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New Blog Template

Posted on 9/28/2006 in Web Development

Well, I've been up late again playing around with the template for this site. Some of the changes are pretty obvious, but here is a list:
  • Template is optimized for 1024 wide screens now
  • Changed to a three column template from a two column template
  • Removed the Google AdSense block from the middle of the content (that was only really there because I wanted to see what the new video ads looked like)
  • Added an amazon affiliate link to the right sidebar (I get between 4 - 6% commission for any sales though that link)
  • Moved the subscribe link and e-mail box to be "above the fold"
  • Changed the formatting of the comments so that they stand out more as comments
I think that those are the main changes. Here are some other things that I want to do to it at some point soon.
  • I am currently not using any H2 tags, only H1 and then H3, so I want to change that
  • Figure out a better way to display the subscribe icon and links
  • Fix the display problems between Firefox and IE for the search form and the e-mail subscribe form
I would love your feedback as there is much more that I would like to do, and I would like to hear from you readers what else you might suggest. Please put your thoughts in the comment section below...



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JournalHome on 9/28/2006
Looks nice.

But I agree that it looks very similar to the previous template.



I still see some Google Ads, you didn't remove them all?



FFMG
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- Not all Google Ads Removed

billhutchison on 9/28/2006
I didn't remove all the ads, but I had a 250 x 250 square in the main content section. It was too disctracting from the main content so now I just have the ad blocks in the sidebar and at the bottom of the blog post. I also have a link box in the sidebar.



I might add another ad block later since you're allowed three, but I'm not sure yet.
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