Blogging Tips

What does the new cnn.com mean for blog design?

Usability and design testing can make a huge impact on any web site.  But, if you run a blog or a small web site, the costs of wide scale usability and design testing is expensive.  One of the best affordable ways to improve design is to learn from those organizations that have invested in large scale testing.  Sites like …

Written by David Silversmith from Info Musing
Posted on October 27th, 2009 and filed under Blogging
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How Often Should You Change Your Blog Theme?

For better or worse, your blog’s theme is the first thing most people notice about your site when they visit. Even before they’ve read a word they’ve made judgments about your site, its appearance and its professionalism that can not be undone easily.

With that in mind, many bloggers obsess over their themes almost as much, if not more, than their content. Considering how easy themes are to change out in most blogging platforms, many have taken to changing themes the way others change socks.

This is, however, a very bad idea. Changing your theme is an important part of your site from time to time, but doing it too often can greatly hurt your connection with the readers and even your search engine standings. It is important to use caution when creating your theme and try to pick/customize one that will last you quite some time.

Written by Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today
Posted on September 10th, 2009 and filed under WordPress Themes
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Beta Testing Made Easy

Getting feedback from potential visitors to your blog or web site can be critical to the successful launch of a new site or even just a new version of an existing site.  While software companies have been organizing beta test programs for years, these have been limited to larger companies with staff to manage a beta testing program.  However with new web based beta testing services like Prefinery and …

Written by David Silversmith from Info Musing
Posted on August 25th, 2009 and filed under Software & Programs
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Color Coordinate Your Web Pages

The Internet has made it possible for millions of people to write articles and create websites.  However, the Internet has not magically provided these millions of people with writing and graphics skills.  That’s one of the key reasons I love the posts about writing here on Blogging Tips.  Likewise, I am really pleased …

Written by David Silversmith from Info Musing
Posted on July 21st, 2009 and filed under Software & Programs
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Internet Marketers: How to Know When It’s Time to Change Your Blog’s Design

Most bloggers start out on free blogging platforms like blogger or wordpress. This is understandable, as very few bloggers have a concrete idea of where they want to take this “blogging thing” when they first start out.

When bloggers start to get serious is when most settle in on a design – and then proceed to forget about it. But, there comes a time when the design of every blog should be changed. …

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 and filed under Making Money
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Breaking the mold: 12 remarkable Blogger designs

If I were to approach the subject of designing Blogger templates, many people would moan about the repetitive, boring and dreary styles commonly associated with BlogSpot blogs.

It’s time to rethink these assumptions! In recent months, many talented and creative bloggers have created amazing and beautiful designs for their Blogger powered blogs which certainly offer Wordpress designers a run for their money!

For your visual pleasure, here are ten remarkable and original designs …

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster
Posted on September 1st, 2008 and filed under Blogger, Design & Coding
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How to Design the Perfect Blog for Your Business

As I alluded to in the post, 2 Reasons You Must Keep Blogging at Your Old Blog When You Move to Another Domain, getting a professionally designed blog hosted on your own domain is the best way to go if your blog is an integral part of your business.

“But,” you may be thinking, “I don’t know anything about designing a blog. How do I know what to consider?” Following is a …

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial
Posted on June 4th, 2008 and filed under Blogging
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