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    My New Cooking Blog

    http://www.thefoodicook.com/

    Yes, I reuse designs frequently.

    I'm not 100% happy with that turkey though. I felt like I needed something to fill the whitespace, but I think it is a little too much.

    I've also considered an Amazon Omakase ad up there, Amazon sells so much cooking stuff it could work well. But I thought for launch that might make it seem too ad heavy and could interfere with link building.

    I'm also not 100% happy with the BG fill, it is a colorful peppercorn supposedly seamless image... except it isn't seamless. I'm still trying to contact the graphics place (turbosquid.com) about a refund since it was marketed as seamless.


    I think I'll like this blog... ideas for posts keep rolling up in my head... and they're all "compound" posts too. Like I'll think of a post, and I'll think of 3 or 4 different things I want to reference in the post that all need their own post to avoid me going off on too many tangents.
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    Chris - you have this in the header still
    Code:
    <a href="http://www.gardeningblog.net" accesskey="1" title="Backyard Gardening Blog">Backyard Gardening Blog<span title="Backyard Gardening Blog">&nbsp;</span></a>
    and to the top left of the header image - its looks like the text has been colored to blend in with the background.

    Also with the header and the turkey - why not center your logo and place some more food images on the left hand side to get people really hungry

    I can see now that the background image isn't seamless - but it took me a while to spot it - I think its due to the nature of the image. Its totally up to you (of course ) - but I wouldn't worry about it.

    Its a great take on what is a saturated market... "a man’s take on cooking"

    I've had a cooking site on the ideas board for a while (different take again of course) - so don't think I'm copying if I ever do get it off the ground
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    Hey Chris

    I have improved that logo code:

    Change the .css from what it is to this:

    Code:
    .logo, .logo em  {
    	width: 341px;
    	height: 155px;  
    	position: absolute; 
    	top: 10px;
    	left: 5px;
    	display: block; 
    	cursor: pointer;
    	text-indent: -9999px;
    }
    .logo em {
    	background: url(images/bloglogo.gif) top left no-repeat;
    }
    and the link:
    Code:
    <span class="logo"><a href="http://www.thefoodicook.com/" accesskey="1" title="The Food Cook">http://www.thefoodicook.com/<em title="http://www.thefoodicook.com/">&nbsp;</em></a></span>

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    Nice, do any grilling? I noticed most of those posts were about healthy cooking, which most grilling isn't exactly
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    Grilling is extremely healthy. You're cooking without any liquids/oils so without any added fat (except maybe a little in a marinade if you use one).

    I'm working right now on foundation posts I need to link to when I start posting my recipes, but one of the first recipes I'm going to post is my gourmet burger recipe, which can be done on a grill or in a broiler.

    Thanks for the code updates Ben, (and pointing out the error agua)
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    Looks great Chris! I'll be checking it out regularly. I love to cook, but I'm not that good at it. :-) Maybe I'll learn something.

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    I like the idea but the background kills my eyes and attention.

    Grilling recipes, sweet!

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    How big is your screen Todd?
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    I think it looks good Chris. The background doesn't bother me at all.
    I'm viewing at 1920x1200 in IE7

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    Maybe you could slowly add black over the background so its not so bright?
    Like put solid black over it, then change it to 5% in photoshop.

    Experiment slowly increasing the % and find what suits you.
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    Thats not a bad idea... the whole point with the BG is to give a not-white fill so when you're using a very large resolution (like BGray's for instance) you're not getting eye strain from inches of white shining at you. So, if it really is too bright, darkening it would be a logical step.
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    Chris, I usually browse at a very high resolution and I may be an exception to the rule, but the extra white space a center layout will display on the left and right side of the content really doesn't bother me.

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    Your site looks great

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    i digg it ive been thinking of doing a cooking site for awhile. I love to cook.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    How big is your screen Todd?
    1600x1200

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