Coming up! New site design, feedback wanted

Every so often, I like to fill you guys in on the actual background goings on of the podcast & blog. And so, here we have another one of those posts. I find them fantastic in reconnaissance type feedback collection, so if you have any comments or thoughts, drop your pennies worth as they say in the comments.

New site design

I think its really important that a site looks its best. Everything has to be perfect, to make reading the blog a pleasant experience. When I originally designed the theme for the blog (about 5 months ago) it was only ever intended as a quick, stop gap to get the site out there. I feel its now time to start improving the design, fixing tweaks, and potentially giving the whole site a complete re-do.

You can influence the look of the site, by voting in this poll: http://twtpoll.com/r/8m09ke

Here’s a few things that I’ve shortlisted for improvement in PFF II:

• Improve HTML elements, such as blockquotes, lists, e.t.c to encourage me to use them
• Change the font to Georgia perhaps?
• Font color change to stand out more
• Altering the sidebar
• introduction of a comic
• Consultancy services for freelancers (whereby you can have a meeting with me about your freelance career)
• Improve the author page
• Encourage more guest authors
• introduce a forum, & community suggestion feature (so you can suggest topics to be written about and vote for them)
• Tidy the site up in general, giving it a fresh, more unified feel.
• Perhaps introduce a comic & job boards
• Competitions!!

If you have any suggestions at all, drop them in the comments below. I’m setting a perlimanary deadline of July 1st 2009. I will be gathering community feedback as we go through the design process.

And in other news

I’m looking for volunteers to help with the site, posting articles, moderating comments, creating shownotes, and appearing on the podcast. If your interested, shoot me an email at: hello@podcastforfreelancers.com

Whats coming next week?

Next week, we have the 3rd installment of the Passive Income Guide, another written interview with a *high* profile freelancer, more blog posts & the 3rd Podcast Episode, with a Q & A type show lined up.

That’s it for now, so stay tuned, and I’ll see thou in the comments.