Site Redesign Suggestions

1. Current blog posts are easy to access. The archived one is more difficult. Please redesign the archive page so that they can be seen better. I like that all the material is here…just need to find it. You have made the top drop-down menu bar much better. Layout: I wish that left column was more helpful…I understand the ads but maybe more polls or something “fresh” with links to your stuff. It is 1/4 of the screen. **The CAPTCHA Code is the absolute worst part of the site. It fails a lot.

2. The brown has got to go. It is better than the original but it is so drab. Match your “Iceman” logo with some blue. Color is needed.

3. I like most of the guest posts but they do interfere with the flow and organization. Sometimes your own posts seem to come out of left-field and I don’t know what I am reading about. Maybe have a category header in your posts so that it can be linked to similar (simpler or more advanced) concepts.

4. I like the forum idea. However, one of the greatest things about this site is that you respond to everything. Not sure if you would be as committed to that in a forum with a bunch of off-topic comments. I do think the forum would be useful; this is the best financial advice for doctors on the internet. Categories: Life Stories/ Living the Good life , Investing, Insurance, Vacation Planning: France vs Belize, Retirement, Charitable Giving, and one for Students. I want it to be tightly censored for profanity and abuse. I would like to be a moderator.

5. Less brown. More of your signature blue. Some black and even red. Less drab brown; finances are boring enough.

6. Ad size is not a problem. The placement in e-mails is very annoying…right in the middle of sentences and paragraphs?! The left column on the posts could be edited to be more appealing/useful.

7. Great question! I remember it well. I saw the latest blog post and was immediately lost. I saw the “Search this Site using Google!” and was looking for student loan repayment vs investing info. Eventually, I found the holy grail: First-Timers! That link put it all in motion. Really, that link should be a different color or more prominently displayed. It is gold.

Classics:
1. Dumb Doctor mistakes
2. Dr. Mom guest post/success story
3. 8606 Scanned Roth- Backdoor (when I KNEW this was the site I needed to frequent)
4. Life Insurance (NOT sarcasm…the one about term4sale and Insuring Income helping)
5. Mrs. WCI sits down and lets us know the truth.
6. Trinity study/ 4% Retirement rate thing (still blows my mind)
7. PSLF & PAYE explained (just please no Sofi/DRB private loan selling pitches)

1. Lose the brown, match the entire page with the blue logo color flow.

2. Once you get past the Left Bar ads, the actual article/comments takes up ~50% of the page. This needs to be re-worked and expanded to the entire page.

3. New navigation bar on top as other have mentioned:
Home – main page
About – section to talk about the site, your book and yourself
For First Timers – ie. “new to the site..start here..” – broken down in topics
The Best of the Best –
Archives – all the older articles broken down into topics
Guest posts – like archives but for guests
FAQ

Top right of the page can have a search function / contact info / book link
Bottom left main page – “Follow Us” section, links to Facebook, SDN, LinkedIn, Newsletter ect

4. Forum – yes. allows off topic discussions. regular readers/visitors can add their opinions/thoughts. Also allows people with more current knowledge about a topic to answer a questions (i’m a resident, can answer questions about PLSF process, loans, ect). Would be a moderator if needed.

5. Link the comments section to the forum?? another way to keep everything in one place.

That’s all for now.

I agree captcha is terricle(this is my third time writing this comment because of failures. Also, it would be nice if I could edit my own comments (mistakes, not clearly explained, etc). Finally, I must be way too long winded because by the time I’m half way through my comments, I can’t scroll to the bottom of what I am writing–very difficult to proof read before submitting–thus see my previous comment).

For me the content of this site is what makes it so appealing not the design or presentation. Any upgrades to the esthetics will just be a bonus but not critical to my enjoyment of the site.

I use the blog like a textbook, a reference guide to study and understand the world of personal finance as it relates to medical professionals. Therefore I am in favor of creating “chapters” of related material. I would love to be able to easily access all posts on a given topic; disability, life insurance, Roth vs Traditional, real estate, etc. What drew me in as a new reader was the “First Timers” section. This same idea could be flushed out and developed even further. The more comprehensivly you organize your incredible content the more useful it will be to people like me.

I am in favor of the forum. I love MMM but he posts infrequently so the forum gives me somewhere to go everyday and ulimately drives more of my traffic there because I know I will find something new everyday. Moderating is important in my opinion as I don’t want to read ongoing arguements or harsh/petty banter between angry people nor do I want to be solicited. As a dentist I crave more dental specific content and maybe the forum would help satiate my dental appetite.

This site is awesome. Any improvements will just be gravy on top of the delicous meat you already offer.

I only have a couple things I would add.

First, mobile friendly. Sometimes the add gets in the way of the content so the add takes the whole page, except for a sliver of a column big enough for half a word, so I have to guess what the words are for a couple pages on my phone.

Second, the archives. I read them all, but my wife lost interest because she would try to read them on her phone and get lost where she was etc. It is difficult to go through.

And colors, I LOVE BROWN! J/K, don’t have a preference at all.

Like others, I just want to thank you for providing so many useful resources.

I would like to see 3 changes:

1. I would like to see a sign up for a email of the latest blog instead of having to come to the website to read it–this tends to be an issue if I’m trying to kill time and can’t get to the website, but my email has the blog post in it. Mr Money Mustache’s website does this, and I thoroughly enjoy it.

2. I would like your polls to be locked or something like it-meaning I can vote several times in the polls and think the numbers are skewed because of this.

3-Less ads, I know they provide you income…I Just think they are annoying and don’t ever click on them and think over the past two years have become increasingly abundant.

Thanks!