan 2008 at 5:45 am
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It is a heck of a job if you don’t use something that Wordpress has an importer for. There are scripts for importing from sites like Blogger and Movable Type but mine was custom so it was much harder.

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Al 04 Jan 2008 at 5:53 am

Working now, well played Patrick.

Hugo Santos 04 Jan 2008 at 10:44 am

Hey patrick! Good job on changing to WP. And i personally say that you made an excelent choice on choosing the structure theme. I use it on my blog and i love it! I just think that you could change the colors..

S 04 Jan 2008 at 10:57 am

Looks sweet but not working so well in IE6

Mikael 04 Jan 2008 at 4:31 pm

I’ve always been pro Wordpress so I think it was a great move. Only thing I have always wanted was for you to get a new logo

Congratulations on the move.

Dave Davis 04 Jan 2008 at 5:59 pm

Awesome Patrick. Really looks a lot cleaner. (not that the last one was dirty).

Great job.

Marketing Hub 04 Jan 2008 at 6:22 pm

I see there’s a new Javascript tabbed posts section (top right corner) like Marketing Hub has (and ProBlogger).

I hope not too many people start adding those or it will be less out of the ordinary.

Luke Daly 04 Jan 2008 at 9:20 pm

I like it, only thing I would improve is adding bullet points to the “Latest” box on the right, oh, and on the homepage, the tab “search” doesn’t have a search box?!

Online Marketing Agency 07 Jan 2008 at 11:14 am

I really like the new site design, but it is pretty basic still. Are you looking for a customized wordpress theme? I would be happy to design one for you in return for a blog post about my new online marketing agency: Banner Blindness.

Ling valentine 21 Feb 2008 at 7:40 pm

I came directly from my own site, and at first I thought my monitor had broken – I couldn’t see anything. Then I realised it was the online form of walking from a Hong Kong street market into a minimalist art gallery. My migraine cleared instantly. Well done!

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