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This is an unusual website. I like unusual websites because they're not boring. "Nomadic Matt's Travel Site is far from boring.
What makes "Nomadic Matt's Travel Site" unusual?
Most travel-related websites are filled with information, but aren't written from a traveler's perspective. This one is. Even though Matt hails from Boston, Massachusetts, he's traveled enough to make a lot of deploying military people feel like they haven't been anywhere.
Site Design
This is one of those cases where, although the website looks good and it looks like all the pieces fit together nicely, I think it would be better served as a travel blog.
Matt has a lot of pictures on the site. Well, most modern blogging software packages have gallery functions that can do exactly the same thing. Any good content management system would work as well.
I hate to continually promote WordPress as a blogging platform because I know b2evolution (a CMS) can do things as well in most cases. WordPress, however, has well-supported plugins that would take care of the videos he has on the site.
Article and Post Content
From what I can tell, the blog articles are all contained on one page and it has the same title as the home page: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site
There are a couple of other pages which duplicate the home page's title, but Nomadic Matt's Pictures isn't one of them. "Nomadic Matt's Travel Tips" would make perfect blog posts.
My Overall Opinion
There are a lot of interesting pictures, videos and information about the places that Matt has traveled to. He'll have even more after his next trip to Europe in 2008. At present, it's a site that I would bookmark to look at once every month or so. If it were a blog, I'd subscribe to the email feed so that I'd know when the content is updated. Right now, there's really no way to tell without going through all the pages.
I like the site, but it needs some optimization to make it better.
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I really like the site apart from the small issue that I have to scroll across to see the whole site – which in todays internet age shouldnt be the case.
Matt's travel site is nice, but I see a dead image in the header, and the copyright notice on the bottom should include 2008. I also have to scroll, but I am an older gent that uses low resolution. :)
Good catch on Matt's site about changing the copyright. I'll let him know. He's got quite a nicely designed site now. Less unusual, more easily navigated and content rich.
I really like reading his site and I hope he is able to keep traveling!
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A lovely travel site, thanks for the post. How may I go about getting a review of my own travel site, iGuide (http://iguide.travel) on this site? Thank you!
Some really interesting content on the site which itself is well designed. Good work!
wow! i want to be my site like that.. its very nice.. better research for that cool blog….
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Hi:
Fortunately, I have lived amongst the people in the Philippines. I live in a small town for over a year in the province. It was an eye opening experience for me. Nice website Matt.
Franco
Hi:
I have never been to Spain. I have been to the Philippines and Colombia where the Spanish cullure is often observed.
Maybe some day. It sure looks on your website.
Franco
I'd love to see some stuff on Hawaii if you have it.
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