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“My News Feed” Widget
BlogCatalog.com has come up with an interesting replacement for the BlogRush widget. It displays your own blog posts (on however many blogs you have registered with BlogCatalog) and some other activities such as Diggs. You'll see one in the right-han...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Blidget!
I just discovered this site where you can make a widget of your blog posts. They call it a “blidget.” This widget, or blidget, automatically picks up and displays your last few blog posts. It is your very own private BlogRush-type widget,...
Slow PC Making Blog Design a Pain? Fix it!
If you do a lot of blog design (or web design), you know what a pain it is when your PC seems to get slower and slower. That is not your imagination—or too much caffeine. PCs really do get slower and slower after you have used them for awhile....
Think Blog Design Doesn’t Matter? Watch This!
If you think blog design does not matter much, or if you think it’s about looking hip or cool, you need to see the scientific proof that design can make or break your blog or web site. If you have not taken professional courses in publication d...
Blog Widgets Add Graphic Interest
Blogs that are high on text and low on graphics can be visually boring. If you don’t have relevant photos or art for your blog, you might want to consider adding visually interesting widgets. Some are useful. Some are just fun. I try to sele...
6 Tips on Choosing Blog Colors
Choosing blog colors often takes a backseat to choosing a good theme, installing widgets, writing posts, and all the other work involved in building and maintaining a blog. But colors are much more important than they may seem. Here’s why: 1...
BlogRush Flavors Are Here! Who Cares?
Blog design is my priority, but let’s face it. We all have to be constantly on the lookout for good ways to promote our blogs. Especially quick, easy and free ways. So I was thrilled with the idea of BlogRush.com, and I told you about it a we...
Adjust Vertical Spacing of WordPress Widgets
Sometimes the quickest, easiest way to accomplish a design task is to “cheat.” Instead of editing PHP code for example, you can adjust the space above or below a WordPress widget in a couple of simple ways. 1. Go to Presentation > Widg...
Blog Design ABCs
In the grand old tradition of alphabet lists (A is for Apple, B is for Bear, …), here are 26 blog design principles, from Audience to Zones: Audience—Who are you writing for? What do they like? Don’t imitate the sites they frequen...
Make Your Blog Easier to Read With 6 Simple Design Ideas
Your blog may not seem hard to read to you, because you already know what it says. But if it makes your visitors’ eyes tired, they’ll leave. Using these 6 tips can make your blog easier to read and more appealing and can help turn casual...
Are Design Fads Ruining Your Blog?
Graphic designers and web designers tend to be slaves to fashion. Seemingly unable to resist the latest design trends they often follow them without thinking, even when doing that makes ads and web sites difficult or uncomfortable to read More: co...
