Criticise my Blog

Looks like it probably winds up as Georgia….

I took a Conflict of Laws class and enjoyed it very much!

If I were you, I’d move the translate buttons to the top of the page so it’s immediately available to someone who needs it.

Second, I’d make the post titles stand out a bit more. Perhaps a drop cap or all caps? Maybe just a different, less subtle color? Or you could stick an icon or image next to the titles.

Other than that, I like it ??

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It’s busy, but I like it.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I’ve added a subtle dividing line between posts, and done some tweaking with the fonts and sizes.

Hopefully it doesn’t look too bad now! https://www.conflictoflaws.net

Thanks again.

Looks much better!

Oh YES! Much more readable…. enough to keep me interested for a while. And to note that the first paragraph under

(1) Choice of Law

is duplicated….

Thanks guzzo and vkaryl! The duplicate paragraph has been deleted – cheers for that.

I still wasn’t convinced by Times New Roman, however, so I’ve changed the font to Book Antiqua. What do we think about it compared to TNR?

It’s slowly getting there!

Try Georgia, it is nice, round, bookish and is a default font on both a Windows PC and a Mac. ??

I too think you are getting there. And I also think that just having a [more] link there instead of a leggy front page would be better. If you go to a site such as law.com, you’ll see that they have teaser articles, as do most “webzine” style sites. That way the reader can browse the front page looking for articles he/she wants to read, rather than slogging through text to find what he/she wants.

Also, while I do like the centered comment/feedback area, why don’t you try having the left content align flush right and the right content align flush left and see how that looks?

I am a legal secretary by day and web designer by night. On both counts, I really like the site and think it is about 97.5% there! ??

Joni,

Many thanks for this – it is very helpful indeed!

I have tried Georgia, and my colleagues didn’t approve (I think lawyers find it slightly too informal – it’s a bit too “loopy”). Book Antiqua would seem to be somewhere between Georgia and TNR…?

I do have teaser items for my RSS feed, and I will revisit the idea of using the more tag on the front page. I just don’t know whether my readership will like it, or even understand it. Maybe I should commission an impact report…

I’m not sure I quite understand the alignment suggestion – do you mean right-aligning the menu, and left-aligning the main post content?

Many thanks!

Yep, that’s what I meant about the alignment. So that there is a narrow column of white space near the first third of the screen, and the menu items fan out to the left and the content to the right. Maybe that will help the eye advance down the page a bit easier. I’ve done that a few times to good effect.

One more thing you might think about, but it might not fly with your readers, although I see it quite commonly, and that is to have serif fonts for titles and headlines and a nice crisp sans-serif (Trebuchet MS or Lucida Sans Unicode) for the text. Just a thought!

Joni

Very good point Joni, and also mpgeorge, keep in mind that many people may not have Book Antiqua on their machines – so they’re going to see Georgia or whatever you put as backup anyway (though if your attorney-clients see Book Antiqua, at least THEY’LL be happy!)

And yes – it’s getting there by leaps and bounds now!

Good point, vkaryl, thanks. I’ve put Times New Roman as the back-up, on the basis that it was the second choice of my colleagues and editors. Is Book Antiqua only an Office 2003 font, or is it Office XP as well?

Any other criticisms would be welcome. Otherwise, thanks ever so much for all the help. The WP community is truly one of the best on the web.

Well, I got Book Antigua in Office 2002, Office 2003, Office XP whatever I just bought, AND WordPerfect 9…. oh, and maybe Open Office too, not sure now.