After 4 years of blogging, it's funny
that I really don't know much more about blog design than when I
started. The difference is that now Blogger has more features
available and they're fairly easy to employ. When I started, the
available templates were very limited. I'm not kidding – there
were only about 20 to choose from. Oh yeah, they looked cool at
first but after I started visiting other people's blogs, I realized
they all looked like mine. When I saw these same templates on other
people's sites, I also realized they were boring.
I stumbled upon (through normal surfing
– not the app of the same name) a site with a LOT of cool templates
that could be applied to Blogger. I chose one I liked and applied it
to my blog right away. It was great for a while. My blog had a cool
new look and was different than all the other blogs out there.
Unfortunately for me, though, Blogger soon offered all those same
templates as well so my blog suddenly wasn't quite as unique anymore.
Regardless of that, I really liked the
look of my last design. I thought it was attractive to look at and
had a more “professional” appearance than the cookie cutter
templates I had been used to. Yet I always had this nagging feeling
that the color scheme made it a little difficult to read. Also, the
side bar seemed to be lost in clutter. I almost never had clicks on
my side bar and I think it was simply because people never noticed
anything in there so they didn't click on anything.
I previewed several new themes to see
how they'd look on my blog. This one caught my eye. It's rather
simple but elegant. Pictures are a big part of my blog and I like
the way they stand out against the white background. I think the
side bar now looks more like content and less like ads that people
ignore. And certainly the text is much more readable. At the risk
of sounding cliche,
I think this new theme “pops.”
I
hope it improves the reading experience of all my visitors. I might
make a few tweaks still. If you have any suggestions or comments,
please comment. Feedback is always welcome on A
Sure Word.
Thanks
for visiting. God bless!!
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