Comments on: Socialized Software: Community Consulting Summary

By: Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:39:47 +0000

Nic Info…Lets see how much it helps the bloggers

By: PlasticPilot

PlasticPilot — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:04:30 +0000

I agree with the remark about tags and categories. On the other hand I like to have both, so I can understand why Mark wants both.

My solution for this problem (which I use on my blog, so not just theory) is to put the categories just below the title, and the tags after the post.

This also “encourages” the reader to click on a tag to see what else I published about it.

By: Search◊ Engines Web

Search◊ Engines Web — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:42:39 +0000

The third column does not appear to be altering in I.E. using a 1027 resolution.

Was the CSS just changed?

The site does NOT appear too busy – in fact is it is attractive andeasy to read.

The white and dark gray color combination is quite attractive – the small san serif fonts are perfect with the minimalist color color and design

One minor element is that the WHITE background color on the two right columns loads LATER than the rest of the page.
This would not be a problem if the BODY background color was not dark gray along with the text color.

Perhaps the borders separating the posts could be a little more dominant.
But it is surprising that there was such a negative reaction to the layout

But guess this illustrates just how subjective Web design artistry is!!!!! :-?

By: Diety

Diety — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:43:05 +0000

Actually I don’t agree with removing tags. We’re all kind of used to them and we can choose between categories and tags, which are a little more specific.
Nice article though.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:34:03 +0000

Kirk – we’ve had the $250 fee for a month or two now. Sorry that you feel that way about it – I’ll address your concerns in the community consulting post that you also left a comment on.

By: Mark Hinkle

Mark Hinkle — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:32:59 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Skellie. I hope to have an overhaul of SocializedSoftware by the end of the week.

By: Kirk Warren

Kirk Warren — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:11:24 +0000

I hope Socialized Software benefitted from all the comments. It was a great site and with a few changes, I think it can make some real improvements that should easily lead to increased traffic and user interaction.

Sadly though, this will be the last community consulting I will be participating in due to the introduction of the $250 application fee. I’d love to help out people with their sites, but can’t see myself doing it so others can make money off it while excluding the very people that give the advice every week that more than likely cannot afford that price. I’ll still check out the site regularly, but I’ll be boycotting future reviews.