How to design your blog

After going through the chapters from this week's readings, I found two articles in particular that inspired me. These articles I used were: the Web Design Tips & Advice from A to Z and Avoid The 7 Deadly Web Design Sins.

Firstly, I have learned to make my blog’s navigation is intuitive, and tried arranging the information so it looks well organized. I made a menu for my blog which helped arrange my posts, so they aren’t overcrowding my home page.

Secondly, I changed the theme of my WordPress blog, because the old theme, even though was very fancy, it wasn’t easy to read trough and it distracted my readers from the message of my posts. This clean layout helped a lot even with arranging my posts. When choosing the new theme, I looked for contrasting color and simplicity of use.

Lastly, I gave my blog a personal touch, giving it identity by changing the background image of my header to a part of a personally edited photo on PhotoShop. This picture is the one I used for my blog’s promotion on its Facebook page and Twitter (both of which I connected to my blog using widgets.) This way I tried creating a specific identity to my blog, so it will be easy to identify for everyone.

Overall, the optimization of the usability of my blog, the choice of the right contrasting colors, the new, improved navigation and the specially edited photo changed my blog’s outlook, which attracts more readers.