The PORTAL Magazine

[Palmer]

I just thought some constructive criticism could be helpful.

Ohhh of course, and I do welcome it, I do Iota. I just wanted some specifics, and you have given me some now .. thank you! :biggrin1:

Maybe I did not make myself clear. I wasn't saying that the website was crammed with useless shit. What bothers me most is the coloring of your site. I'm not against multicolored websites per se but I think that your design isn't color coordinated. The transparent and distorted backgrounds, the satin stainless steel background itself; too much for my taste. But as I said before, this is just my personal point of view. Compared with your website the layout of your mag is exquisite, which is perfectly okay since the focus obviously is on the mag itself.

True, design, colour and layout of anything is simply subjective, and of course I respect your opinions as much as anyone. What you might find unattractive and unappealing, another might find stunning. Personally I love the look, the layout and overall design, but again we have our own preferences.

I like the flipping feature though.

HEY! Something you did like!! LOL!! Just teasing hun! :laugh:

Yeah, I also think that it isn't practicable to do this within the mag itself. That's why I suggested adding a concerts section on the site.

And this may be something we add as we move forward. As I said, the site itself is not complete (nowhere near).

I'll give you an example of what I think is optically appealing: Example 1, Example 2 Your size just takes up too much room. Decrease your font size, eliminate your unnecessary blank lines (see Hybrid Dawn review) and it will be a greater pleasure to read your blog.

Ok, again it boils down to preference and what you (as an individual) finds appealing. For me personally, I found your first example difficult to read. The font was too small for my eyes, but then again, I’m old and have old eyes. LOL! The second example was much better (to my eyes) and I do know what you are talking about now.

Btw: the just mentioned review shows that you're clearly more rhetorically able than Mrs Peggy Murphy. While you combine your sentences and try to build bridges bewteen the different songs - which is stilistically on a much higher level and is actually fun to read- reading Mrs Murphy's review is , excuse my diction here, a pain in the ass becaus she's just like "song a is like this, song b is like that" etc.

I thank you for your kind words on my writing style. It’s nice to know someone enjoys reading what you have to say. There will be several different writers submitting reviews as time goes on (currently there are a total of 4 separate writers working on a handful of reviews, which will be posted shortly). Just as we are all unique as individuals, so too our writing styles, so naturally each writer will bring their own approach to review writing.

I really do appreciate the input. I also want to thank you for going through the site, and have taken time out of your .. no doubt .. busy day to give some thought and feedback on things. It truly is valuable!! Though you may not find the design of the site too appealing, I hope you won’t stay away though, and at least check out what’s new from time to time.
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