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Damn, just saw the new design. Looks really weird. Extremely confusing. No one can honestly believe that it's better now.
@jbiloh: Hey @Not_Oles we really need to get some SEO traffic to LEB, I've heard internally linking keywords might help with SEO btw
@Not_Oles: Alright, how's this https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-check-ecc-memory-on-a-hetzner-dedicated-server/?
Looks great, only thing that bugs me is the font changes when loading.
I loved reading this!
We are making some tweaks over the next couple days.
If you have suggestions we are happy to hear them.
Looking at it from an eCommerce perspective, I think AA is absolutely fine. Especially using it for things like CTAs and what not.
For long form content like blogs, the highest contrast possible I believe is always the best choice - accompanied by fonts with good inter-letter and inter-word spacing. I'm dyslexic and usually struggle to concentrate whilst reading longer form content.
I don't really ever work with websites or documents that are used for sales. It's usually to convey fairly important information - so being a bit corporate is actually okay.
We like the new design, which will become even better thanks to helpful suggestions we are receiving.
Most people who are interested in the subject post or in one of the linked posts are likely also to be interested in the others. Maybe I could have linked the group together better. If you have any specific suggestions, please pass them on to me.
Best wishes,
Tom
Thanks for the update. My suggestion is to add some separators for the article snippet blocks in the design.
Please test this now and let me know how it looks. Thank you!
We've added some vertical separation lines. What do you think?
We have made about two dozen improvements to the design over the past 48 hours.
What do you think now?
I think it looks great! Must have been a lot of work Jon, congrats!
Just looked on mobile. Looks great! I scrolled all the way to the bottom, and I didn't spot even a single issue. Congrats @jbiloh!
@jbiloh
In my earlier post I said the site looks great.
But accessing same from mobile there is some distraction on the Post pages.
After the Post ends, there are 6 pods/blocks (called Related Posts) that needs to be scrolled vertically downwards to read/write the comments. Those have very big images, that does not look quite distraction on desktop, but on mobile YES!
If the size of those images are scaled down in mobile version that would be easy for users to scroll down. Or else, you can keep an anchor hyperlink at end of the post and name it as "see comments" when clicked will automatically scroll the use down on the same page towards start of the comments.
Better but not great. The menu on mobile (iPhone 12 mini) takes up several scrolls. Should be hidden by default. Posts should be above the fold is my opinion.
Perfect!
Which menu are you referring to?
Good suggestion, I'll see what adjustments can be made to "Related Posts" on mobile.
Thank you! Team effort.
We are indeed making progress!
or the site could be thinner
Looks terrible.
Any constructive feedback?
I will look at options to see if we can cut the width by 5-7% by reducing margins, etc. It's too late to make any major changes.
The boxed layout is ridiculously stupid.
People don't read blogs for images, they read it for content.
Make it easy for people to consume your content.
Seems like a designer or programmer came up with that.
So you'd prefer the 90's style text wall?
Is it just a matter of image size (in that you'd prefer smaller headline images)?
And you're an expert because...?
People pay me to increase engagement? I'm literally a fucking copywriter.
Fuck off.
It's not about 90's style of text, you can still be modern.
Let me ask you:
Do people come to Lowendbox for the content?
Content and deals.
The old design caused both to get lost once they left the home page (4-5 recent blog posts). The new design makes content accessible and more quality stuff evergreen.
And I'm a content creator, so?
I see you are showing your copywriting skills