12 Responses to “My Blog Sucks Sometimes”

1. Real Estate » Real Estate July 27, 2007 11:38 pm Says:
   July 28th, 2007 at 3:42 am

   [...] My Blog Sucks Sometimes Realtor Wives is NOW RE Revealed Okay, so the time has come. Here?s what I like and hate about my new Word Press blog (and theme). In the comments, please submit your own love/hate comments about RERevealed. I LOVE GREEN: … [...]

2. Jeff Brown Says:
   July 28th, 2007 at 6:48 am

   1. I hate that my blogroll is busted for not having changed to your new digs.

   2. You may be right about the article width.

   3. It might be my eyes, but the complaints I had on my old set-up was “…a little difficult to read.” Your new design is a tad tough for me.

   4. Like the name and the frog.

   5. Much of real estate is black and white. Not sure of your tag line.

   6. Though my original design (darth BawldGuy) was my personal preference, I yielded to my web design guy when he showed me his idea for the change.

   7. The tech problems you list are fixed in 100 seconds with my guy. Hire some help.

   I like the change Lani - it’s overall, an obvious improvement. Your ideas were pretty cool.

3. DSB Says:
   July 29th, 2007 at 5:16 am

   Home (main page) button after submitting a comment is hard to find. Navigation is difficult on this site.

   Article width is small. The blog only extends like half the width of my monitor. Too much unused space.

   Like the lizard as it is sort of like your own brand but at the same time it reminds me too much of the Budweiser lizards.

   Not a very professional layout. More child’s play.

   Comment box is bigger than the article box.

   Seriously needs to clean up categories and tags.

   I think if you would remove the page login, sponsors and meta section over one and keep the recent readers and buttons where they are it would make things a lot better looking and take care of some of the unused space.

   Maybe also add a poll or survey to make use of wasted space. My blog has a lot of wasted space too so..

   I told you I hate green but you know the story behind that one so..

   What do I like… I like your writing. It’s unique and original. It’s a different prospective to real estate.

   Your use of graphics and images are a lot better here than they are on my blog. You pick some good pictures out on both blogs and your use of pictures often grabs our attention.

   No real voice here yet. Its a new site and it does not appear to be a real estate site yet even through we all know it is. Basically there is no niche but heck neither is my blog!

   Okay, I’ll shut up now.

4. john harper Says:
   July 29th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

   There is not enough contrast between the white text and this light green for those of us with old eyes. It’s hard to read on a computer monitor.

   I may be guilty of lost link love - will check it out and correct.

5. john harper Says:
   July 29th, 2007 at 3:39 pm

   Suggestions -

   Go to dashboard - permalinks structure - click custom and paste this - /%day%/%postname%/.

   This will make the permalink for your posts the numeric day followed by the post title.

   Install these plugins:

   BadBehavior
   BookmarkMe
   Break Out of Frames
   Email Obfusicator
   Google Site Map
   Optimal Title
   Permalink Redirect
   SEO Title Tag
   Subscribe to Comments
   Ultimate Tag Warrior
   WP - Amazon
   WP-DBManager

   This should give you something to do today!

6. john harper Says:
   July 29th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

   Two plugins I forgot:

   No Self-Ping
   Tiger Style Administration

7. Erin Fogarty Says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

   Ah, Lani, you knew I’d show up eventually, didn’t you? First I want to tell you that I personally love the new site. It’s fantastic. But here are my suggestions, in a non-WTF way:
   - I suggest using a white background and black text in your posts, because that is the easiest to read. When you stare at a bright color too long, you get a headache and see spots everywhere. Perhaps you could even do a very light green background with black text, that way you keep your color scheme.
   - There is too much wasted space. I would make the header and the posts box much wider. I’m on a widescreen monitor, so I’m sure I’m seeing even more empty space than some, but there’s still too much of it.
   - I would also suggest centering the posts box. It shows up alllll the way to the left on my screen.
   - Here’s what I love: the date stamp, the round edges, the great color scheme, the lizard, the new name. Your site feels funky and fresh and that’s important. You did a good job, just remember that most new sites need tweaks at first.

8. Erin Fogarty Says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 9:04 pm

   I did forget a few things, sorry! You should have social bookmarking like Digg and Reddit, and you need an RSS subscription box. I would also recommend a Search box so readers can search for specific articles, and perhaps a Captcha for your comments (though that’s personal preference, really). I am also a little confused about your About page, as it seems to be linked to in a post, but I can’t find a link to it from the Home page…? Am I just missing it?

   Good luck, Lani, I’m sure this blog will be a success!

9. Chris Lengquist Says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 11:31 pm

   That GEICO frog is freaking me out.

10. Michael Price Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 5:06 pm

    I’ve actually bailed on the blog a few times because it is so hard to read. In some cases I copy the text and paste it into my Mac’s TextEdit app so I can read it easier.

11. digital-glamour Says:
    August 23rd, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    <strong>Digital Glamour Photography…</strong>

    hey good stuff…

12. hiutopor Says:
    September 17th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    Hi

    Very interesting information! Thanks!

    G’night

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