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Hello 20sb friends! I have been M.I.A trying to get my new blog site up and running. It's finally done and I would appreciate so much your feedback! I decided to make a clean and fresh start, hoping this might propel me forward into an exciting blog-future! There are so many changes coming up, which I would love to share with you and hopefully encourage you more in your blogging endeavors. Feel free to visit my site: www.hellolidy.com and let me know your thoughts or concerns as readers!
Hope you are all enjoying your long weekend!
XOXO, Lidy
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Permalink Reply by Dali on -
Lidy, I think your blog is great. Dare I say, adorable? You have your three topics: Thrifty Finds, DIY and Home Sweet Home. Which is smart, letting the reader know what she is getting herself into. I think your blog is well written, and congratulations on your adoption journey! Almost there! Kudos to you! I also read about the little hearts, they do look like perfect valentines day gifts.
As for the design itself: it is very modern and clean, but has a lot of personality that is uniquely yours. I would say the homepage is a little cluttered. You have the three themes on the first banner, and then you create 3 more banners, which was a little confusing. I figured it out, from a user perspective it was a little confusing/redundant to scroll down to get to each section of your blog wheres you could just link the three topic names on the first part. But I am not a designer, so whatever.
Overall I think your blog is really well made and that you have some great stuff. Your photography blows mine out of the water. Keep up the good work.
-Dali_man
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Permalink Reply by Lidy D. on -
I'm sorry for the late replies (EVERYONE!), I forgot my sign in info :(
Dali, thank you so much for your feedback. I actually have a friend that designed it for me, so I am right there with you! I do see what you mean about it being a little cluttered. Thank you for being honest! I appreciate all your sweet words and suggestions, I will take them to heart!
XOXO, Lidy
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Permalink Reply by Amie C on -
Hi Lidy,
You have a gorgeous blog!! I love the about page & the arrow graphics in the navigation. I can recognize the theme of your blog right away, the descriptions give a good idea what it's about. Your blog is similar to mine--photography, diy, thrift finds, so i'm following you now :)
oh something I noticed--the text below the headlines, for example the 'About bonjour and hello.......' on the about page seems like it should be pushed up a bit, it's overlaying onto the content box. Unless that's intentional!
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Permalink Reply by Lidy D. on
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Hey Amie! Thanks so much for your feedback! I will have to check out the headlines, I actually haven't noticed that before and I should have!!! eeeeeks!
I will pop in on your blog, LOVE having such similarities (blog-wise) is always fantastic!!! Appreciate your suppert!
XOXO, Lid
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Permalink Reply by Kayla on -
Love it! The design is great, and really great content, I am definitely keeping up with you!
http://www.sealedwithakay.com
xoKayla
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Permalink Reply by Lidy D. on
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Thanks Kayla, I am so happy you like the content. It seems to be the most important thing to me right now. Worrying I'm boring my readers to death ;)
XOXO
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Permalink Reply by Nikkiana on -
To be honest, I find myself really torn. I think your design is really pretty and I love all the jquery transitions that are going on, but the problem I have is it just doesn't say "I"m a blog" to me. Truth be told, I closed the site twice because I got frustrated with the workflow of the site in the process of reviewing it.
My feeling on blogs is generally the less clicks I have to make to get to the meat of the content, the better. On your site, it takes a minimum of two to get to a blog entry if you're using the top navigation or it takes 3 if you're using the slider. I personally have the attention span of one click... if it takes me more than one, I'm usually going to close the website no matter how pretty it is.
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Permalink Reply by Lidy D. on
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Nikkiana, thank you so much! I am totally not offended...I wanted to try something new and get feedback, so that's perfect! I will have to see what I can do to fix all that! It's so hard to get the perfect balance. I wanted it to look like something fresh and different, since so many of the blogs have very similiar layout. I wanted it to stand out a bit, but I do know that it also brings in a lot of other frustrations! Thank you for your input! I really appreciate it :)
XOXO
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Permalink Reply by Alynne Leigh on -
I love love love your content! (: It's pretty much ADORABLE. And your pictures? SUPER great. I liked your DIY stuff. And I read about the hearts. So cute! (:
The layout though... I'm one of those "scroll through a blog" and check out the sidebars kinda gals. This felt more like a promotional website, than a "blog". If I was clicking around, I probably wouldn't stay for very long, only because the layout is confusing, and not very "scroll through" friendly.I really dig your creativity though, and your URL name is awesome! (:
Keep up your great blogging, Lidy!
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Permalink Reply by Lidy D. on
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Thanks so much Alynne....I had that argument with myself as well. I love the scrolling, but I wanted to see what it would be like with different pages. I am going to have to really take all these wonderful suggestions and see what I can come up with so it is a nice balance. Like I mentioned to Nikkiana, I wanted something different but I am seeing that people like the scroll option. Thanks for your feedback and encouraging words, this is truly helpful!
XOXO, Lidy
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