Comments on: Warning: Your Blog Is Being Forgotten!

By: zirome

zirome — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:22:17 +0000

i need a good back ground and a lot of stoffe

By: qinai

qinai — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:49 +0000

ok,I will not translate your article .But I translated the article is artificial, not a free translator.

thanks!

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:47:52 +0000

Qinai – You’re just running articles through a free translator.

The trackback address is no better than the normal address that you’ll find in your browser.

I’d rather you didn’t translate any more of my articles though. Thanks.

By: qinai

qinai — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:47:01 +0000

I translated your article, the article addresses is:http://www.newsunday.com/post/750.html

where is your TrackBack ?

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:04:02 +0000

goldfries – Certainly, the more the better. But I think the most important thing is simply that you do something. You can make all the changes in the world, but the single change with the biggest impact will be the very first one.

Deron – Hmm… I wonder if I should get to work on a Pro Blog Design character right away then?

By: Deron Sizemore

Deron Sizemore — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:37:00 +0000

I definitely think for me, It’s the logo, colors and just overall design. The design is what attracts me to a site (it may just be the designer in me?) The content is what ultimately holds me on a site and keeps me coming back, but initially the design draws me in for a few days until I get a feel for what the author likes to talk about.

A design can only hold ones attention for so long if there is not real quality content to back the great design up.

Yes, the caricature mascots are a very popular trend right now that everyone seems to be doing. Eventually every blog will have a caricature and looks almost identical and we’ll only be able to tell them apart by the character at the top of the page.

By: goldfries

goldfries — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:58:12 +0000

Michael, I would say one has to customize it quite a lot – like at least 50% facelift.

Slight modifications, say changing the font and color of WP’s Kubrick theme doesn’t cut it.

Whether it’s a blog or a website, the design is one that makes it different. Since we’re talking about blogs – usually a blog is about YOU!

So you have to DRESS your blog the way YOU are unless you don’t mind dressing up like Joe, Zoe , Moe, Harry, Larry, Barry, Karry and Darry and everyone else using the same theme.

Quite often I highlighted PERSONALITY in my articles about blogs – some people think it’s just the way the author writes but IMO it’s about the entire package.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:59:24 +0000

goldfries – That’s true. Using the same theme as many other sites use is virtually pointless, unless you can customise it a fair bit.

pablopabla – Thanks. I imagine the header here would be the first thing that most people see. It’s a lot….stronger? than the rest of the design.

Mommy Zabs – I agree with you about the photos, and I can see all the logic for having one. It’s one thing that I’ve never been great with though. I understand that others love to see your face when they talk to you online, but it’s just a desire that I’ve never shared. For that reason, it’s taken quite a while for me to get a pic anywhere online! xD

David – It might be worth a try. The very worst that can happen is that you undo it and go back to what you have. (Which doesn’t look bad tbh. Your layout is completely free of clutter, so the long list isn’t very noticeable. I hadn’t thought about it really until now!)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:43:13 +0000

I’ve been thinking more and more about cutting down the scrolling on my homepage, so the collapsable categories is one I might give a shot (as well as excerpts on posts).

By: Mommy Zabs

Mommy Zabs — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:19:28 +0000

You know, I’m big on color.
I will stick because of content, (if i have time, there are very few I”m consistent in right now and the mostly support my learning goals right now). But I have more chance of being struck if It sticks out to me.

Photos are important to me. Of course they need to not look like something you grabbed out of 1990 photo album and scanned after its been beat up. Has to look well taken. digital at least. I’m very relational and like to see the people… that helps me put face with name and thus blog with name= memory.