hey guys,
Wats up? Just started a new blog on short-stories(all romantic...coz thats all i know). I hope you guys like it. Please review my blog and be honest, coz i can sure take-in criticism
Thanking you,
Renu
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hey guys,
Wats up? Just started a new blog on short-stories(all romantic...coz thats all i know). I hope you guys like it. Please review my blog and be honest, coz i can sure take-in criticism
Thanking you,
Renu
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Really nice collection of love stories and a blog which transports you to the land of the story instanteously. A blog for all romantics at heart. You will definately enjoy this blog. All the best to the blogger and wishing all the best to come up with new interesting and romantic stories.
Varun
thank u varun...:)
Going through your blog, I was simply blown away by the content. But on the looks of the blog, I want to comment a bit.
1: You could use a sidebar instead of putting the widgets below.
2: You should add the "EMAIL" widget. It would help the readers to quickly know when your post is published.
3: Add some more widgets to your blog, it would look nice.
4: Tru using the page break in your posts, after a para or so. It keps the reader hooked.
5:Kindly remove the Captcha verification. It kind of distracts the reader from commenting.
6:You can include an about me page, so the readers get to know you.
7: The gap between your two posts is too long, you can try shortening it. Readers don't like to be kept waited. Update your blog frequently.
This is all I can tell you about right now. :) You are great on content. Keep writing. :)PS: Also if you have time, you could swing by my blog: Impressions, and review it. :)
thanks MM it means a lot.... will make all d necessary changes
anytime. :)
Nice story...
Excellent blog. Did you write all these stories?
As far as suggestions are concerned I agree with MM. Also try to maintain same font type and size for all the posts.
With your kind of content a visually plesant blog will go a long way. May be you can try wordpress. It has some excellent themes and widgets.
Best Luck :) !!
thanks avdhut...yeah dey r my stories....:)
i m sooo happy...can't stop jumping with joy...will do all d necessary changes
very creative insightful pennings.
you can remove comment moderation captcha, you may be losing on comments due to it.
mg eyesight is perfect, still took 3rd attempt for comment to go through.
lolzzz......thanx got ur comment...thnx for reviewing my blog...it really means a lot....
i will do d needful...thnx again
Review.. okay. Let's see. Not very adept, but here goes nothin. (it might be just that, so if it is, advance apologies
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Starting with what I love, I love the name of the blog, and the lovely header. Both are a perfect pairing, that's for sure. Which font is that on the petals, by the way?
Going onward to what can change, I think a single sidebar layout is more suited. Yours is currently the one with a split sidebar, which isn't looking that great. It's not a big turn-off, but one below the other, your widgets also would look attractive
1000px for the whole blog, 250 for the sidebar.. that ought to help. After that is solved, see if your header is a perfect fit, or still a little out of place. if it's the latter, then you can increase your header's width or decrease your blog's overall length from the 1000px to something lesser, so that there's no white space to the right of your header. ![]()
Coming to widgets in the single sidebar, I'm more particularly orderly
I prefer in the order (top to bottom): Followers, Profile, Mail Subscription, Subscription Links Feed, Archive (Hierarchical), and then whatever else. So who wants to subscribe to your blog needn't hunt in the sidebar for where it is.
Currently, you are having fewer widgets right? I think additionally you can try 1) Recent/Top Posts Widget and 2) a FlagCounter widget, which is quite useful to me atleast, and not as heavy as a Feedjit. ![]()
Okay.. content.. I like it, but not love it as yet.
Its more of presentation of your content than the grammar or writing as such. I'm not great at writing, and looking to improve myself, but I can suggest the following so your presentation is more uniform:
And last but not least, I think your profile "about" can be more compact, it has so much things that your readers wouldn't need to know, or maybe care to know of. Keep it to your passion for writing, how you love it and are writing to develop it. Rather than the lamba story. And also, maybe you can use your own name itself, rather than DGND. It is more beautiful and appealing I feel, esp since the header already has your name. ![]()
Cheers & happy writing.