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   Comment by Mark from Bloglyne on 7 January 2008:

   Everton - I tried to read all the comments, but it is pretty darn early here… I noticed on small blog posts that the larger Google Ads block is not sized correctly.

   I think that could be fixed in the CSS with a separate container, with specified div height and width.
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   Comment by Everton on 11 December 2007:

   Thanks Amanda!

   1. I think the designer has made the banner the same height as the banner - I think you’re right that smaller would look better

   2. I’m going to get that logo redone as it’s bugging me as well. Will do after theme goes live

   3. That’s come up a few times about the colour - will change. I might even scrap them altogether

   4. That’s a bug - they are supposed to be displayed like they are on this theme

   5. There will be ads above the fold. The top posts isn’t working properly so more are being displayed than should be. At the moment the sidebar has little ad value to me so the fold isn’t that important. will change if start selling sponsors

   6. The footer sections are very messy at the mo….

   Thanks again!
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   Comment by Amanda on 10 December 2007:

   Hello Everton,

   I see where you’re headed with the “web 2.0″ style, though as others have said before, it really needs a little polishing before it’s perfect.

   I don’t mean to offend your designer at all in saying this, especially as I understand how difficult it can be to design a website for someone, only to be asked at every turn of this and that could be changed. At the same time, I understand the necessity of the blogger to have a perfect template. I have several blogs and design them all myself, though unfortunately I’m never completely happy with my own themes!

   Anyway, here are my suggestions to help polish the template a little:

   1. it would look better to me if the logo was slightly smaller, perhaps the same size as the text (before the reflection).

   2. The “Subscribe by RSS” image would look so much better if the font matched the rest of the blog. The serif-style fint looks so awkward among the rest of the theme (Helvetica/Arial/Verdana would appear so much better to me).

   3. I really don’t like the comment buttons on the home page, especially as they contrast the other colors so greatly. On the single pages, perhaps. Think of it this way: most of your posts will only appear in full on single pages. Few bloggers will leave a comment until they have read the whole post, so there is no need for a big comment button on the home page.

   4. I would love to see the comment count, tags and author/publishing date in small letters beneath the post titles, especially if separated by a horizontal rule. I think this looks great and rather professional. It’s also very useful to read such details at first glance of a post, rather than as an afterthought.

   5. No sidebar ads above the fold? This I was surprised about. Perhaps a couple of 125px square images right at the top followed by the popular posts would add colorful variety while the top picks would still be easily visible for newbies? You could always add extra sponsorship further down the sidebar too.

   6. The footer sections need a little more padding within their sections so the text isn’t quite so close to the edges.

   I do look forward to seeing the finished design, Everton. Although I don’t often comment, I do often read your blog!

   Best wishes,

   Amanda
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   Comment by keikun17 on 10 December 2007:

   i like how the colors blend together and the font size are just ok. ads would seem to be nonintrusive and would blend well
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   Comment by Jalaj on 10 December 2007:

   The most apparent error are:
   1) The CiAO ad flows aout of the design.
   2) The submenus are aligned otherwise. Currently the complete box containing the submenu items is alined to the Main menu text. Instead the submenu texts should should bear the same line with main menu text.

   the design shows fine in Safari and other browsers too.
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   Comment by D Web Design on 10 December 2007:

   I hope that the new layout would come before the end of the year.
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   Comment by Smackall on 10 December 2007:

   I like the brightness of the theme. Its good to read in such a theme…
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   Comment by Everton on 9 December 2007:

   @Ernie

   Sorry to hear that. I agree there are aspects of the final build that I would have liked the designer to sort out rather than me having to point them out. Hopefully once the theme is tightened up using the long list I’m sending through (it’s growing every hour) it will look very sharp and professional.
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   Comment by Everton on 9 December 2007:

   @Micah

   The ‘editors picks’ will show featured posts. I’m going to try and rotate them fairly often to try and highlight good old posts

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