I completely understand, sometimes it is important to take a step back and look at everything. Sometimes we get so caught up in the day to day details we lose sight of what it is really important.
BLOGBloke
· 11 months ago
I would add that also goes for life in general don't you think.
Sheila Atwood
· 11 months ago
Great Post!
I also like the stepping away. Sometimes I get so into the post I forget where I was going. Stepping away either puts me back on track or I come up with the direction I should have been going.
I share proof reading with another blogger. She reads my posts and I read hers. I have a hard time picking up my own mistakes.
I have never thought of saving a little for the closing arguments! Yes!
Thank You, Sheila
BLOGBloke
· 11 months ago
You're fortunate to have someone else proofread your posts. I wish I could say the same. What I find helps is using software that reads text. Or, I will just read it out loud to myself. The drawback with that is if anyone is listening they will think you are loony. Just ask my wife. :-)
DON
· 11 months ago
Great post BB,
I have to relate something that happened to me today. I was searching around for a coder to do something for one of my sites and ran across an advertisement from one. Although the gist of his ad related to what I needed, the ad itself scared me away.
Why?
He had as many misspelled words as he did correct ones. I arrived at the conclusion, that he would probably have a host of them in my finished project.
Our websites could scare off people also if we don't take the time to step back and look at the finished project and correct our bloopers. I may have bloopers on one of my sites, but they are there on purpose. :)
Bad spelling or grammar on a blog or website is a death warrant. But don't forget English is not a first language for many which puts them at a disadvantage. Then again maybe they should outsource it. ;-)
RE: Coding .. it's the universal language. Don't rely on others and do it yourself. You'll thank me later.
Joe Gelb
· 11 months ago
Thankyou for the information. This post is right now a major game changer for me and I will try to fix somethings tonight.
BLOGBloke
· 11 months ago
You are welcome Joe and thanks for the comment.
Dennis Edell
· 11 months ago
I love the idea of a proofreading buddy; I have several if they are not already busy on their own stuff.
I'm usually OK, more often then not, I take more rime proofing then i did writing it in the first place. ;)
its a good article you write.i've learn many thing for make blog to become good again.thank you very much
BLOGBloke
· 11 months ago
Thanks Joe
The Moneyac
· 11 months ago
Great Post !
I found my own similarities here.
Once I was so die - hard trying to make a pillar article, was writing it for like 3 hours straight. At last, when I finished it, I published it and went to bed. Oh man... I woke up next morning to check my blog, and I saw that I forgot to write the title of the article - DOH !!!! Oh my god, so embarrassing.
Ha! Now that is funny. Thanks for sharing it with us.
almanssori
· 7 months ago
We have recently gone for a minimalistic look. I think the added bonus is load times.
BLOGBloke
· 7 months ago
Hi almanssori.
Load time isn't as critical as it once was. It was a concern of course when users still had modems, but broadband is everywhere now. I would say too many widgets, ads or scripts are a bigger problem than images. Optimizing your images for the web also helps.
There was a time when minimal was fashionable. But thanks to broadband, multimedia is now possible. With video, podcasting and the new media, today's web users are becoming viewers rather than just readers. They want to be entertained and minimal is a thing of the past.
One more thing. Back in the good old days a more complicated design like mine would have required tables, which admittedly could slow down the page load time. But now that we have CSS that is also no longer an issue either. The benefit of a design like mine is thanks to the flexibility of Wordpress I am able to showcase more of my content on the home page than I could with just a minimalist design.
Spunky Jones SEO
· 5 months ago
I find myself making those mistakes a well. I get so focused on something and then my blinders slowly narrow. Can't see the full picture and miss lots of the scenery.
I really hate it when the search engines get to it before I can fix it. However, I am not perfect and these things will happen form time to time. I just have to keep a list of things to double check as a fail safe.
preston web design
· 4 months ago
Another lovely tip : When you are working on your template, make sure you take a break for a few days and then revisit the design. If you're working on the thing non stop you tend to get blind to it
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I also like the stepping away. Sometimes I get so into the post I forget where I was going. Stepping away either puts me back on track or I come up with the direction I should have been going.
I share proof reading with another blogger. She reads my posts and I read hers. I have a hard time picking up my own mistakes.
I have never thought of saving a little for the closing arguments!
Yes!
Thank You,
Sheila
I have to relate something that happened to me today. I was searching around for a coder to do something for one of my sites and ran across an advertisement from one. Although the gist of his ad related to what I needed, the ad itself scared me away.
Why?
He had as many misspelled words as he did correct ones. I arrived at the conclusion, that he would probably have a host of them in my finished project.
Our websites could scare off people also if we don't take the time to step back and look at the finished project and correct our bloopers. I may have bloopers on one of my sites, but they are there on purpose. :)
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RE: Coding .. it's the universal language. Don't rely on others and do it yourself. You'll thank me later.
I'm usually OK, more often then not, I take more rime proofing then i did writing it in the first place. ;)
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I found my own similarities here.
Once I was so die - hard trying to make a pillar article, was writing it for like 3 hours straight. At last, when I finished it, I published it and went to bed. Oh man... I woke up next morning to check my blog, and I saw that I forgot to write the title of the article - DOH !!!! Oh my god, so embarrassing.
Well - sh1t happens :)
Cheers,
The Moneyac
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Load time isn't as critical as it once was. It was a concern of course when users still had modems, but broadband is everywhere now. I would say too many widgets, ads or scripts are a bigger problem than images. Optimizing your images for the web also helps.
There was a time when minimal was fashionable. But thanks to broadband, multimedia is now possible. With video, podcasting and the new media, today's web users are becoming viewers rather than just readers. They want to be entertained and minimal is a thing of the past.
One more thing. Back in the good old days a more complicated design like mine would have required tables, which admittedly could slow down the page load time. But now that we have CSS that is also no longer an issue either. The benefit of a design like mine is thanks to the flexibility of Wordpress I am able to showcase more of my content on the home page than I could with just a minimalist design.
I really hate it when the search engines get to it before I can fix it. However, I am not perfect and these things will happen form time to time.
I just have to keep a list of things to double check as a fail safe.