Jimvesting.com’s New Header Compromise, A Fresh New Look!
Author: Jim | Filed under: Web Development
Okay folks, you talked me into it!
After recently launching a new design, that I continue to believe would be much more efficient and monetizable, I am going to cave into the pressure and re-do things like I had it before. It seems that despite my best efforts, the blogging community has fallen in love with the logo and mascot of old… so I have recently contacted my old designer and have started a fresh new concept for the blog.
THAT’S RIGHT… ITS ANOTHER NEW HEADER FOR JIMVESTING.COM!
I will not be using the same theme as my old header, but I am going to portray a new scene that is going to look more like a penthouse office. I am currently in the process of getting a few revisions from my designer, and then I will still need to integrate it into the header that I have currently, but it is going to look somewhat close to the demo I am about to show you.
My designer, Pinky from Freelancer.com, is doing a pretty good job drawing a header out of the sketch I provided him. Please feel free to laugh and make fun of my inability to draw with any level of competence… but it seemed to get the job done well enough!
My original hand-drawn and scanned-in version:
VERSION 1 (Click for Larger)
And here is how it looks once my designer took it apart:
VERSION 2 (Click for Larger)
Naturally I think there is a LOT of work that needs to be done (especially because our old logo is smack dab in the middle of the thing, haha), but it is certainly coming along and I would love to get any feedback that you can offer on the logo in the comment section below.
The finished header will be out hopefully in around a week, and hopefully before that we can finish up the 30 day blogging series so that our full blog can be ready to go on all cylinders. Again, we’d love to hear your feedback so be sure to leave your comments below.
-Jimvesting dot com
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Jim,
I actually like the mascot better, too. However, I do understand you wanting to change things. Still, I think the mascot is what makes your site unique; it stands out from the others and is what made me initially stay on your blog longer and sign up for your newsletter. It was hard to resist the cute little guy.
I still prefer the way you have it now. Your new logo is extremely brandable, and I think that the small header that you have now, keeps the focus on the content.
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April 12, 2010 at 7:08 am #
Hey Jim!
I actually like your old design more than your current design. This design is a bit darker for my taste whereas the older design was, too me, cooler. And your old header was one design element of your website which I really liked
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Twitter: @motorbeam
April 12, 2010 at 7:13 am #
The arrows in the ticker should be green. That means the market is on a bull run :p
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April 12, 2010 at 11:09 am #
I was confused at the change in the first place. You had just done that custom theme with that embedded sign-up box and all, then POOF.
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April 12, 2010 at 9:00 pm #
Personally with this new theme, I think your current “Jimvesting” logo is the perfect suit. The color scheme matches well, the header is not that big so I dont really see how you can fit that new logo on the header and whether it can really match the new brand of this blog.
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April 13, 2010 at 12:53 pm #
I was thinking of a similar kind of blog header for my blog too.
How much does your designer take to make that header?
If he is cheap, I may want to work with him.
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I prefer the just slightly modifying the old logo and not veering to much away from it. The present theme works great with the existing logo if not for a few minor tweaks.
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I love the new look Jim, clean and nice, and I really like how the comments look.
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