Comments on: Debt Free Adventure – Extreme Makeover Edition

By: Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog

Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:12:30 +0000

Good job with the new look Matt!

By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0000

Much better, Matt. Much, much better!

I’ve been gradually changing my look too.

Then again, in the end, it all comes down to the content and you’ve always done just fine in that arena too.

Best,

Len
Len Penzo dot Com

By: Craig @ Money Help For Christians

Craig @ Money Help For Christians — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Matt,
Wanted to let you know the site looks great. I usually just read your posts through emails so it is nice to see your Thesis changes.

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:56:26 +0000

Love thesis and love what you’ve done with it – it is a nice improvement Matt!

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Win $500 in the 2009 Love/Hate Credit Cards Contest | Redeeming Riches — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:34:36 +0000

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By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:23:32 +0000

Too much clutter on the side. It reads as frantic. And you % debt free chart is way at the bottom when it should be higher. Useful info at side interrupted with adverts, etc.
Base area looks good!

By: Paul @ FiscalGeek

Paul @ FiscalGeek — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:20:53 +0000

Okay scratch that I think it was cockpit error a previous site inflamed IE looks much better now.

By: Paul @ FiscalGeek

Paul @ FiscalGeek — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:16:28 +0000

Well it’s about time, looks great Matt. My only gripe would be the extreme font size, at least in IE8 it’s enormous.

By: Mom

Mom — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:10:39 +0000

I looked at the site yesterday and did not like the blue text, but you have changed it to green. MUCH Better! I like the articles prefaced by the photos with just enough to read to pique my interest, then I can decide whether I want to read the rest of the article or not by clicking the link. You did not have the top commentators before, did you? Now it is easier to find their blogs if one wants to. I never saw green background, just the white. It is easier to read, although I never had a problem with your site before because of your bullet lists and Key thoughts in bold type.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:14:36 +0000

I like the sidebar on the right, better. Content is easier to read.

By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:19:20 +0000

Matt, the site looks more open, and has a lot more white background. That makes it easier to read. Don’t know what it is but background colors, no matter how subtle, tend to be distracting.

Also, you’ve made the site look fresher without disturbing the “brand image”. It looks familiar, but with a fresh coat of paint and some of the old furniture taken out, so to speak.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:16:40 +0000

I like the green background. It sqares the content. Of course, I do use white.

In general, looks very nice. I like the Thesis them. I think I would move the tabs to under the orange stripe or maybe left align them to the edge of your content.

Question, if you don’t mind sharing, what plugin do you use for the ‘popular, comments, tag cloud’?

By: Evolution Of Wealth

Evolution Of Wealth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:07:33 +0000

I too just made the transition to the Thesis theme. It’s amazing and a little bit overwhelming the flexibility that you have with this theme. I think your website looks great. I’d love to hear about what plug-ins or adjustments you made to the basic theme. I think the rest of us bloggers could benefit from your thought process during the redesign.
For instance, one of the first things I wanted to do on my site was make things easily sharable. I added the socialable plugin and added the tweet this and facebook share buttons on each post. Now I’m struggling with maybe a tipd or digg button as well but that gets too cluttered. So I will probably redesign this soon.
My site is still a work in progress, if you have any feed back it’s greatly appreciated.

By: David

David — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:59 +0000

I like the look.

I hear a lot of people talking about the Thesis them, but I have never used it. What are the additional functions you reference above?

By: Jason @ Redeeming Riches

Jason @ Redeeming Riches — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:56:20 +0000

Matt, love the look – It’s simpler and less cluttered. I like that.

By: thisisbeth

thisisbeth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:42:09 +0000

I really dislike having to click the link to read full articles, but I think I’m one of the few…

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:32:25 +0000

Looks fine to me! Just keep the background white, not green.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:21:27 +0000

I always knew you’d come to the dark side and start using thesis like the rest of us big time bloggers!

The only thing that I’m noticing is that the blue color you have for links is a bit distracting for me. That might just be a preference though.

Great job on the implementation, i’m sure you’ll be slowly making changes tweaking here and there. Good luck!

By: Karena

Karena — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:58:41 +0000

Hi Matt, I came to your site by way of a link from MSN Money, I think. Because you asked for comments about the changes you made to the site, I’d like to tell you, it’s kinda difficult to read parts of it . For instance, the titles don’t show up until I mouse over them, then they’ll appear in blue. The grey font is a bit difficult to read (maybe a bit too light or too thin?), on the darkish green background. Well, that’s all I have to say, so I’ll get to actually reading the posts on the site now!