Yakezie.com - Topic: Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 jaicatalano on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65662 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65662 I do logo designs but I actually like your logo. 

]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:43:48 +0000 Modest Money on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65645 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65645 Damn, 60 plugins is a lot.  I thought I was getting carried away with about a dozen.  You'll definitely want to reduce that number to ones that you really need.  That will drastically affect load time.

 

One thing you might want to change on both sites is to add some footer links to your most important pages, or at least pages like the contact page and about page.  Make it easier for people to get to key pages without scrolling all the way back to the top.

 

Overall they look pretty good though.  The only other part I'd maybe want to improve is making the sidebars better integrated into the design.

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:56:02 +0000 AmericanDebtProject on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65622 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65622 John @ Married with Debt said:

I like the minimalist layouts of both your sites, so my vote would be to keep that style with some color tweaks. I also like your logos.

There are some good articles at socialtriggers.com about optimizing layout, giving readers fewer choices, and getting rid of unneeded widgets (not that you have them, but it is great stuff).

I redesigned my site completely after reading them.

 

http://socialtriggers.com/cont.....king-myth/

http://socialtriggers.com/sear.....form-blog/

Thanks for the links! I need to study those tonight.

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:57 +0000 John @ Married with Debt on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65578 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65578 I like the minimalist layouts of both your sites, so my vote would be to keep that style with some color tweaks. I also like your logos.

There are some good articles at socialtriggers.com about optimizing layout, giving readers fewer choices, and getting rid of unneeded widgets (not that you have them, but it is great stuff).

I redesigned my site completely after reading them.

 

http://socialtriggers.com/cont.....king-myth/

http://socialtriggers.com/sear.....form-blog/

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:27:07 +0000 Tushar @ Everything Finance on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65509 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65509 There are also a lot of plugins now that do multiple things. For example, the Wordpress SEO plugin combines plugins like, XML Sitemap, RSS footer, breadcrumbs, all-in-one-seo pack all into one plugin. 

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:59 +0000 money cactus on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65498 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65498 Wow, 60 plugins!  That has got to slow things down.  I'd recommend the W3 cache plugin if you haven't already used it, it sped things up for me.

]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:30:44 +0000 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65285 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/redesigning-my-websites-need-your-input/#p65285 I think the title says it all. I am going to revamp my two main sites (I don't even want to think about my niche sites yet).

For KNS Financial, I probably won't do much with the design, but I do want to make a ton of changes "under the hood" to improve the site.

I need to improve the load time of the site, and I have to get rid of some plugins (for both speed and security). I am currently using 60 active plugins, and I know that I can probably replace many of them with simple code.

I want to have a toolbar both above and below the header, and I want to better integrate my categories. Since most of my improvements will be behind the scenes, am I missing any cosmetic things? What would you change about my site?

With Fat Guy, Skinny Wallet, I am looking to change the design (I never liked that green color) and some of the coding issues as well.

I definitely want to add a great weight loss tracker, especially since I'm moving toward my goal. Also, tracker for my debt repayment goals is a must as well.

What are your suggestions?

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