review my florida gator blog

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  1. Florida13

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  2. OneUpDave

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    The site, is great. I love the simplicity, the colors, the layout.

    The forums, you may want to either change the colors at the very least, to reflect your main sites, adjust the theme to be more Florida/Sports-related, or have someone make one for you (though that will most likely cost money). The default SMF theme is probably objectionably worse than any other forum software.

    That's all I have. I'm sure you'll have a nice little official reviewer in here soon with a book full of stuff to change. Listen to them, they're here to help. :)
     
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    Over all I think it's fairly nice, if a little on the plain side. Have you considered some kind of icon or image to go with your logo?

    You might want to make your video just a little bigger, I think it would look better if it reached to the borders of the column.

    Your column headers are a little plain as well, have you considered rounded corners and perhaps a little more padding for the left side of the text?

    Also, on my Firefox browser, there's a bit too much whitespace between your second and third columns.
     
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    It reminds me of the 90's, not really that appealing for me, but it might be for your audience since those are the team colors.

    The blog is very active I see, many articles about the sport around Florida. Seems that the blog posts are very thought put, did you make them? Like find out information and write it yourself?

    I'm not fond of the design, you can make it look more modern and stay true to the colors, even add more graphics and make it more appealing. Make your blog quality filled all around! Not only the articles but the design too!

    Other than that, the SMF just makes it look even less appealing.

    Edit: There is too much space between your columns as Michelle stated.
     
    FullMetalBabe, Jul 12, 2009
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  5. Florida13

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    Umm, yes I think you can/should pay for a new custom theme done, unless you edit one your self or as I said MANY times, use the forum services to ask for help, which AA is no exclusion for that.
     
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    Something modern yet true to the topic of your blog.
     
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    i mean.. i am not sure what type of theme to ask for.. i NEEEED those colors though.
     
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  10. OneUpDave

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    I think the colors are fine, but they're asking that you just change the look of the template. Keep the colors, add/change the elements.
     
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    Kind of.... keep the colors, just make it look 2009 and not 1990.
     
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