New blog design

Hello all,

Got a new blog design up and running, and I would like to gather your thoughts and put them into my little pocketbox.

view it here.

Ignore any errors, there getting fixed.

Thanks.

Looks good! I only have one real comment: don't use WordPress's archival system. Listing every month that you've published a post in your sidebar is a terrible way to allow users access to your archives, particularly after you've been online for a year or more.

I still haven't found a really great way to access archives, but the solution I've been using with Wordpress is to create a static page called "archives". The page has no actual content; it's all set via a template page. I usually have lists of both categories and months, and sometimes I'll do a "most popular" style thing, too (for instance, see my Tagamac archives). Then I place "archives" in the permalink structure (site.com/archives/category/).

I'm not entirely happy with it, but it cuts down the cruft in the sidebar. I'd be interested to see if you come up with a better solution.

I also don't really like the "from the blogosphere" box; it's not centered and the colors/look don't really integrate with the page very well.

Comments look pretty good, although you might want to consider alternating colors (the green with a slightly different green) to make them easier to differentiate.

Overall very nice. I like the flat, non-bubbly non-shadowy look and the hover effects on the sidebar ooze style.

Looks very nice. I like the color selection a lot. The header looks finished the most. It looks very sophisticated and stylish, I only mind the size of the search field, you should resize it down a lot. The same goes for the menu buttons, make them smaller and you'll have a great blog!

Ava

I suggest, instead of this:

you make it a link tag as well to an external. Just incase a browser doesdnt know how to read that, which can happen.

Aye will do, thanks for the comments all.