Comments on: How Do Cheaters Redesign And Still Win?

By: Man Van Richmond

Man Van Richmond — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:26:53 +0000

Hi,

Because of the word ” cheat” that you have used in your article it creates curiosity to readers like me to read the whole article. Thanks for this I got more idea about web designing and good writing.

By: Postcard Printing | DesignsnPrint.com

Postcard Printing | DesignsnPrint.com — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:28:35 +0000

I make changes to my websites everynow and then because it helps to keep things looking fresh and interesting.

By: Deva

Deva — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0000

I don’t redesign any thing but i preffer to create a new one with more updates.I am working on that.It will take time but my effort go on working for the good.Thank you.

By: ride on mower

ride on mower — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:50:18 +0000

Mike, this is a great site and great resources. You must continue your work

By: Online Printing | PrintPlace.com

Online Printing | PrintPlace.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:51:41 +0000

I guess there always comes a time when you need to change something, mostly small details, on your site. In just a few minutes I can change the font family, the way headers look, or the color of text.

Most blogs give you the ability to quickly change these aspects. Look in your options and you should be able to find layout or setting options.

For the die-hards like Michael who design a blog from scratch, CSS should be at the heart of any design – or at least your next redesign.

Great advice on only changing one thing. It’s easy to get caught up in changing “just one more thing” and then you end up with a mediocre redesign. Plus, if you have to pick only one thing, you are more likely to pick something important.

I especially like your ideas about the header and logo. Those are easy to change up and can update the look and feel just enough to give the blog a whole new vibe without changing how bloggers interact with the blog itself. But a logo change should be done with caution. That’s your brand’s centerpiece after all and it’s worth taking time to redesign a logo carefully.

Good stuff!

By: turismo rural teruel

turismo rural teruel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:29:42 +0000

I totally agree that people need familiarty when they vist your site. They don’t want to waste time looking for things were they used to be.

By: Logo Design Works

Logo Design Works — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:28:47 +0000

We recently changed our entire blog design to be completely different from the main website. Our main site design was not accommodating enough.

The change was quite a success with our site regulars and some of our clients.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:37:57 +0000

Interesting idea – I’ve been thinking of reworking my portfolio site and I think I’ll try your suggestion.

By: NatalieMac

NatalieMac — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:00:27 +0000

Actually, I don’t think that’s cheating at all. I think it’s evolving. Unless a everything about your current design is truly awful, then there’s no need to completely re-design. Just keep making little changes. You’ll keep your users interested by providing them with little surprises. You’ll keep a trendy design from beginning to look stale. And you’ll avoid completely disorienting your users when they show up. People can deal with gradual changes more easily than one giant change.

I try to make it my goal to continually make small improvements and changes on all the web sites I manage. I think that approach has a lot of advantages over periodic complete overhauls.

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:50:41 +0000

We have relaunched our Blog 2 days ago and changed everthing: Logo, Colors, Layout, Features. Now we use a Magazine Style Layout and orange as acsent color (befor it was hot pink).

Our old Theme was based on K2 and this makes problems with a lot of plugins. Now our Theme is based on newsweek (with a lot of changes) and is much more flexible.