Hello,
I’ve spent the past few months working really hard on my new news blog. As some of you will know, blogs are often hard work and it has been a fast learning curve. I’m not earning anything from it directly but it is important to keep the standard up as indirectly, of course it’s an advert for me.

So, decided I would ‘come out’ for once with my real name and bravely ask for feedback from yourselves. Content and creation.
Here’s the URL: http://www.franceslaing.co.uk

Thanks in advance, either comment here if you like, or on the blog.
w.w.

Just scan reading atm, and it looks really excellent.

I like it and dh had to come and have a read because the subject content is something he is passionate about, both of us found it an easy and informative read.  Nice layout and good length of article.  I find the way you write very easy to read

sarie

Thank you, I appreciate your time. Anything else folks, I’ll be checking back on this thread now and then.
w.w.

Just a comment on the design and I don’t know if this is deliberate. If it is, then that’s fine and your choice of styling.

What I see is over 2/3 of the site on the RHS of my screen is in deep red with a small column of writing on it (on the left) and the main body of your site takes up less than 1/3 on the LHS.
This means you have incredibly long pages and lots of , what I would call, ‘dead space over on the right.

In addition, the font on the red background is tiny. I have good eye sight, but a small screen resolution which makes it hard to read.

I’m using Firefox and Windows XP

Well done on pouring so much time and energy into it; it’s a labour of love, right?!

SC x

starchild - 03 July 2009 05:07 PM

Just a comment on the design and I don’t know if this is deliberate. If it is, then that’s fine and your choice of styling.

What I see is over 2/3 of the site on the RHS of my screen is in deep red with a small column of writing on it (on the left) and the main body of your site takes up less than 1/3 on the LHS.
This means you have incredibly long pages and lots of , what I would call, ‘dead space over on the right.

In addition, the font on the red background is tiny. I have good eye sight, but a small screen resolution which makes it hard to read.

I’m using Firefox and Windows XP

Well done on pouring so much time and energy into it; it’s a labour of love, right?!

SC x

I have the same and I’m on Safari on a Mac.

Other than that I really enjoyed it, Good Work :D

Yes, it’s deliberate, that’s the template. Thanks again. It is a drawback with the template, but I personally liked the design and as you bloggers know, there comes a point where you have to focus on content and make a choice. Unless that is, you can farm out the work or write html (which I haven’t learned yet). It is really good to get comments and feedback from yourselves so appreciate the time you’ve taken.
w.w.