TechBuzz gets a makeover!

I’m glad to announce that TechBuzz is finally getting a makeover! Hopefully, all of you will like it as much as I did. The theme was well crafted by ProBlogDesign. I’d also like to thank Sankar Anand for his involvement in building the new logo. So, here’s what it looks like:

TechBuzz Makeover

Many readers complained that they didn’t like the old color scheme, so we decided to come-up something entirely new. Michael coded this theme right from scratch, so you might encounter some minor glitches here and there, please use the contact form to report them.

Here’s a list of new things, you’ll see here:

  • New "TechBuzz" Logo
  • Back and White color scheme for better readability
  • Translation icons on the top left corner. Powered by Google’s Translation Tool. It’ll soon be replaced with a better plugin.
  • Sidebar has been re-arranged. Add AideRSS widget to show hot and popular articles by month.
  • Moved the "Top Commentator" section on the sidebar to a prominent location, so that top commentators can reap maximum attention and traffic
  • MyBlogLog avatars (or Gravatar) in comments
  • New Shopping Portal has been added. Powered by Chitika (aff)

I would greatly appreciate, if you can share your thoughts via comments.

This post was published by on September 16, 2007

About the Author: Thilak Rao works as a Social Media Expert. He is one of the first professional bloggers from India, and he loves to write, travel and click photos. Follow him on Twitter @thilak

  • http://www.techiesden.com Vaibhav

    This design is better than the earlier one. as you said some of them had some issue with the color scheme, i feel the color scheme was better earlier, its not just too good, but the designing has been changed, and thats what make it better :)

  • http://techecho.blogspot.com AV

    hi thilak, nice design but the font looks to be large, try reducing the font size or try a different font.

  • http://techmantra.net Vikram

    What a cool design dude! your blog Rocks !

  • http://blog.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    Great logo and a great colour scheme. I’m loving it :)

  • Goutam

    Finally the new design is live. Looks great!
    There is no AddThis button for bookmarking. Any specific reason?

  • http://cybersurge.org Michael

    I love the new look, its great. I wasn’t too fond of the old look but this is great.

  • http://www.vincentchow.net Vincent Chow

    Nice one you have there, big fonts..

  • http://sankaranand.com/blog/ Sankaranand

    the corner edges of the header were not rendered properly. especially the below part. All the fonts seem somewhat big! make it a little smaller if possible.

    Techbuzz now gets a professional look, i like the mybloglog thing and the ad placed below it. it is perfectly placed there which adds pro look.

    my other suggestion is instead of using tags we can use tag cloud to give a web 2.0 feel. Make the nagivation font little smaller.

    If possible try for any other alternative font family for the blog.

  • http://peety-passion.com Peety

    I like the new look.

  • http://www.wisetome.com/splat Vyoma

    As I mentioned at the other post, excellent design. I like it.

    Here is a small glitch. If the comment box comes within height of the side bar, then it overlaps, and looks pretty ugly when all the text overlaps over the sidebar as we type.

    Here is a screen shot: http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/2694/techbuzzqa7.png

  • http://www.geekywood.com Uzair

    I really like this design. Previous one had only one sidebar but space for another one. Bets of luck with your new design.

  • http://www.venusproxy.info Vasu

    Looks cool.Awesome design……waiting for the release of old template :)

  • http://techlike.info Amit

    Hi dude, this theme is far better than before and you have sported shopping cart too, neat. I would rank 10/10.

  • http://dailyapps.net/ Karthik Kastury

    Hey thilak, this is just an awesome redesign. I just love this one.. The logo looks too good.

    A Great improvement from the previous design. I have a few suggestions though, about which I’ll email you later..

    Good job!!

  • http://indyankk.blogspot.com indyank

    The design is neat and cool.i like the logo.But would have personally preferred a better color than black for sidebars and header.cheers,indy

  • http://marcvz.net/blog Marc

    I like the new design! It’s very unique. The right side is rather big but it still works.

  • http://featherpot.com Ben Jacob

    Me Be the first one to wish Tech-Buzz a wonderful new year. T-B Got a new ROCKiNG Theme

  • http://futilidadepublica.semjuizo.com Rafa

    Pretty awesome. :)

  • http://www.shaarique.com Sharique

    Great design, Thilak! How much did it cost?

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    AV: Some readers adviced me to increase the font size to make this blog more readable. I think, it’s all about preference. You may try reducing the font size pressing Ctrl + – on your browser.

    Goutam: Instead of AddThis button, I’ve add ShareThis Plugin which does the same job pretty neatly. Check the post meta footer.

    Sankar: I agree with you regarding tags! Which plugin do you use on your blog? BTW, can you provide a screenshot of the bug? and which font do you advice?

    Vyoma: Thanks for the screenshot. I’ll fix it!

    Vasu: Yeah, I plan to release the old theme, but there is much work left to make that theme universally compatible with all WordPress Powered Blog!

    Amit: Hopefully, more and more people will use the shopping cart. Thanks!

    Karthik: Thanks! I’m waiting for your suggestions!

    Indyank: I ran out of ideas when it came to picking colors for this blog. What color do you advice?

  • http://sindhu-s.com sindhu

    wew, huge fonts!..but i guess some like it big ;)

  • http://www.kungfound.com Matt Arnold

    wow I really like the new look! Nice work! :)

  • http://indyankk.blogspot.com/ indyank

    I can see the text breaking the split line in the Recent comments widget.

    The font size is Ok for the body as some prefer it slightly bigger..Probably you can have a smaller one for the sidebars.This will help you add more widgets in future.

    i also notice font (size and type) being different for the Recent comments widget than it being the same as others.Make the font type uniform for all widgets in the sidebars.

  • http://indyankk.blogspot.com/ indyank

    Regarding the colors I will suggest some variations of blue.Any color in tune with the blog’s category would be great.

    I, for some reason, do not prefer dark coloured schemes for a technology blog.

    For traffic, I do like the concept behind blogrush and i have installed one on my site.You can try that as I see it getting popular in blogosphere.Would be greatful, if you could join it thro the link on my blog.

    I will tell you what, this is better than the link loves.You may be aware that link loves are not good for Google page ranks.But with Blogrush, you avoid that as it is a script based widget.

  • http://techroach.com/ Sreejith

    Thilak, the new design is great. I love black !! And the logo rocks too.

    But, I think you can change the comment design so that comments by the blogger (you) is emphasized. I’m sure you’ll get me.

  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    Great design and better readability, I suggest you to use a bit smaller font!

  • http://cybernetnews.com Ryan Wagner

    I like it…nice job!

  • http://frozonfreak.blogspot.com Shaz

    i miss the blue of the old blog. its bright . this black is a bit dull
    other than tat its much betr than the old

  • http://www.tech-orchard.com Ramesh

    I don’t like the black sidebar. It’s tough to concentrate on it. Also ads won’t blend on black sidebar.

  • http://www.techlivez.com Shashank

    nice theme ..
    the menu bar font is a bit huge..
    nice placement of the feeds and translation buttons

  • http://www.friendlydirectories.com Bidding Directory

    Nice theme… Mazbe it would be better with some fresh color

  • http://www.mifdesign.com Den

    I glad you choose this one. It really better then a previous one. Good job !!!

  • http://connectedinternet.co.uk Everton

    Lightyears ahead of your last theme!! Looks great!!

    I think the fonts are too big though – doesn’t make your site feel ‘techie’. Also the bold font in the comment entry box probably needs fixing

  • http://www.caplein.com/ Caplein

    The logo is very impressive, but the font size need to be reduced a little also I feel that the color scheme was better in your previous one. I would suggest to tryout some other color combinations with the theme to a good feel while browing the site…

  • http://www.onlinesearchservice.com Search Engine

    Nice one. Looks thousand times better then old theme. Web 2′sh style looks good :)

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    Hi, great site, thanks for info! Get some banners from cj.com, to make extra buck.