- Simple lines, clean background- with the exception of those who blog for business and therefore use their sidebars as revenue generating space, I think the plainer the better.
- Black font on white background- sounds obvious but I finally realized it is more comfortable to read stuff written this way, not really sure why, but it is.
- Simple fonts- Arial seems to be the font of choice, but no one who is taken seriously is writing in crazy fonts.
- Cute headers- while the basic outlines and backgrounds do best relatively plain, a bold, but streamlined header seems to claim the space as your own without gumming up the content with lots of graphics and distracting backgrounds.
- Not many blogrolls- or at least simple ones that are not taking top billing. I personally want to keep mine running just because I like it, but it should be a list of good reads and not the main focus of your sidebars.
Any other tips or suggestions? I realize everyone has their preferences, but did I miss any major design elements common to nice blogs?
7 comments:
I like it, it looks great. I always agree that cleaner and simpler is better. You did this while still maintaining the feel of your blog (cause you want it to still be you) Great job!
I think it looks great! One thing I might suggest (this is just a personal preference of mine though) is some small line or something to break between posts on the home page. The one problem with so much white space--which is by far my favorite--is that it can sometimes make everything blend together, so an unobtrusive visual break between posts can be nice.
Totally not mandatory though, because things look really nice as is!
I like it a lot! I've had trouble finding a wordpress template that I love (and I don't know how to adapt them, or if you can even do that). This is one of the ones I was thinking about using.
My suggestion is to add twitter to the sidebar if you have it. That's where I post links to the posts I really want people to read. It helps me feel more connected to the people I read, too.
@Kathleen (amomen2think)
Thanks!
@Ginger
That is a good idea, I am trying to "frame" stuff a bit more, but just have not loved the feel of any of it yet. I also like the dividers and the code is technically easy, but you know how it goes in HTML time-space warp!
@mmeperpetua
I don't yet Twitter, but I will def. look into putting more "networking" effort into the site.
Thanks everyone, this is just the kind of feedback I was hoping for. Thank goodness for them internets!
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