Pro Blog Design

For me, type is really important on a blog. That’s more specific than the principles on your list, but it’s worth mentioning because blogs are first and foremost about content, so reading that content must be easy. I specifically like the type design at A List Apart and Wired.com.

Great article Michael! I too think the small details can make or break a site. I’m usually obsessive about very small details that the average person wouldn’t even notice, but I think it makes a big difference.

As for the functionality, I agree there too. People are doing some amazing things with navigation bars, threaded comments and the gravatars you mention these days. Really adds that something extra to the site that you probably wouldn’t even think about.

Quite Personally – Design Comes Second in a blog. (but a very close second)

If the content was useful to the reader, why should it matter what is around it?

Having said that, I have read a blog that was nothing but ads but their content caught the attention of my feed reader, so I can say that their design was flawed, but it was what the title was that attracted me.

I mean you look at these new “Minimalist” templates that are springing up in blogs, and they aren’t bad to look at, just a little plain.

So very, very true. And each point as important as the next I’d say. Its all about working these elements together, you can never rely on one single element.

Hi.I’ve just made my very first website using weebly.com.I know that using a hosting site isn’t ideal but as I said,it’s my first and i’m just learning.If you could give me some feedback,be it praise,criticism,tips,links,it would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance!

Hey i am looking for wordpress theme… now i will evaluate the themes using these tips… thanks for the tips…

Agree, unless you’re provding dowloadable contents then it doesn’t matter how bad your site looks, information is still king here, althought not many would want to stay on your site for long.

Thanks for the tips I’m working on my own wordpress theme.

Cheers!
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Great Ideas, I know if I see a black background I immediately leave no matter how great the content, it’s just to hard for me to read..
Thanks
Maggie

Wow i just noticed something else which I wanted to comment on…. “The Tags” so you use the tags rather than the categories themselves? Do you find that a more structured method over say using a dropdown menu of categories or categories listed in the side bar for example?
Not attempting to be critical here I was just curious about your opinion. Thanks.

Thanks, nice article.

Thanks for a good read! And you show it off by the way you layout the article with spacing and emphasizing copy – easy to read. Cheers! I’ll be back for more…

Thanks for the great article, really useful for anyone starting a blog design.

Functionality is very important for sure.

very great ideas.
need to repost on my blog too.
don’t worry, i’m using totally diff language..

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Brilliant article! I’m adding a link to it to show that not only what design is all about but even well written copy.

Great work. Give us some more

Thank you for this post.
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hey, love your new design. long time u didn’t change this blog design. to be frankly speaking, i really fall in love with your new blog design.

cheers problogdesign.. u’ve been my design inspiration..

Great article, I agreed with your opinion.
Thanks.

I have more things to do.

I think there is a big problem,some people can not code,they just use the whole themes they get from the net,they can not change anything after installing their blog.

Hey, Thanks for the great article! Its very helpfull for me!

Thanks for useful tips. I appreciate them very much.

Great job and these are very helpful for me.

Hi, The design float code does not seem to work and i cant seem to figure out why!

Can you help?

Thanks.
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Very great help your article! Thanks a lot!

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your amazing article there… thanks…

Excellent article, thanks for information.

Thanx, useful.

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Nice article, excellent tips! Thank you

Thanks for your interesting article.

Article very interesting and informative, thanks.

well worth the read.I found it very informative as I have been researching a lot lately on practical matters such as you talk about…

Nice concept, you can demonstrate what you are discussing on your blog trough your own design and pics. Thank you for this post it help me a lot because I also manage blogs for my clients.

Grea approach as well

good read thanks a lot for the share. i really like the design of the website and the information.

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Bookmark it.
Very informative, Thanks

Intersting article, thanks ! I’ll bookmark it. And nice pics as well.

I still prefer html sites though, they last longer without updated content.

Brilliant article! I’m adding a link to it to show that not only what design is all about but even well written copy

I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!

Nice place here

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Very very attractive collection.one thing which attract me and press me to write
some good words for you is the visibility of all icons (the quality).really a
very very nice efforts here.

This guideline is very useful. The pictures you chose for this article are also great they are very inspiring. Thank you.

Yes, color is so important! Good that you’re underlining this.

I strongly believe that whatever interesting and outrageous content you would have on a blog/website, with a crappy design there’s a big chance that the visitors will search the requested information in other places.
Great points mate!

It is useful to try everything in practice anyway and I like that here it’s always possible to find something new.

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You have a cool web site. It is almost the first time I encounter something like that.
In fact I’m thinking of creating my own one.Google’s results pages are simple,
and that’s why they work. Simple.So thanks for it.

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I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post.
Now you make it easy for me to understand and implement. Thanks for sharing with us.

What’s really interesting, though, is that not all of those SEO blogs
on the list have no follow implemented on their comments.

I found that when I wanted more information the links provided me with what I was looking for.
I would like to add something that might get into that 101 list, if you think it worthed.
Great ideas and tips. I’ve always had trouble finding a free place to blatantly a
dvertise my products and services so I made one.

Thanks, however this is not what I need. The system is much more sophisticated than that.
First of all, extension check is not acceptable, and second of all, you can get an exe file rename it as a txt.
However when you upload it it’s still an exe.
I prefer to limit it as well to control how much bandwith is spent. I do so on my website Builders4u pretty well.

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Thank you for this blog. That’s all I can say.
You most definitely have made this blog into something that’s eye opening and important.

This is a great blog to model mine after. I hope you don’t mind if i bookmark your site,
so that i can easily find it again in the future. Cheers

What a lovely image, the first one with a broken point. Completely explains the author’s thoughts.

This is a great blog!

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This is excellent tips. I’m sure my blog would looks great after following your guide.

It saddens me when I look at posts that aren’t creative. I understand there are more “sophisticated” companies / blogs, but by no means should you be less creative in how to deliver your information to your audience.

I like the descriptive form that you defined in Colors and Functionality

This elements will help other bloggers to create blogs perfectly. This elements will also help me avoid rejection of blog.

excellent article.

I personally think that colour and design are by far the most important, no matter what the content you only have a split second to catch your potential readers eye before they click away.

This blog is really informative and good thanks for share it.

This is a good list, blog design is certainly a skill which must be perfected over time. One thing that I guess would come under balance is white space. There must be good spacing between elements to remove any feeling of ‘crampedness’.

This is a good article, i am always wondering if i have the best theme and can often fiddle needlessly changing every couple of months. Content is king but first impressions count for a lot too.

By the way, I think you should include usability/ease of use in the list above. Its no use having great content, balance etc if you can navigate around your site.

Thanks for the article. Very useful tips to improve our current blogs… I’ll work on it

@problogdesign Thank you for this great info.

Hello, a different way to approach webdesign, thank you!

Thx for all this good advice.
You maybe just forget the side of innovation, with widget 3.0 like facebook connect :p

great, honest and very informative points!
thanks a ton! looking forward to apply same on mine!