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Bobby Iliev
Bobby Iliev

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Website feedback needed

Hello everyone ❤️

A week or so ago we released a newly redesigned version of the DevDojo website.

We used the following technologies:

  • Laravel
  • VueJS
  • Tailwind CSS

Deployed: DigitalOcean

Link: https://devdojo.com/

As we just released the redesigned version of the site, we are looking for feedback on what we can improve/add to make it better.

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated 🙌

Bobby

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leob

I didn't spend a lot of time but there's one thing that doesn't really work:

There is a "footer" section with links at the bottom of the site, but on the home page you can't really see it because of the infinitely scrolling list of articles - as soon as I drag the scrollbar to the bottom then I can see it for a split second, but right away it disappears (being pushed down again).

On this page you can see the footer (because there's no long list of content): devdojo.com/more

As for the contents, all great but I'd like to see a page added which explains about the team and the "story" behind the site. I mean you've gone to great lengths to build all this and then I can't see who's behind this great stuff! (maybe as part of an 'FAQ' section)

For the rest, a great and smooth looking site!

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Bobby Iliev

Hi there @leob ,

Thank you so much for taking the time to go through the site and for putting this comment together!

This is highly appreciated! 🙌

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John Peters

Nice job, lot's of white space, subtle colors, works on Samsung Galaxy Star.

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Bobby Iliev

Thanks John! 🙌

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John Peters • Edited

Any tips would be great in a new article. I love reading how you CSS wonder people get it done. Thanks Bobby!

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Server Enthusiast

Great job! I love how the colors blend together!

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Bobby Iliev

Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate that!

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Madza

One of the cleanest designs I've seen lately :)
And that's a nice stack as well <3

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Bobby Iliev

Great! Thank you ✌🏽

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Alvaro Montoro • Edited

Check the page accessibility with an automated tool (like Wave) and also manually. There are many a11y issues:

  • Insufficient contrast between text and background.
  • Missing alternative text for images.
  • Missing jump to content link.
  • Many elements are not accessible with keyboard (mainly the menu!).
  • Invalid HTML structures (e.g. you have anchors inside of anchors)...
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Bobby Iliev

That's a really cool tool! Thanks a lot for sharing it Alvaro! 🙌

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Supun Kavinda

Design is great! I love the fact that DevDojo community is more focused on PHP development, while DEV is more towards NodeJS. Just signing up... ;)

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Bobby Iliev

Awesome! Thank you ✌🏽

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Richard

I do really like the navigation I don't tend to see many like that, super cool

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Bobby Iliev

Thanks! Happy to hear that you like it! 🙌

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Lyubomira Manova

Looks great 🙌

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Bobby Iliev

Thank you!

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huncyrus

Seems nice, but would be nice to see actually the footer especially if there is any important link or information on it.
The other thing, mobile view and landscape on S9+ vs sidebar. The rendering and the smoothness still very good, but after 2-3-4 scroll, feel very empty the right side since the sidebar was waaaaaaay shorter than the actual content. Maybe worth to put the sidebar somewhere else on small display size. (Just opinion).

The colors, text nice, but miss the dark mode :)

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Bobby Iliev

That's a good point! Thank you for the feedback! 🙌

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Habdul Hazeez

It was glaring at first sight but still I had to be sure.

Devdojo accessibility check with WAVE

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Bobby Iliev

Oh, that's a really cool tool! Thanks for sharing that!

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Andriy Chemerynskiy

Hi, nice website! One thing that might be useful is "Back to top" button. When someone scrolled down, then there is no way to easily scroll back to top.
Here is link to image that shows that feature: codyhouse.co/assets/img/gems/hero/...

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Bobby Iliev

That's a good point! Thanks a lot Andriy! 🙌

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Kuberdenis

Hey Bobby, looking neat! I love the 'Popular Topics' section. I also love how you made use of the huge content it has and put in one place. One small remark - it would be great if I could have the option of adding 'Favorite Topics' block somewhere. This way I can filter my homepage to meet my interests better. Anyway, love it. Keep it up!

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Bobby Iliev

Thanks a lot for taking the time to check out the Denislav!

I like your idea, sounds like it would be super useful! Thanks for sharing it!

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Sean

Looks epic, I get your choices, but did you consider using Vuex to manage state on your site(unless you already are using a state management tool). Since you're using Vue I thought Vuex might not be a bad idea. Can help with tracking user data flow. Especially if things go wrong, you might want to see where the errors occured.

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Mikael Gramont

Loaded really fast on my Mac, and looks real nice.
Some notes:

  • I didn't know the site before and could not find an About section
  • I tried to disable JS to reach the footer, and the page remains blank (this will hurt your SEO)
  • The top menu in Firefox has extra scroll bars when the window is kind of narrow (say 800px wide and below)
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Bobby Iliev

Hi Daniel, that's absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for taking the time and writing this constructive feedback! Really appreciated!! 🙌