Designfeeds.com.au

webartist · 12-12-2008, 02:43 PM

Hi all

I recently launched www.designfeeds.com.au

Any feedback is welcome.

The aim of the website is to provide easy to use and up to date information on anything design. From design inspiration to CSS and coding techniques it refreshes every 10 minutes and grabs new articles from a growing resource of websites.

All sources are credited at the bottom, if anyone knows of some good design sites with an RSS Feed, feel free to pass it on.

Cheers

adx · 12-12-2008, 06:04 PM

The site looks great! I especially like the subtle color changer, never thought anyone
could pull that off tastefully

I also noticed that the site seems kind of empty despite
being full of links and articles. But then I realized that there's no ads? What's up with that ?

webartist · 12-13-2008, 01:07 AM

Cheers for the comments adx.
Yeah, no ads at this stage, something I may consider in the future however.

adamblan · 12-13-2008, 01:17 AM

Looks nice & clean - a little too sterile in my opinion. Try some imgs to help bring attention to the articles... this site has some definite potential, but with so many articles, a search option would be nice

webartist · 12-13-2008, 01:32 AM

Yeah, i agree with the search idea. There is definitely room for this to grow.
I want to also grab some of the articles from the inspiration section and feature on the homepage - this should help liven it up a little as they contain images.
cheers

***ian*** · 12-14-2008, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webartist

Cheers for the comments adx.
Yeah, no ads at this stage, something I may consider in the future however.

This may sound strange. but some ads may add a bit of color or life to the site, I think it is a bit too sterile, like somebody commented earlier, also I would have probably gone with a .com domain instead of a .com.au
To make the site viable you would need more visitors than just from Australia, which is a fairly small market.

adx · 12-14-2008, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webartist

Cheers for the comments adx.
Yeah, no ads at this stage, something I may consider in the future however.

Well, nobody can say that you're a money hungry sleazebag

Ads are overrated anyway, I had a Google ad the other day that simply read
"EMBARRASSING WEBSITE!?". I took offense

suz · 12-16-2008, 01:11 AM

I like the site and the colour scheme. It's obvious that content is what we are going there for and the content is organized very well, nice and easy to read.

webartist · 12-17-2008, 02:46 AM

Cheers Suz
In regards to the banner ads I may consider those or google text ads in the new year, but need to make sure i dont look like a "money hungry sleazebag" as adx put it

Ian, is is true that i would have been better off getting a .com instead of .com.au, will see how it goes, but good point
cheers

pingeyeg · 12-18-2008, 02:40 PM

I don't know, the site looks like a regular Wordpress site. Nothing spectacular, but it does have a nice color scheme to it.

12-12-2008, 02:43 PM	#1
webartist New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	Designfeeds.com.au Hi all I recently launched www.designfeeds.com.au Any feedback is welcome. The aim of the website is to provide easy to use and up to date information on anything design. From design inspiration to CSS and coding techniques it refreshes every 10 minutes and grabs new articles from a growing resource of websites. All sources are credited at the bottom, if anyone knows of some good design sites with an RSS Feed, feel free to pass it on. Cheers josephlee likes this. __________________ Adam. http://www.webartist.com.au http://www.designfeeds.com.au http://www.aflfeeds.com

12-12-2008, 06:04 PM	#2
adx Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 224	The site looks great! I especially like the subtle color changer, never thought anyone could pull that off tastefully I also noticed that the site seems kind of empty despite being full of links and articles. But then I realized that there's no ads? What's up with that ? __________________ http://www.htmlswag.com

12-13-2008, 01:07 AM	#3
webartist New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	Cheers for the comments adx. Yeah, no ads at this stage, something I may consider in the future however. __________________ Adam. http://www.webartist.com.au http://www.designfeeds.com.au http://www.aflfeeds.com

12-13-2008, 01:17 AM	#4
adamblan Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 235	Looks nice & clean - a little too sterile in my opinion. Try some imgs to help bring attention to the articles... this site has some definite potential, but with so many articles, a search option would be nice __________________ <ablank.us>

12-13-2008, 01:32 AM	#5
webartist New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	Yeah, i agree with the search idea. There is definitely room for this to grow. I want to also grab some of the articles from the inspiration section and feature on the homepage - this should help liven it up a little as they contain images. cheers __________________ Adam. http://www.webartist.com.au http://www.designfeeds.com.au http://www.aflfeeds.com

12-16-2008, 01:11 AM	#8
suz Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 379	I like the site and the colour scheme. It's obvious that content is what we are going there for and the content is organized very well, nice and easy to read. __________________ Art for the web - Web page templates Facebook - Connect on FB

12-17-2008, 02:46 AM	#9
webartist New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	Cheers Suz In regards to the banner ads I may consider those or google text ads in the new year, but need to make sure i dont look like a "money hungry sleazebag" as adx put it Ian, is is true that i would have been better off getting a .com instead of .com.au, will see how it goes, but good point cheers __________________ Adam. http://www.webartist.com.au http://www.designfeeds.com.au http://www.aflfeeds.com

12-18-2008, 02:40 PM	#10
pingeyeg Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 126	I don't know, the site looks like a regular Wordpress site. Nothing spectacular, but it does have a nice color scheme to it. __________________ Goodboy Web Design \| Content Management Systems \| eCommerce \| Website Hosting

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