Family-Guy-Clips.org
What is wrong with my site? Some people say it is disorganized, others don't like the image. Some said it is a good find, but needs some work. These are all on Family Guy forums.
What should I do to improve it?
Are the Google Ads in good spots?
Do I need more/better content?
What about the WordPress Template?
I am adding more clips weekly, I am expecting around 700 through todays most current episode. Will this be enough? Most sites with clips have no more than 10-15.
Any other advice to help me with the looks, orginization, and SEO would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lucas Sawyer
http://www.Family-Guy-Clips.org
Lucas Sawyer
Web Developer/SEO
www.LucasSawyer.com || www.Family-Guy-Clips.org || www.Travel-Hot-Spots.org
kazimmerman posted this at 21:21 — 20th September 2005.
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Although I like the idea of using a blog format for perhaps the front page, the template is too 'bloggish', if you know what I mean. At first glance it appears to be a blog and not an actual website.
The navigation should be under the banner to make it more noticeable. I didn't see the navigation at first, which again led me to believe it wasn't actually a site, just a blog.
Lastly, the 'MOVIE' link doesn't belong in the navigation. Because it isn't actually located on your site, it isn't a page you can navigate to on your site, leaving it unsuitable for the navigation. Perhaps the sidebar would be better, or some sort of ad or something else.
Kurtis
Greg K posted this at 21:25 — 20th September 2005.
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Ok, I'm at 1024x768, and I have to scroll before i see any content.
Then I scroll back to the top to click on the links for "clips". I'm thinking it's not goign anywhere becuase the entire screen looks the same when the new page loads.
I would adjust this first and formost.
-Greg
kazimmerman posted this at 23:02 — 20th September 2005.
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Hmm...that doesn't make much sense, because I viewed it at 800x600 and I was able to see content without scrolling at all...
And now I've viewed it at 1024x768 and over half of the page is the content.
Kurtis
Greg K posted this at 14:09 — 22nd September 2005.
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Well below is a screen capture of how it displays to me, my resolution is 1024x768.
(full size image avaialable here)
-Greg
demonhale posted this at 00:21 — 21st September 2005.
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Thats just about it, change the weblog look make it a website... Maybe its better if the header banner wasnt that big ya know? Its kinda hard to read with all the contents layout like that...
pcmcia167 posted this at 02:11 — 21st September 2005.
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I noticed that WordPress has some bugs in it. Just a fact of life when you are using such a program. Thanks everyone for the timely replies, I do agree that I need to change the format.
Lucas Sawyer
Web Developer/SEO
www.LucasSawyer.com || www.Family-Guy-Clips.org || www.Travel-Hot-Spots.org
diceventures posted this at 02:32 — 22nd September 2005.
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The is is pretty good. The first thing i noticed and didn't like was the how there is a double image at the top (of Stewie) this just looks messy and gives the site a feeling of being unfinished.
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Megan posted this at 14:37 — 22nd September 2005.
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I get the same as Greg using Opera 8.01.
I also thought it was odd that this is set up as a weblog. I tried to use the categories links on the right to access the clips but that didn't get me where I wanted to go. The navbar should be under the header - that would make it easier to get around.
The clips themselves should be labelled more descriptively. I'm not going to sit here and watch all of them - someone may also be looking for a specific scene or something. This should be described more clearly.
The design is okay. It's nice and minimalist which I like.
Megan
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pcmcia167 posted this at 18:40 — 22nd September 2005.
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Awsome posts guys, I will rework my site. I noticed the double image on some machines too, but the one I am working on does not show it, so I don't know how I can fix it. I have no idea why it is doing that, so I will post something in a WordPress Forum. The WordPress template I am using does not allow much modification without knowing PHP. I setup my site as a blog to help with rankings, I guess it is the best and fastest way to get ranked.
Lucas Sawyer
Web Developer/SEO
www.LucasSawyer.com || www.Family-Guy-Clips.org || www.Travel-Hot-Spots.org
timjpriebe posted this at 19:07 — 22nd September 2005.
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Lucas, I believe that the double image is showing up in browsers like Firefox and Opera, where the site is displaying how you intended in Internet Explorer.
Tim
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ltparis posted this at 17:00 — 3rd October 2005.
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Confirmed for firefox and opera. IE7 is fine.
I also want to echo that the site is kind of too bloggish. Sure a blog is a great way to manage content but you can push the envelope of design to make it "more than a blog".
Lou Paris Jr
diceventures posted this at 20:41 — 22nd September 2005.
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I think it is a browser issue as well. you will have to examine the code to fix it
Anita.Bonghit posted this at 03:52 — 23rd September 2005.
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Yeah, you're more of a content provider than a blog, so I agree it'd be better to go for the website look than a blog look
Also, it's odd to me to have two different navigation areas - I suggest moving those header links to the side bar.
Tudor.b posted this at 12:26 — 3rd October 2005.
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First thing: find another color for "~Currently Hosting 301 Family Guy Clips!~" text.
The site`s layout is okay, but pretty ordinary. It has a blog look that we see almost everywhere nowdays.
http://www.family-guy-clips.org/?page_id=33 => to something with the 120x600 banner in the bottom. It looks really stupid this way!
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bew4194 posted this at 17:40 — 5th October 2005.
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Excellent site. Nice comedy and a great site to go with it.
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