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Old 07-02-2012, 02:23 PM   #6
raspirator

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Yes but if possible translate Tazkiya and Marifa in the header with English maybe in parentheses ()

People land on a page for on average 5 seconds...if they dont understand the first thing they see, i.e the big TITLE in the header above the fold (the fold is before you have to scroll down), they are gone...lost readers...never to return..clicked on the x.

So your content has no chance of being viewed by English reading non-muslims, unless the reader in 5 seconds KNOWS what Tazkiya and Marifa are ? What chance the vast majority of people in US, UK, AUS, CAN, NZ (top english site users, though many users in Philipines and India and Pakistan and Europe and Africa use English based sites too) have of knowing what Tazkiya and Marifa are ?

Or put Tazkiya or Marifa in your sub title, so the title is at least explained within the top fold.



As it stands, vast majority of English users and others dont get your title

Great work brother Mashallah Also the theme is nice too, nice 2 columns, simple and nice pleasent colours

PS You should get people on here to knock up a quick background for your title too.


Their are skilled artists on here, that could do a very decent job in 10 minutes.
Im no artist, but ill do one for you if the above fails, if you would like

Thats the only thing that makes the site look amaturish from the first impression, a nice background and the site will hit the sweet spot between time and presentation (you could spend weeks making a site look better, but sometimes you got call a cut off point)

.. BUT maybe im going into this too deeply so feel free to ignore any of the advice if it conflicts with your aims.
JazakAllah khair brother for your in depth comments. Actually, I am an amateur in this field and was really looking for some good advise on all aspects of the blog.
Regarding the header, i can translate it but since the blog itself is full of Islamic terminology, will a non-Muslim or a totally novice Muslim be able to benefit from the blog (since it is not meant to be a Dawah or general Islamic site)? I want to reach people who are looking for spirituality based content from authoritative Islamic sources and also to increase the awareness of Tazkiya and spirituality in Muslim netizens. What do you advise?
I too was thinking about the background but didnt know what to do. Can you suggest/help?
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