Topic: PLOGGER.tk

i've had this site up for well over a month now, but the design was something i did very quickly in about half an hour. it was more an impulse thing over anything else, but i've gotten quite into it now. anyway, i just wanted to know if there was anything not working or anything people mightn't be able to work out how to work, or any big errors in the design. tell me what you think. thank you kindly.
www.plogger.tk

p.s. is this a new idea, i.e. has anyone seen a site like this before?

"i miss me,
i miss everything i'll never be"

So a question to ponder.......... can we go wrong with impluse?
Hmmm. I'll think about that.
Cetainly an impluse design will be one of "state of mind".
Although... comparing your state of mind at the time of conception, and your continual tone throughout the site...
Quite frankly, I just don't think they bond.
I'm not one to judge your feelings however.
That's for you to do.

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i just wanted to know if there was anything not working or anything people mightn't be able to work out how to work

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Tricky sentence there, but I get your drift.
Well... the site is pretty usable, I suppose. There's not much to navigate to...... it's all reallly layed out on the main page, so I don't think that should be the source of any concern from you.
I don't particularly think that your "style" is working.... (if you consider that a valid gripe).
I can handle the over powering green. It's not my first choice.... but it can work, yep.
What I don't care too much for, is the grunge feel that you've got workin' there.... as it doesn't seem to suit the tone of your voice in the entries.
The little people that are scattered here and there, don't seem to carry much meaning, and present more of an eye sore than anything, to me.

I've got somewhat of a pre-set notion in my head of what I like photo-logs to look like. And usually, I like them in black and white... with a dab of colour here or there. OR... I like them to have a squeaky clean layout, with very defined areas. So take my opinion of your site, lightly, because it's doesn't fall into my tastes.
If you're looking for a design that's "different".... you've succeeded. But I don't think the layout and colours present a "feel" that will keep people coming back.
Now... we all know, content is king.... but I don't think you can justify having solid content without a solid, compatible layout to compliment it, either.

*shrug*

-Michael

Thanks a lot for your comments, I guess it would only be polite to say a few things in return...

Firstly on the impulse thing, I was never sure what the site's content was actually going to turn out like, i wasn't even sure that i was goign to write anything on each post in the first place. That may go some way towards explaining why the site, designed a few days before I had money for the camera, doesn't quite fit what i ended up spewing onto it. Irrespective of this since the site didn't cause any problems other than that, for you anyway, I don't think I'll be redesigning any time soon, and moreover I'm not sure if I could figure a way to interpret my writing as a piece of webdesign anyway, I find it difficult enough to interpret the complexity of my thoughts into writing, without wanting to sound pretentious.

Second thing thanks for what I think was positive feedback on the content ("I don't think you can justify having solid content without a solid, compatible layout to compliment it, either"). It's good to have positive feedback from someone who doesn't know me to give me the imputus to continue.

Finally you said how you like to see pictorial weblogs, but I was still left wondering if anyone at all had actually come across any other examples of one, and if so do they still have the URL? Thank you again for your help, I'm grateful of any feedback, it's all helpful somehow...

p.s. I presume most of you use Photoshop on your sites, but is there anyone here that uses something else, for example the GIMP. It's what I've used, despite the knowledge it isn't as powerful.

p.p.s. I also have a template site I made for a friend that you might want to look at for it being something different, I even did the painting myself... ...euphoric drowning

"i miss me,
i miss everything i'll never be"


[This message has been edited by quisja (edited 11-13-2002).]