Jaysus forgot about this in all the building works, James and Harry from Menwithpens decided to drop by today and analyze my site with the option to blow it too smithereens after they had finished.
Well after the excitement of yesterdays birthday party, imagine what it was like to have 2 burly american dudes (well one fo them is Canadian but sure its all the same except for how they say about and out etc) look over me with grimaces on their faces. I think they fell in love with my banner cause the grin disappeared quickly, thank god.
Ok what the heck am I on about Menwithpens are 2 bloggers/writers/web designers who go and look over sites and give their critique of them. The one thing I love about these guys is that they dont hold back, they say exactly what they feel and sometimes can hurt the hardest of us.
So I offered a photoblog to the dynamic duo, to see what they can come up with and I think they liked what they saw. I also love getting critques on the webdesign because its something I have been self teaching myself over the years, and was thrilled to see at last I am doing something right.
I agree yearly archives, fewer categories, change my page titles. In relation to the screen size issue, this was a big problem for me. Since its a photoblog, I have always attempted to put up as big an image as possible, 800px is the norm for me, so having the side bars would be an issue for a webpage 960 across, well would look more cluttered, also the decider for me was to look at the google analytics stats and 1024px was the norm for the visitor here.
Please go have a read of what they had to say because there is a lot of very useful stuff to be found for photoblogs. Also thanks you so much to James and Harry for not wrecking the place to much, it was a pleasure having you over.
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You’re very welcome, even if I do have to go take two Advil and lie down after being referred to as American… I’m as Canadian as they come
Heh, hope you still like me!
Corrected James, I apologise, do I still like you, you must be joking you spilt coffee on the photos when you kicked the desk ruining thousands of quids worth of pictures.
Ok that aint the case, but yes even though your Canadian, I can still like you!
I just came in from Menwithpens and thought I’d mention - I’m on a 1024px resolution and I can’t see your second navigation menu without scrolling, so if 1024 is the norm for your visitors, you might want to address that.
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