{"id":3233,"date":"2008-11-20T14:22:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T21:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/rejected-blog-title-5-my-bloggie-shot-me-down\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:40:34","slug":"rejected-blog-title-5-my-bloggie-shot-me-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2008\/11\/rejected-blog-title-5-my-bloggie-shot-me-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejected Blog Title #5: My Bloggie Shot Me Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cstyle\"<\/a> I\u2019ve been a bit down this week. Oh, I definitely have PEW: post election withdrawal. I learned about that condition on the radio this morning. Glad there\u2019s a diagnosis for that. I\u2019m definitely there. I now have now two<\/em> friends with elderly parents in critical conditions and I\u2019ve been working on a care package for my D.F. sis who lost her bf last week under tragic circumstances. Add to that I found out today I\u2019ve been under-paid by a significant amount all year long. <\/p>\n

Okay…we could dwell on those things until I start to hyperventilate or I could just review a Cher website instead. How\u2019s about a Cher site review kids? <\/p>\n

A few months ago a Cher scholar brought to my attention Cher Style (http:\/\/www.cherstyle.com\/<\/a>). And I\u2019m glad they did. Cher Style  is an awesome site and I love the soothing, balmy blue theme. Every time I visit I have a pleasurable experience and I think it\u2019s this very agreeable blue business.<\/p>\n

For the viewer the site is clean and well designed. Some tend to be a tad over-designed and often \u201cless is more.\u201d I\u2019m not talking about code here. Is it designed with tables instead of divs? My boss would not like that so much. But the site takes you where you want to go without pesky seconds of delay and the top nav links are clear. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s special real estate for audio\/visual which includes some radio clips and rarities and a good hodgepodge of video from the 70s to recent. That content is<\/em> displayed with a lovely and proper use of tables.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some action in the forum but I didn\u2019t join in. I do like the forum-themed Cher pic posted there \u2013 a great play on words. The site also has chat. I\u2019ve never done live chatting with Cher fans. I'll save that for a special occasion. <\/p>\n

The biography page (courtesy of Warner Bros.) is outdated…woefully back to "Believe" news which kids, do we realize, is about ten years old? Ten years! I can't fault Cher Style too much because Cher\u2019s own fan site has the same issue. There\u2019s a decade of Cher-livin missing! No information about the farewell tour records that were broken, no info about the Caesars project. This lacks 10 years or about 1\/6 of Cher\u2019s life, granted not the most drama-packed 1\/6 but a decade nonetheless.<\/p>\n

The music section is simply a list of her albums, however many of the year dates are incorrect and studio albums are mixed in with re-issues and compilations and this is one of the nerdy things this Cher scholar likes to fuss about.<\/p>\n

Likewise the Movie section is really a DVD list and includes exercise videos, tv shows and music DVDs.<\/p>\n

What the site excels at: aforementioned slick design (which includes creative Cher-media-mashups), good selection of photos, up-to-date news feed (which takes diligence), and some good items in the Multimedia section including lush wallpapers, fun icons and wicked cool avatars. My favorite sections include the Photos (I love the way the decades are displayed), a fabu selection of quotes by and about Cher, and style corner<\/a> (some critical Cher scholarship here of her contributions of fashion).<\/p>\n

Almost hidden on the home page, you also have:<\/p>\n

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