I don’t think I’ve ever chimed in to respond to a bully comment, but you’re completely wrong.

I took away my best performing Google ad, and reduced the size of all the other ads. And I don’t make money from the archives. That’s for people to use.

Jay

1. The site in its current incarnation is too text heavy. This is supposed to be a creative person’s blog, but it doesn’t look it. Something “bittbox-y” that reflects your personal style should be added to the banner and footer.

2. The second and third columns — although nicely organized — seem crowded, smoooshed together, and again, too text heavy. The middle column especially seems crammed into too tight of a space. And because the type is the same weight as the articles, it is competing for attention. This is tiring to the eyes.

3. That one lone animated ad for Splat Print is really annoying; especially in the context of this blog’s new, cleaner look. The ad should either be static, like the others, or the animation slowed down to a less irritating speed.

4. I think the graphics that accompany your posts should be much larger, but that might just be my personal preference. When I’m on a creative blog, I like to see lots of big, juicy images. It’s a refreshing change from all of the other blogs I read.

5. Someone already mentioned that the new style resembles Smashing Magazine — I totally agree. They have pretty much co-opted these colors on a white background, so unless you want to look like an unoriginal copycat — which we all know is not true, your content and talent speaks for itself — you should probably change that. Personally, I’m sick to death of white themes.

6. “Bittbox User Designs” should have a graphic or a flickr feed box highlighting some of the best images from the group.

7. The login/register link still displays a graphic with the old grunge style. I don’t dislike it, but it seems slightly out of place now.

8. For the users that prefer a darker theme, perhaps you could allow them to choose, like chromasia does (Hover over the current image or the title bar, next to the word “new”, click on “b” or “w” to change the theme from black to white or vice versa):

http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0806061030.php

Overall, I think this is a successful redesign if what you were trying to achieve is a new, cleaner look, but, imho you have sacrificed your blog’s personality. The content of your posts will have to be really unique to make you stand out from the crowd and keep visitors coming back.

Best wishes.

Muy funcional todo.

Gracias.

Nice!

MAtt

er, this might sound stupid but what’s twitter?