I hate ugly blogs. You probably could have guessed that from the title of this blog. And worse than it just being a personal preference, a distaste for ugly blogs will actually keep me from reading an ugly blog, no matter how good the content. So will a too-small font, unreadable color combinations, flashing colors, slow loading sites and so on. And I’m not even that picky.
Here are some good design tools to keep you from losing me as a reader.
- Basic Blog Design Principles (post)
- Going it Alone: Blog Design (series)
- Making a Photo Post Great (post)
- Paint.net (program) for all your button, banner, and other design needs
- Serious Blog Design Flaws (post)
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