Written on August 10th, 2007 at 08:08 am by Darren Rowse
We’re Entering New Design Transition Phase
Just a short note to let readers know that in the next hour or so you’ll begin to see changes to ProBlogger as we launch the new design.
As with all such launches we’re sure there will be a few bumps in the road as the team behind it get things up and running - do checks - find glitches - carry out fixes etc
We ask for your patience and understanding as we do this as it will probably take us a little while to iron out any issues. If you find any issues/bugs/dead links etc please feel free to let us know in comments below. Your help in this will be greatly appreciated.
Once things are stable I’ll write a post outlining some more of the changes and thinking behind them and I’d then love to hear some discussion on what you think. Your constructive feedback will be appreciated and will help make ProBlogger a better resource for all.
Darren nervously backs away from the old orange design….
146 Responses to “We’re Entering New Design Transition Phase”
Regan
August 10th, 2007 8:27 am
*crosses fingers*
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 8:31 am
testing
Stuart
August 10th, 2007 8:33 am
Looks fantastically fresh and inviting Darren. Your team that’s been working behind the scenes to put it all together has done an awesome job.
Huge Kudos…
Glenn Wolsey
August 10th, 2007 8:34 am
Wow! Looks great Darren, I’m off to explore.
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 8:34 am
thanks Stuart - still a few more little bugs to fix but we’re getting there.
HolisticGal
August 10th, 2007 8:35 am
I can’t believe I’ve been waiting impatiently for this like a first date or something. Cool! I like it,but like others, I only care about the content.:)
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 8:36 am
don’t break anything Glenn
Kishore Reddy
August 10th, 2007 8:38 am
Darren,
The new design looks great… Iam off to explore
Ben
August 10th, 2007 8:40 am
Note to everyone: there are still a few CSS issues and some of the pages are not setup yet - impossible to do without pushing the site live, so I am fixing them all now and it should be done ASAP :)
Glenn Wolsey
August 10th, 2007 8:41 am
I’ll do my best now to Darren, found an array of bugs but I won’t report any for a few hours, I’ll see if you guys sort them out first before I hit you with more. I just popped you a quick email regarding a DPS post by the way.
Once again, loving the new structure.
Mark
August 10th, 2007 8:41 am
Wow, What a stunning new design, Darren!
I love it!
You’re giving me a lot of ideas for my eventual redesign down the road, especially with regards to your new redesigned footer and your switch to a single right sidebar.
Excellent job!!
koen
August 10th, 2007 8:44 am
Looks great, awesome !
Graeme Mac
August 10th, 2007 8:44 am
For me the jobs link doesn’t work. Other than that I am liking the new design. Less cluttered, fresh and a few new ways to discover great content.
lifelessons
August 10th, 2007 8:45 am
Darren,
Great work by you and your team. This theme is GREAT!
Are you sure there are some bugs? I can’t see them :)
I am so excited to be part of the new era for ProBlogger. I am sure we are going into a new level with the new design.
Keep up the great word Darren.
You’re Da Man!
Adam Snider
August 10th, 2007 8:47 am
Wow…it’s VERY different. I don’t think I expected anything so drastic when I saw the title of this post in my feed reader, but I definitely like the new design. Much cleaner, and easier to navigate.
I don’t know if I like having so much of the content at the bottom of the page like that, but overall, I like this new design quite a bit.
Manthem
August 10th, 2007 8:49 am
Just like everyone else has said, I didn’t expect this much change. It looks fantastic though. Simplistically beautiful.
Terra Andersen
August 10th, 2007 8:50 am
Woah, very different and not at all what I was expecting.. but still good! I agree with the previous poster that having so much important stuff at the bottom seems odd..
Brian Purkiss
August 10th, 2007 8:52 am
Very nice!
Looks great so far!!! :-D
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Bob
August 10th, 2007 8:52 am
Stunningly brilliant!
(I am having trouble saying anything else :)
Kevin
August 10th, 2007 8:54 am
fantastic. I love the new design :)
Toivo Lainevool
August 10th, 2007 8:54 am
It will be interesting to see the number of click-throughs you get from this rss post. I’m sure everybody is clicking through to the site to check out the new design.
Aaron Brazell
August 10th, 2007 8:57 am
Fantastic! :)
the How-To Geek
August 10th, 2007 8:58 am
Very nice. I love the new front page.
Rich Minx
August 10th, 2007 8:59 am
I fear change.
Just kidding! Looks great so far, nice clean layout.
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 9:05 am
thanks everyone - you’re all being very generous and supportive and are giving us energy to get all the bugs ironed out.
We’re knocking them off slowly!
Jordan
August 10th, 2007 9:06 am
Darren,
Love the new look!!!
nika
August 10th, 2007 9:10 am
That’ll do pig, that’ll do.
like it MUCH more than the orange.
Matt Huggins
August 10th, 2007 9:10 am
Looks much improved, I love it! :)
Matt Huggins
August 10th, 2007 9:12 am
Just a couple bugs I’ve noticed:
- The “Advertise on ProBlogger” image link is setup wrong…it leads to a blank white page when I click on it.
- Under “Problogging Resources” at the bottom of the page, the link labeled “My Review” under “Get a Real Blog Videos” leads to the product instead of leading to your review.
Average Joe Blogger
August 10th, 2007 9:17 am
I love the new look. Good work.
Glen Allsopp
August 10th, 2007 9:17 am
Well this is interesting; heads off to explore aswell ;)
Chuck Reynolds
August 10th, 2007 9:18 am
Nice - looks slick - I’ll be exploring more later… Congrats on the new design update!
Michael from Pro Blog Design
August 10th, 2007 9:20 am
It looks stunning! It’s so much nicer to read from, and the all of links are ordered so much better. It’s making me want to re-explore different parts of ProBlogger all over again. :D
The homepage is fantastic. Everything from the featured post to the ajax “best” links. I love it all. :D
Glen Allsopp
August 10th, 2007 9:23 am
Just noticed the completely new homepage. Some very clever ideas and great ways to organise the content with your fancy javascript / ajax section in the middle :)
dimas
August 10th, 2007 9:24 am
I think I´ll need to get used, I like design but perhaps it is less personal. However, it looks great! Just two things, you should maybe choose the thumbnail of the video, you look a bit strange :) and advertising link on sidebar is not working! Anyway, congratulations!
twoluvcats
August 10th, 2007 9:26 am
wow…i like this very much! It will be much better for printing articles and its much cleaner and easy on the eyes.
I am really liking the new logo…its very visually intriguing!
thanks for all the great information you share with the blogoshere.
Ma2T
August 10th, 2007 9:27 am
Congrats Darren, looks great!
I have been reading your blog for a few years now, and was very used to the old design.
I’m glad you kept the /blog section for easy reading, and the home area looks great also.
dharana
August 10th, 2007 9:28 am
The new design is very professional Darren. I’ve also noticed some bugs and I have a few comments but I will wait until the transition is oficially completed because some of them have already been fixed.
Glen Allsopp
August 10th, 2007 9:32 am
The number of comments on the homepage for this post is different to that on the actual post
Plus should the problogger logo when clicked on a blog post take people to the blog or the homepage? I would expect it to take me to the blog
Myo Kyaw Htun
August 10th, 2007 9:34 am
Simple and clean layout!!!
Angela
August 10th, 2007 9:34 am
Wow! Way kewl! LOVE the design!
And that is my very first reaction as your blog loaded on my screen. Haven’t even had a chance to notice any quirks which you’ve probably worked out by now anyway.
Jared Schwager
August 10th, 2007 9:35 am
Holy crap! It’s so sexy! I love it! Congrats to whoever it was who designed the layout.
Greg Nilsen
August 10th, 2007 9:38 am
Wow! Nice upgrade!
Roberta
August 10th, 2007 9:38 am
Wow, what can I say…I’m in awe of this new design! It looks great…Awesome job!
Martin Neumann
August 10th, 2007 9:40 am
Very, very nice, Darren.
I love that the home page is being turned into a more portal/cms style and you’ve seperated the blog from the main domain - leaves you more room for future endeavours.
If this is an indication of where blog design is going then I’m liking it.
Ian from Tethics
August 10th, 2007 9:41 am
The link you have to advertise on ProBlogger seems to be dead.
http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/themes/problogger2/advertise
JerkyBeef
August 10th, 2007 9:42 am
Darren, the design looks ripe… very nice…
Simon
August 10th, 2007 9:43 am
The new design is great. That is one massive footer. The sponsor blocks are messed up for me at the moment but I guess you guys are working on that. Looks great!
Nancy
August 10th, 2007 9:47 am
Much cleaner!
Personally, I think I’ll miss all that happy orange-y-ness — but this color scheme is a nice replacement. :)
Angela
August 10th, 2007 9:48 am
Quick note about your new logo which I really like…
Two things registered in my mind immediately upon seeing the bluish-gray circle around the “P”…
First thought: Atoms, protons, nucleus, creating
Second thought that immediately followed first thought: Unity, linked around the world
Doug
August 10th, 2007 9:48 am
Awsome new design! I have to ask though, why did you move your affiliate / ad links to the right. I read through your ‘for beginner’s’ section and it said that the ad placement hot spot is on the left sidebar. Just wondering if it really makes a difference. Once again, I really dig this new design
Kat
August 10th, 2007 9:53 am
Looks good so far.
Michael from Pro Blog Design
August 10th, 2007 9:58 am
And you’ve changed the little feedburner button now? The static version is much nicer! :)
Alex Moskowitz
August 10th, 2007 9:58 am
Ergh…too…clean.
I suppose it’s just a personal preference, but I quite enjoyed the orange design.
Ryan
August 10th, 2007 10:01 am
Your blog posts in the left column look like Google Ads. At first I thought all your content disappeared with the video thing smack in the middle.
Hopefully people will be able to distinguish between the signal and the noise on this new site. Your old design was clear and concise, I’m not sure I’d give this look the same definition.
vargas
August 10th, 2007 10:03 am
Excellente! I’ve changed the template on one of my blogs as well and it’s still a work in progress. But the new layout here looks rgeat!
motorsportBABESau
August 10th, 2007 10:05 am
Looks awesome!
Michael from Pro Blog Design
August 10th, 2007 10:08 am
Ryan - Check out the “blog” link at the top. It’s laid out in traditional blog format. If you don’t like the new homepage, just use that instead. :)
Third time I’ve complemented this design; but I’ve just noticed the absolute lack of Adsense! Your RSS feed says (said*) that that was the source of 40% of your income. Will you make a post in the future letting us know how dropping Adsense here has worked out please? :)
(At any rate, it’s alot nicer not having to scroll past all that to get from a post to the comment section!)
Imar
August 10th, 2007 10:13 am
Sweet, this is much easier on the eye! Not the most creative design ever, but very tidy!
Ti
August 10th, 2007 10:15 am
Congrats, you managed to make your blog look like every other blog out there (TechCrunch, Read/WriteWeb, etc). I guess being original is no more in today’s world.
Ashley Wagner
August 10th, 2007 10:25 am
Looks great Darren! It’s definitely much cleaner, and I think you utilized the space well - particularly the footer. Great work :)
Jason MoneySpace
August 10th, 2007 10:26 am
WOW!!! I love it!! This is one heck of a look. GREAT job to everyone who worked on this.
Jason MoneySpace
Viral Electronics
August 10th, 2007 10:30 am
Wow my head spun when the site loaded lol. Deffantly a big big change. Wow, but I do like it. Will just have to get used to reading the left column now. I deffantly like the most popular blog section down the middle.
David Mackey
August 10th, 2007 10:30 am
Looking good thus far!
Hank Osborne
August 10th, 2007 10:33 am
Darren,
I love it. BUT…
My first impression was not as stellar as the rest. I got my first look by coming to this post from my Google Reader on a Win 2K box running IE6 at 1024×768. All I saw was the header and the post. The right sidebar got pushed to the bottom. I went to the front page and got the same result with the right sidebar on the Win 2K PC.
It looks great on my Win XP laptop using Firefox.
Blessings!
Hank O
MTO
August 10th, 2007 10:33 am
I cant believe you’re getting rid of the “Helping bloggers earn money” phrase you used to have by your logo. That was part of your image/identity. Why letting it go?
I love the “Best of Problogger” section at the index, any chance that is available as a wordpress plugin? ;-)
Heraldo
August 10th, 2007 10:36 am
Much better. Looks great. The old style was cluttered and the font too small. This is a big improvement.
cooliojones
August 10th, 2007 10:36 am
Ok. The design looks truly professional! It looks excellent, it really does. I am excited to see the site go through this re-design, and I think it will only help to further boost your brand.
Bill Nad
August 10th, 2007 10:37 am
Wow Darren I really like the layout. My blogs are all about content cluttering the page but I am really excited about the centralization of the main page and the way that it gives you everything in one place.
Fantastic change although I know some people are just going to hate the change in that they will have to click to get ot any article.
You have given my inspiration to kill the upcoming weekend in a design change.
Ben
August 10th, 2007 10:41 am
Unfortunately, no. It uses a script called DOMtabs and I edited Alex King’s plugin “Popularity Contest” to display the All time / month popular posts and the CSS is all broken up ;)
Thomas Crown
August 10th, 2007 10:41 am
Hey! I like it! a lot actually! congratulation to the design team… or guy.. or whoever did it.
I also changed my site design today, so i invite you all probloggers to share your feedback there.
Congrats again!
ourmonmouth
August 10th, 2007 10:51 am
bug- when i submitted a comment for the video I was directed to a blank page that didn’t load. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/08/10/were-entering-new-design-transition-phase/
My apologies if this is premature but the imbalance of the 3 columns is very distracting. Why a big open space in the middle of your home page?
I really like the “best of” widget, nicely done.
ourmonmouth
August 10th, 2007 10:53 am
bug- the long url in my prior post did not wrap correctly.
Trevor
August 10th, 2007 10:54 am
Overall - a nice clean look, but can I be rather critical of one major point?
When will blog and web designers realise that a significant proportion of the population CANNOT read white text on a black or dark background without their eyes hurting badly?
Granted - the offending text is at the bottom of the page and is just a list of links - but it is still a problem.
Bachelorium
August 10th, 2007 10:55 am
I don’t like that it’s missing Darren’s photo. That made it feel more personable.
Bush Mackel
August 10th, 2007 10:58 am
BOY. That’s s stark change. But I like it. Only thing you’re missing is your mug somewhere on the front page. You gotta do it! There are a lot of posts that say one should have their pic on the front and point to your site as a prime example!
…Oh wait…I didn’t even see the bottom there. (#):)
Leigh
August 10th, 2007 11:01 am
I think it looks fabulous, great work Darren!
I agree you , hope your picture will be returning to the sidebar.
pearl
August 10th, 2007 11:05 am
this is BEAUTIFUL
Hank O
August 10th, 2007 11:05 am
After looking at your Sitemeter stats I guess the Win 2k IE6 thing is not that big of a deal after all. The site looks outstanding on Win XP and Linux using the following:
IE 7 on Win XP
Firefox 1.5.0.1 on Linux
Firefox 2.0.0.6 on XP
Opera 9.22 on Linux
Opera 9.10 on XP
Netscape 7.2 on XP
Mozilla 1.7.13 on XP
Oh Yeah… Firefox 2.0.0.5 does fine on Win 2K
The Palm Blazer on my 700P doesn’t do the template justice at all. The text links and search box above the header writes over the header image. I have the same problem on a blog I am designing for a customer.
Hank O (aka TheOzz)
Lorna
August 10th, 2007 11:06 am
Very nice! For some reason, I’m even liking the sponsor ads on the sidebar :D
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 11:10 am
well go visit them Lorna - they paid for this! ;-)
Myo Kyaw Htun
August 10th, 2007 11:13 am
Sidebar crash in Internet Explorer 6
check it out!
http://images.myokyawhtun.com/albums/8gh2dbxy30cft1wsjkra/problogger.png
pearl
August 10th, 2007 11:16 am
this looks awesome! But your picture should be up there somewhere not in the footer!!
MK
August 10th, 2007 11:17 am
Very streamlined. It was hard for me to navigate the other one. Hope all the same stuff is here. Very sophisticated logo. Good luck, problogger2.0
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 11:19 am
thanks for everyone’s comments on the ie6 problems - we’re aware of it and are working on it. Shouldn’t be too much longer.
Wendy Piersall
August 10th, 2007 11:19 am
A way bigger change than I anticipated - HUGE kudos to you and your team for such an inviting and well done front page. I also need to change my own front page soon… I may steal an idea or two from you… ;)
Congrats on your evolution - scary and fun, isn’t it?!
Chris Baskind
August 10th, 2007 11:26 am
Much “more minimal.” Excellent, Darren.
G's Cottage
August 10th, 2007 11:28 am
Nice. I like it. I don’t feel like I’m in a phone booth anymore.
Agree that that is an impressive footer; and I really like your new thumbnail “about me” blurb.
fivecentnickel.com
August 10th, 2007 11:33 am
Wow, the front page text is so small it’s almost unreadable. Looks like I’ll be focusing on your rss feed, and just clicking through to single pages as necessary. Too bad, as typing ‘problogger.net’ into my browser used to be a nice diversion.
Ben
August 10th, 2007 11:38 am
Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes…… Looks great! Change is good, especially when its nicely done like your new design.
One complaint, I don’t see any content or submission form on the Group Writing Project page, http://www.problogger.net/group-writing-project
Stavanger
August 10th, 2007 11:40 am
Fantastic Darren!
The meta has some problems in Safari, here is a screenshot
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/c_stavanger/Picture11.png
Also, the b5media Mobile RSS is oveflowing the sidebar and its probably best to stick an overflow:hidden in the main column. The url above might break your design in IE.
Finally, I think the round corners in the green subscribe and submit is unnecessary, there is nothing else round in the design so they kind of stand out.
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 11:41 am
fivecentnickel - patience my friend. We’ll get it right for you.
I think you saw it for a few seconds while we were playing with CSS.
As the post says above - give us an hour or three to get things right and hopefully we’ll have the bugs ironed out for you :-)
thanks for the feedback though - we’re getting there!
Aaron
August 10th, 2007 11:42 am
Absolutely fabulous. Hats off to the designers. Are you using any new plugins since your post about the WP plugins you use?
The Buxr Widget
August 10th, 2007 11:49 am
Looks great.. It took a minute to get oriented, but I think ti’s great. I see the move from blog to blogging portal has been made.
Joe
August 10th, 2007 11:52 am
Looks great so far!
nathan
August 10th, 2007 11:54 am
this new design is awesome. clean, uncluttered, and easy to navigate, and a non-blinding color scheme :)
Zac Davis
August 10th, 2007 12:00 pm
Major props to the designer. This is so clean and easy to navigate. Also, it is very aesthetically pleasing. I just noticed though, that there is nothing under the sponsors section for me. I’m running Firefox 2.0.0.6 in Windows Vista. Other than that, totally awesome.
Chris Pund
August 10th, 2007 12:02 pm
New design looks great Darren and Ben! I really like it, way to go!
Truden
August 10th, 2007 12:08 pm
Beautiful and very well organized with one exception - the link for comments must be at the end of the article.
Nobody is gonna like the scrolling back to the top where the link is.
Carl Coddington
August 10th, 2007 12:11 pm
I really think it’s an impressive design. I will miss the old.. but, hey…. Life must go on.
Tamar Weinberg
August 10th, 2007 12:11 pm
Wow, what an improvement! I like it a lot.
Brian Clark
August 10th, 2007 12:22 pm
We are currently analyzing your newest effort, and will top it with Copyblogger 3.0. :)
Seriously, this design is wonderful. Kudos to Ben and to Darren for pushing blog design a step farther in the direction it needs to go.
Angel
August 10th, 2007 12:28 pm
Looks good, but I think I prefer the old design. We’ll see how long it takes to warm to this one.
Steven Snell
August 10th, 2007 12:34 pm
Darren,
The new design looks great! I especially like the footer and all of the links that are available there. My first impression is that it is much easier to navigate through. Great job! I’m glad to see you kept the familiar picture.
Daniel Harsant
August 10th, 2007 12:35 pm
I’m really liking this new design, except maybe all the stuff down the bottom could be up maybe under the b5 sms banner. The green is a bit yucky and doesn’t make me want to subscribe. I’d go red like problogger. I’d also include a vertical list of the last few month’s posts on the archives page, so that it doesn’t take 2 clicks to find the archive.
Just my opinion anyway, take what you will. The site looks sweet!
fivecentnickel.com
August 10th, 2007 12:38 pm
Ahhhh. Text is better now. Although there’s this giant picture of some dude’s head right in the middle of the front page. ;)
(Only kidding… Yes, I know that’s Darren’s video)
Jeremy Steele
August 10th, 2007 12:44 pm
Oh wow! Looks awesome!!!
raj
August 10th, 2007 12:44 pm
Damn!! You sexy thing. Love the subtle colours and the new problogger logo. Very, very sexy.
Fadli Wilihandarwo
August 10th, 2007 12:46 pm
When I’m visit this blog, I am confused. “The Orange” blog that usually I’m visited has changed. I think, I have a mistake write this blog address.
But, I’m wrong. This site has changed it’s themes. Nice themes.
yvette
August 10th, 2007 12:48 pm
looks really nice, much more like a blog than a website like it did before.
Darren Rowse
August 10th, 2007 12:49 pm
LOL - yes, the head is rather large - in real life too!
Mike Rohde
August 10th, 2007 1:01 pm
The new design looks great! Ben, super nice work on the site design structure! Darren, I’m honored to be part of the design team, helping out with the logo re-design. Thanks for the opportunity!
Bill Hutchison
August 10th, 2007 1:10 pm
Wow, looking great…
Jon Symons
August 10th, 2007 1:10 pm
Overall it looks great. I love the front page. Numbers on the comments might be nice.
Fadli Wilihandarwo
August 10th, 2007 1:17 pm
Darren, your search facilities doesn’t work. Why ?
Dan Cole
August 10th, 2007 1:18 pm
115 comments… WOW.
I don’t personally like the green submit buttons. Too many colors to the theme. I does feel different.
John Wilson
August 10th, 2007 1:21 pm
Much easier to find stuff. Thanks for the update.
garg
August 10th, 2007 1:24 pm
Very nice! I really like it. Congrats on the new design!
Danny Foo
August 10th, 2007 1:30 pm
I don’t really like the homepage. I feel it’s a little overwhelming and the same sized headers for each panel doesn’t help me define each area quick enough. Not too mention the right side feels really heavy.
Anyway, that’s my 2-cents and I guess we’ll all have to get used to it.
Overall, I welcome the new professionally designed image for a problogger. :)
Binny V A
August 10th, 2007 1:38 pm
I like the new design - much simpler than the old one. And lots of white-space - I like white-space.
Matt Propst
August 10th, 2007 2:00 pm
I’m impressed. Change is good?
I like it.
Hilton
August 10th, 2007 3:52 pm
Congratulation. It looks great:)
keep it up:)
Tony E
August 10th, 2007 4:08 pm
I must admit that I miss the old design already. As a long time ProBlogger reader, I was used to the welcoming look of the previous design, but I suppose change is a good thing.
Konkoff
August 10th, 2007 5:54 pm
Aha, its very nice!
The head isnt bad :)
Terry Ng
August 10th, 2007 6:38 pm
Much much better than the previous design which I think was the one weak point in the Problogger brand. Glad you made the move! ;)
kher Cheng Guan
August 10th, 2007 8:01 pm
Like my last post commenting on your new LOGO, I still find the new LOGO doesn’t appear to be “new” or “fresh”, but
the LAYOUT is EXCELLENT! Clinically clean, spacious to move about and so easy on the eyes. Definitely be back more often to dig some of your past content.
All the best to you Darren.
Goal Setting College
August 10th, 2007 9:00 pm
You’ve done a great job with the archives, which I believe is one of the handicap of the last design. It’s WAY easier to review the past posts now and I’m sure you’ll clock a higher page views ratio in time to come!
Good work, Darren & Team!
Cheers,
Ellesse
Nate Whitehill
August 10th, 2007 9:03 pm
Gorgeous design, Darren! Hats off to your team!
Claude / Les Explorers
August 10th, 2007 9:05 pm
bravo, great job for this new design. Hope you will put more video on your blog
A Taylor
August 10th, 2007 9:06 pm
Great Design Darren,
Great WordPress blog template designers are hard to find so you are lucky with finding good help.
We will all be interested in reading your notes later on how you will keep up SEO with the change over to the new design.
I will be going through a similar activity (launching new blog and design) in a couple of months so tips from the master (Darren of course) will be quite useful
Iantrepreneur
August 10th, 2007 9:13 pm
THIS IS GREAT! I kinda do not like the post on teh far left to be so small - but the layout and color is great!
Nancy Clark
August 10th, 2007 10:13 pm
Great redesign. Small item: On the Archives page, you recommend using the searchbox in the sidebar, but your search box is up at the top right.
Kim
August 11th, 2007 12:28 am
Love the colors. And how the logo turned out. I’d increase size of blog posts font though to give it more importance to the site. As it is, everything is given equal space/size/font so it is difficult to ascertain what is what when you first land on the homepage. But you are definitely on the right track!
Troy
August 11th, 2007 1:49 am
To be honest, I don’t really like this design. I’ve been reading Problogger semi-regularly for a while now, but this is my first comment. I though the orange was much more inviting and generally a lot nicer to read through. I realize this is still being tweaked, but right now it’s way too clean!
This is just my little opinion though :)
Brown Baron
August 11th, 2007 3:01 am
Love the new look. Great design! Your logo looks good too. Congrats Darren.
Jim Goldstein
August 11th, 2007 3:34 am
Looks great! I’m looking forward to exploring the design more.
igizmore
August 11th, 2007 4:10 am
i honestly think that your old design was better … sorry dude just my opinion . this one is ok but need a bit a colour change i guess . again just and opinion . PEACE
igizmore
August 11th, 2007 4:15 am
P.S : where’s your favicon thingy ?
techpro
August 11th, 2007 6:19 pm
i can see much better in previous design when compared to new one.May you should give a choice to users to choose one among old and new.
i choose the old one.it is user friendly.
should work more on colors,banners,and icons
Gene Wilson
August 11th, 2007 8:59 pm
I have been a reader of your blog for quite some time. I like the new look of your blog and am eager to see what other new things you will add to the look here.
annl
August 12th, 2007 6:28 am
Thanks for the warning!
Laurel Papworth
August 12th, 2007 11:03 am
Very nice - tres sexy, much like our good selves. :)
I’ve created a bit of fluff at Bloggerati Australia - if you ProBloggers new design, and think it’s newsworthy, feel free to vote for it there.
(Bloggerati Australia- sort of like Digg but smaller/cuter and local and drives traffic to Australian blogs and Web 2.0 sites.)
But Darlin’ you need to add the PREVIEW plugin.
Blog Opinion
August 12th, 2007 7:35 pm
Hi remember me. You suggested me not change my blog theme too much. I like your new theme. good one !
Jim
August 13th, 2007 11:47 pm
Love it! Very smart and stylish.
Christian Decker
August 19th, 2007 10:09 pm
I really love the new layout, it’s much cleaner than the old one ^^
Regards,
Christian
joen05
August 22nd, 2007 1:53 pm
This layout looks great! I love it!
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