Images enhance the visual impact of a blog and make it more likely a post will be read. One good photo can grab a reader's attention and drive them to the article. A post without any graphs, drawing, ...
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Photo by Robinsan It takes a lot of work to redesign a blog. More time than you might have at the minute. But your blog is starting to feel stale and the little things that always annoyed you about it...
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Do you know that every time a person searches your blog you could make money?Follow this tutorial and you'll be surprised. Why should you use Google Custom Search?Because the WordPress search function...
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As a Pro Blog Design reader, you've mastered the art of building blogs, but I want to introduce you to another form of managing information, the wiki. Certainly, you've seen Wikipedia and may even hav...
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WordPress is more than just a blogging tool. It can be used as a Content Management System (CMS) for many different purposes. It has a built in system for most things you would have to code yourself, ...
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As bloggers, we have to spend a lot of time writing.We also have to spend a lot of time moderating comments, following other blogs, reading emails, upgrading plugins and for some, finding advertisers....
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On the 5th of August 2007, I published my first article, The Crucial Ingredients of a First Impression. Now, one year later, it's birthday time for Pro Blog Design! With over 2000 subscribers, 2000 co...
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Every blog wants as many subscribers as it can get. Attracting a reader's with a noticeable RSS icon is one way of achieving that goal. The standard RSS icon won't always cut it. With all the free ico...
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Most of us are quite lax when it comes to making regular backups of our database. It's too much hassle, and "what are the chances it will happen to me?" But what if your backup system happened automat...
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Thousands of blogs show avatars next to their user's comments. The avatars are a great way to make things more personal and create some variety between the different comments. But there are always peo...
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Image by elroySF Changing the style of your links is probably the easiest change you can make in your design. If you aren't sure how to do it, there is a good explanation at Echo Echo. It will show yo...
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Image by Purple Lime Most of you are probably sick of hearing about the iPhone by now. But given that there is no escaping Apple-mania today, you might want to take half an hour to prep your blog for ...
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Most blogs put their posts into various categories, and then list the categories in the sidebar. It's the done thing. But how useful are categories really? Would tags be more helpful for your readers?...
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All of your posts, settings, and every other piece of data about your blog are stored in a database. Sooner or later, you are going to have to access that database directly, especially when things go ...
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I want to make Pro Blog Design better. I'm open to any suggestions you have for that, but the first step I want to take is to add more writers to the site. I will still be writing regularly, but with ...
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In What Makes a Design Good?, I talked about the technical aspects of a good design, like site and user goals, branding, and distinction. I did not however answer the question of what makes a design l...
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Image by Gwennie2006 We all think we know how our blogs look. We look at them everyday. We boot up our computers, fire up the browser and... Wait. What web browser are we using? And is it even a compu...
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The web is a colorful place. It's easy to choose any color you can imagine, and put it into your design. No mixing paints, and no worrying about color-printing costs. It's easy to have a colorful web ...
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Image by Heraklit WordPress 2.5 came out just under 2 weeks ago, and since then there have been a stream of "Reasons to Upgrade" posts. Well, what about reasons not to upgrade? The Security Thing Secu...
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