Spit and Polish!
Today's the day to apply a bit of spit and polish to the old blog I say!
Earlier this week fellow blogger Geniaus told us about fixing up her blog and asked for feedback.
This led to me calling for other geneabloggers who might be interested in joining in the same sort of exercise...giving each other feedback and making adjustments/improvements to their blog.
I have suggested that we say one thing we LOVE about the blog and one thing that we think could be improved/lost/added.
This led to me calling for other geneabloggers who might be interested in joining in the same sort of exercise...giving each other feedback and making adjustments/improvements to their blog.
I have suggested that we say one thing we LOVE about the blog and one thing that we think could be improved/lost/added.
There are six of us so far who are prepared to take the plunge and it's by no means too late if you want to join in too. Just add your name to the link below and post your comments on each other's blogs.
By the by, I've also discovered that the lovely Thomas MacEntee and Lisa Alzo from Hack Genealogy are running a Blogging Boot Camp this weekend.
This ties in nicely with Shauna Hicks suggestion for today to attend or listen to a webinar or Google + Hangout.
It's not too late to sign up for Blogger's Boot Camp. It will be on at 3am Brisbane time but of course you can always watch the recording up to 12 months later if this weekend is too busy for you.
But in the meantime, if you think your blog could do with a bit of a makeover and you're looking for suggestions/feedback, why not join this friendly bunch of geneabloggers and commit to changing even just one thing on your blog today to improve it.
I'm off to check out Jill from Geniaus, Pauleen from Family History Across the seas, Sharon from StrongFoundations, Wendy from Jollett and True Lewis from MyTrueRoots.
PS You are probably wondering why I have this weird photo (apart from the polishing angle) - well it appealed to me straight away. When we christened our son Caspar Daw, our Best Man was quick to point out that his name sounded like cuspidore. I have to say that in my elevated social circles, I of course, had never come across the term cuspidore - spitting is just not my thing ;) But - I am now edu-me-cated and perhaps the wiser. I present you with cuspidores a plenty - and shiny ones at that.
Comments
As for Family Tree Frog. I love your title, content and background image. There are two thinkgs that I think would benefit from housekeeping but I will mention just one as per the rules.
I would try to move some of the stuff from your sidebar so it isn't so long. Perhaps some could move to your footer area, some to another page and some to the trash - but it isn't for me to tell you which things - take a look at other blogs and decide what is important to your readers.
Thanks for creating this opportunity for us.
Your blog is always upbeat, fun and well written (I am too serious !!!!)
The black on the picture background works well for me. The tree and the green and black appeals to me. Personally, I prefer a picture in the background rather than a boring plain page.
I like your idea of tabs and think that I would like to start a ships tab too. Great idea!
Thinking that there is too much on the side bar and it could be prioritised differently? eg. What is most important? Maybe too many "Popular Posts" as I may follow link to 2 or 3 popular posts on a blog but would never go through and read them all.
Thank you for your suggestion. I will play around with the size and color of my font.
Thanks for promoting this event today. I've already gotten some good ideas for my blog.