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How Did You Choose Your Layout?

Posted by survivor • 1/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: blogger, design, layout, wordpress

How did you choose your layout? What sites helped you?

and if you designed it yourself, what promoted your layout design?

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1/17/08

bsd13

Everyone kept complaining about my other ones so I found one I liked and got a lot of feedback as I modified it.

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1. 1/17/08
  
  survivor
  
  I really like your layout. I also like your blog so I subscribed to your neighborhood.
2. 1/17/08
  
  bsd13
  
  Thank you. I appreciate that. Give me a few days and I'm sure I can write something to make you change your mind.
3. 6/23/08
  
  calais50
  
  bsd, That's what happened to me. People kept complaining that my font made their eyes "bug out." I picked a different blogspot template with a white background, and it looked a million times better.
1/17/08

ThriftShopRomantic

Readability, generally organized yet friendly look, and a color that would coordinate with the header graphics I'd designed.

Truthfully, I wish the background were more purple and less pink, or perhaps light green, but those choices weren't available.

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1. 1/17/08
  
  survivor
  
  It is more of a lavender color, or so it seems on my p.c. I like it though because it goes with the general theme of your blog. Blacks or dark colors wouldn't work.
1/17/08

dano

Can't design one so I chose a Blogger template.

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1. 1/17/08
  
  survivor
  
  dano, I like both your blogs. The templates are simple, so they don't take away from the content
1/17/08

crpitt

I used a basic blogger template at first, then I found the current I have and changed the header.

Then just altered the background colour a bit.

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1. 1/19/08
  
  genopianist54
  
  same here
1/17/08

dano

Your blogs are cool survivor. I'd go thru tomorrow coz American Idol 7 is abt to begin over here.

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1/17/08

klawedkillerkitten

The blogger layouts kept giving me problems. I swear I went through about 5 of them until I finally found one that worked for me from another site. I found a template that was all black and had a huge star in the background which suits my blog well because the title is called "Ordinary Stars."

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1/17/08

ghostytwofish

I needed 3 columns, and I like green.

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1/17/08

cpupulse

I designed my own header using photoshop. Since I use blogger I used one of their generic templates and just put my header in their.

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1/17/08

artscapes

I use WordPress and I selected a theme that I liked and modified it because I can't write php. I changed the images and colours in the css file. I can get around in CSS - not well mind you - yet. I wanted the blog to compliment my website that I did design.

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1/17/08

markstoneman

I took the easy way out and used the standard templates on offer at Blogger and Wordpress.com.

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1/19/08

acousticguitarist

on the-guitarplayer.com

i went through a few days suffering wrestling with poorly written templates and eventually found one that looked sort of ok and didn't have too many bugs.

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1/19/08

dzrbenson

I found a template, As im not 100% about creating css from scratch.

I can code HTML and edit CSS but im getting there

dzrbenson.com/blog/

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1/19/08

lavameanslove

I wanted something really simple, and classy looking, but with just enough of my style represented. Something that doesn't take long to load on dial-up, and I came up with a gray and white template, a modified version of the "Classic Minima" template on Blogger. I create my headers.

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1/19/08

GlossGreen

Mine's a work in progress. I'm always looking to make it better, but my real focus right now is working on my writing ability.

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1/19/08

adjei7

My main focus was simplicity. I took an existing template with the functions and placements I wanted, and got rid of the busy designs. I wanted the focus of my blog to be the content. I'm about 80% happy with it at the mo.

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6/23/08

survivor

I am looking to update one of my layouts. Any sites that you think have really good templates?

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6/23/08

lordiwanttobewhole

I chose my present one for its simplicity.

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6/23/08

nardeeisms

I originally selected a blogspot default template (first green and blue and then a lighthouse theme) I then found that I looked like "everyone else", so I decided to select a more feminine theme. Friends and family seem to love it and so I've stuck with it so far - Nards

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6/23/08

DrowseyMonkey

I chose one of the basic blogger templates, the one that appealed to me the most. I've since changed the colours, but other than that ... I'm content with it. Same with my photo blog.

I've dowloaded other templates, but prefer the ease of a blogger template, I don't like having to think about codes & stuff.

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6/24/08

huggingthecoast

My web host offered a variety of pre-installed Wordpress templates. I already had a logo design in mind so I wanted to use a template that was easy to read, worked with my logo design, yet looked friendly and approachable (we're a food and travel blog).

I ended up choosing the Travelogue template and after much customization I'm pretty happy with it.

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6/24/08

ChicaX

I look for what I want. A three columned layout with the sidebars to the right, then from there I look at what small things it has to offer. Calendars, the layout of the post structure, and small things like that. After downloading, I'd modify at least 60-80 percent of the design to make it my own.

I wrote a post sometime early this month on the ten best places to find blogspot templates. chica-x.blogspot.com/2008/06/10-best-places-to-get-blogspot.html It's not all the places, but what I consider to be the best places.

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6/24/08

Teck

My previous layout wasn't very friendly for the readers so chose one that was
that wordpress[dot]com had to offer

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6/24/08

suburbqueen

I started with a blogger template and a picture that I liked. I used the picture as a header and found a (somewhat) matching background and the rest was history. I think it turned out quite well (if I do say so myself):

suburbqueen.blogspot.com

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6/24/08

Darkblaze37

Well, I just chose what Blogger offered me

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6/24/08

wehireu

I chose Sand Dollar originally because it seemed to be the most readable layout. Then someone commented that the links were not visible, so I changed the fonts and color to be more readable. So it is a modified Sand Dollar layout. Readability is the number one reason I chose a layout. The second reason is usability. I purposefully use a two column format because it is more user friendly. I originally wanted a three column layout, but now I spitting sour grapes and want a two column layout.

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6/24/08

alovelything

A simple blogspot template tweaked to my liking.

I had added a third column but found it too busy and so went back to two columns.

I also increased the font size. If I'm going blind, I bet my readers are as well!

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6/24/08

Kalinae

Basically when looking at blogs I was really annoyed by how the columns and everything else was divided, and I wanted my viewers to be able to distinguish the dividers, so I went with a pretty cool layout thingy that I did. It looks neat. From there I just picked the colors and went from there

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6/27/08

Devilman

I like simple clean, glossy and black. I like when things pop so I chose the colors based on that. You would think that I like contemporary designs for homes, furniture and stuff but I really don't like that at all.

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6/27/08

mariamichelle

I just chose one of Typepad's templates. I want something more original that I designed, but I have to learn how to do it first.

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