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8:24 pm
February 12, 2012
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Jeffrey Trull
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I like it! If anything I'd suggest adding a bit more color. The black nav bar sticks out a little too much, but that's my opinion.
Have you considered premium themes like Headway, Thesis, or Genesis? I know you have multiple sites, so it might be worth it to grab a developer's license for one of those. Premium themes with support make life so much easier!
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7:43 am
February 13, 2012
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Invest It Wisely
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I just revisited and it is looking better! I would still reduce the size of the second sidebar and center the icons within the first, but that's me. :)
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7:50 am
February 13, 2012
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Thanks – Yes, I'm still tweaking it. I tried to center the icons in the inner-right sidebar, but one of them I couldn't center for some reason. I am going to revisit it and see if I can center it, but if not, I wanted to leave them all consistent.
I also need to add more color somewhere. I believe someone mentioned it this and now I agree. Just have to figure out how to spruce it up a little. Overall, I'm happy with the progress. It's just not finalized yet.
@Jeffrey, you may be right. I might benefit from a premium theme, but I have worked with atahualpa a lot and am pretty comfortable with it now, so it will be a while before I make the switch.
Invest It Wisely said:
I just revisited and it is looking better! I would still reduce the size of the second sidebar and center the icons within the first, but that's me. :)
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8:10 am
February 13, 2012
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Ted Jenkin @ YourSmartMoneyMoves
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Good Morning,
Just checked out the new theme, looks nice and clean… Just a couple of things I noticed and thought I would suggest..
The menu is sort of broken in Firefox and IE (it it piled all the way to the left and stacked on top of one and other… looks like you have 4 columns set in the theme for the menu area widget and are only using two (far left and far right – set at 150 px each) – Works fine in Chrome
I would swap the Ads in the column and the Popular Articles (visually they get lost in the sea of text ads)
To add color if you used a feature image in all your posts you could dram more color in visually going to the page as a visual representation of each new article…
I like where it is headed!!!
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8:46 am
February 13, 2012
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20s Finances
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Thanks for letting me know. Ughh. Now, when I thought I was finally finished with this, now I have to figure this out. Thanks.
YourSmartMoneyMoves said:
Good Morning,
Just checked out the new theme, looks nice and clean… Just a couple of things I noticed and thought I would suggest..
The menu is sort of broken in Firefox and IE (it it piled all the way to the left and stacked on top of one and other… looks like you have 4 columns set in the theme for the menu area widget and are only using two (far left and far right – set at 150 px each) – Works fine in Chrome
I would swap the Ads in the column and the Popular Articles (visually they get lost in the sea of text ads)
To add color if you used a feature image in all your posts you could dram more color in visually going to the page as a visual representation of each new article…
I like where it is headed!!!
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9:06 am
February 13, 2012
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Ted Jenkin @ YourSmartMoneyMoves
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Are you using the menu inside a theme based widget?
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9:09 am
February 13, 2012
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No, the only way (that I knew how to do it) was to install a plugin. With atahualpa, the only way that I could figure out how to have the menu and the social media images on the same line was to create a new widget table, and have the plugin menu in the first cell and the social media widget in the second cell.
If you know a way to have the theme menu on the same line as the social media widget, I would prefer that. Thanks!
YourSmartMoneyMoves said:
Are you using the menu inside a theme based widget?
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9:19 am
February 13, 2012
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Ted Jenkin @ YourSmartMoneyMoves
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Send the code you currently have in place over to my web developer – His name is Brent… contact (at) bhgdigital dot com
He said he will look at it and see really quick…
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9:35 am
February 13, 2012
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20s Finances
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Thanks – I will be sure to contact him if I need something in the future, but I figured it out (somehow). It seems to be working in IE and Firefox.
YourSmartMoneyMoves said:
Send the code you currently have in place over to my web developer – His name is Brent… contact (at) bhgdigital dot com
He said he will look at it and see really quick…
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9:43 am
February 13, 2012
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Ted Jenkin @ YourSmartMoneyMoves
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Looks great and works perfectly!!!
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10:11 am
February 13, 2012
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Jeffrey Trull said:
I like it! If anything I'd suggest adding a bit more color. The black nav bar sticks out a little too much, but that's my opinion.
Have you considered premium themes like Headway, Thesis, or Genesis? I know you have multiple sites, so it might be worth it to grab a developer's license for one of those. Premium themes with support make life so much easier!
I too use Atahualpa and most folks can't tell when they visit …
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10:43 am
February 13, 2012
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except the menu overlaying, I love the new look.
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12:44 pm
February 13, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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I have a couple ideas.
- I would change the logo so it is wider and not as tall to fill in the white space
- I would use the Wordpress "excerpt" feature so your homepage previews are a little nicer looking and don't end with …
- I would consider doing something different with the sidebar. All of the 125x125 ads at the top look a little spammy to me
But those are small things. Overall, it looks great. Nice job.
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10:47 am
February 15, 2012
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retireby40
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I like the design, but as you already know - I don't like Atahualpa's typography.
I think Thesis' text is much much easier on the eyes, but that's just my opinion.
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12:16 pm
February 15, 2012
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Jen @ Master the Art of Saving
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I think it looks great. 
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3:34 pm
February 15, 2012
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I think it looks very clean, but I agree that there seems to be a lot of dead space in the center. How about expanding your logo?
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9:04 am
February 18, 2012
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20s Finances
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Thank you all for you feedback. A lot of people mentioned the white space and I took it seriously. I went ahead and hired jai to create a logo and I am proud to show you my final version. http://www.20sfinances.com/
The logo actually has a subtle graduation cap in the shadow, which fits my niche and looks really professional, IMO.
Thanks so much for your honest feedback. I'm very satisfied with the results.
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10:42 am
February 18, 2012
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WorldofFinance
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New look looks great Corey! nice job.
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12:26 pm
February 18, 2012
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retireby40
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Looks great Corey! Nice job.
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2:02 pm
February 18, 2012
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