Pigeons!
We’re re-designing this old gal a bit — my dear friend and webmaster the Rev. Scott Wells is tinkering behind the scenes to work with me on getting BTFM updated.
DO tell. How does it look to you? Readable? Easy to navigate? You’re watching a work in progress and remember: CHANGE IS HARD FOR ALL OF US. We’re going to be noodling around a lot with it in coming days. Hang in there.
Ta ta for now. Love to hear from you.
I read your blog in my RSS reader. Not all blogs transfer well into the reader, but this one seems to be doing just fine. FWIW!
The green on light gray in the header is not enough contrast for me, I would say. And it’s a bit clinical. But the navigation seems very clean and nice. [Thanks! We’re going to be beautifying it bit by bit… – PB]
I’d read you on the back of a cereal box. But since you ask, a little more contrast would help this priest of a certain age read more easily. The light blue used for the Categories and Recent Posts listings is a lovely shade, but can it be a little darker? Thanks for making us part of your creative process. Have fun!
The hyperlinks to other readers’ blogs enable some serendipitous web-wandering and also enrich the sense of extended community. So far, so good.
Grey is far to boring for your colourful blog!
Keep tweaking–that brown on green header is defiantly hard to read.
But we know change is hard…
I don’t often read at the blog – but on the RSS it comes through well.
Nice job. Easier to read (I have middle aged eyes). As Jean pointed out above, the hyperlinks to the blogs of your esteemed commenters lead to other treasures of the thoughtful community that surrounds you.
However, I find it a little too graphically busy for my taste (is it just me, but are there a lot of different variations on the size, bolding, italicization?). Kind of like what a Bill Cosby Sweater would look like if it was a blog? [LOVE IT! Thank you for the feedback. – PB]
I’m disappointed that you’ve elected for the grey-tone text. These old eyes struggle with this paleness everywhere. I’ve dropped a couple of magazines that it’s just too uncomfortable to read. Usually I can manage on-line with my beloved Ctl+, but the grey print makes it harder. And, when enlarged, the site is more difficult to navigate.
I really don’t want to miss anything you say!!! but since you asked for feedback, this is mine. Thanks.
[That’s great to know! I don’t like it, either. Stay tuned!! Keep letting me know how it works for you! – PB]
I love the light, clean feel of it.
The header is a great image, but I’m not sure there’s any way to use text over it that’s going to be readable and not cluttered. There’s so much range in the image (all the way from over-exposed white to fairly dark areas) that I don’t think any color would work.
If you do want to use that image somewhere in the design, I’d suggest putting a border around it or something, since the washed out edges sort of fade into the white background.
Change is good for the soul! I like the general look VERY much: polished, professional, and current! The header in particular, though, seems totally wrong to me. The background image–statues? a cathedral exterior?–seems random and visually dull. Grey stones representative of “old church” is probably the last image I would pick for the vibrant, brash fabulosity that is Peacebang! And both font colors look garish and hard-to-read to me. Why not a pop of brilliant color up on the header instead? Can’t wait to see where the new look goes from here!
My wife and I were just discussing Appropriate Ministerial Attire and I wanted to show her some photos from this blog, and realized they aren’t all in one place. I’ve wished for a gallery of dos and don’ts before. Any chance of that materializing in this version?
Not crazy about the gray on gray. I dunno. It looks a little dingy to me. Sorry.