Redesigning My Websites...Need Your Input | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

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?

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. 

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.

I do logo designs but I actually like your logo.