New Look for Blog

Oct 31 2008 7:19 AM

Craig, Lake Quincy Media's Creative Director, updated my blog from the generic theme I'd been using today. Let me know how you like it (if you're reading this in an RSS reader, click here). I like it but I'm a bit biased. I'm also curious, as a reader, do you prefer seeing full posts on the home page or just summaries (for example: Rob Howard or ScottW's blogs).

Please post a comment with your thoughts! Thanks!

7 Comments

Mohammad Azam said on Oct 31 2008 at 7:45 AM

Hi Steven,
Blog looks very nice! I am not sure if you need the Steven Smith written on the left side of the screen since the same thing is also on the right side.
Also, I prefer to see the complete post on the home page without having to click on "continue" or "read more".
Thanks,
Azam
Keyvan Nayyeri said on Oct 31 2008 at 8:35 AM

This is very nice, Steve :-)
I personally prefer an excerpt, overview or introduction of the post in homepage because for our blogs (as technical blogs that may contain long source code samples), it may yield something ugly. This way things will be kept clean IMO.
ssmith said on Oct 31 2008 at 9:13 AM

Hi Mohammad,
Thanks, I think the left side is for my name and the right for the domain name, which aren't exactly the same since it's a common name and someone grabbed the associated domain name long ago.
Andrei Rinea said on Nov 1 2008 at 4:52 AM

Well done Steven, this is way better :)
Joe Brinkman said on Nov 2 2008 at 3:27 AM

Very nice look Steve. I much prefer the summary page rather than the full posts. It makes it much easier to scan posts and pick out the one I am looking for/interested int.
Daniel Egan said on Nov 10 2008 at 3:09 PM

Steve,
I like the new look.. I just updated mine too. As far as the posts are concerned, I like the full post on the front page. I can skim it eaiser and not have to pop back and forth between the front page and the summary.
Daniel
Terri Morton said on Sep 24 2009 at 6:18 AM

I am *way* late to the party, but wanted to let you know that I love your "new" site design. I think it every time I land here, but don't believe I've stated so. It's very clean and easy to read, yet doesn't feel stark.
Personally I prefer summaries on the home page, as you are doing.