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When Tara Met Blog
When Tara Met Blog all was well. I love the title of this blog as it has a nice little ring to it and is taken from the When Harry met Sally movie. This subtle hint that she likes movies in her title is nice.
The site loads up with a nice background of martini glasses and the main area is in a green box to not get the text confused with the martini glasses. The left column used for navigation does not have a solid background and sometimes the links get lost in the background. While the design works for the site, I would like to see something else that flows better and captures Tara's personality a bit more (though the fun-ness of the site is evident).
The blog itself is very easy and enjoyable to read. She talks about a range of topics from movies to politics (lets be fair, everyone talked about this topic this year), to her personal life (though not in the what I did sense). I found her movie reviews to be very enjoyable, laughed at her posts about food chains, and just enjoyed my time here.
I had a problem with the navigation. The archives aren't listed in "standard" date format. Rather you can pick from the category the posts are listed in, or you can use the god-awful calendar system. Thankfully at the bottom of the page there is an "Older" link, which takes us to the next page of the blog. The blog is very short as she started blogging in October and does not post every day.
Overall I enjoyed reading When Tara Met Blog. It was easy, light, and a refreshing voice in the over populated blogging world. After some design tweaking, fixing up the archives, and some more time, my guess is Tara will have a long list of loyal readers.
This site was reviewed on 2004-12-11 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Brent felt that When Tara Met Blog deserved a rating of 3.5.
I liked the name of this blog and it gave a great first impression with its green background and pink martinis in the sidebar. Tara started this blog in October 2004 and as of this writing has only had 18 entries--not a lot by blogging standards.
I think Tara should have waited a few more months to have her blog reviewed. It's so bare. There are links in the sidebar that contain, well, no links. For example, she has "Books I've Read Recently" and then not a single link to a book she's read recently. This may be a glitch in her blog template because it did appear after clicking another link or two. ("The 5 People You Meet In Heaven" is one of the books she's read recently). Your template needs to work properly, especially if you’ve put it up for review.
I found the "Control Panel" in her sidebar perplexing. It actually has "Edit Your Blog" and "Build a Blog" in this Control Panel. (Huh?) I tried to edit Tara's blog, but had to log in as Tara (I assume), so I couldn't edit it. I don't see a need for this on the front page of her blog and think she should remove it quickly before someone figures out how to edit and/or deface her blog.
Tara is working on her Master's degree in journalism, so blogging is a good skill to have. She needs to focus on building that skill by posting every day and giving her readers more of herself. I can't really give this blog a raving review because it is so new, and so far it can't decide what it wants to be when it grows up.
This site was reviewed on 2004-12-11 by SJtheMom.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
SJtheMom felt that When Tara Met Blog deserved a rating of 2.5.
2 reviewers gave When Tara Met Blog an average rating of 3.0000
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Reader Rating: 2.0682 based on 11 votes
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