So, as much as I love my cracked-out owls, and believe you me I do, I’m starting to feel that itchy stylesheet feeling where it’s time to change the wallpaper – and a lot else – about this site. And by “change” I mean “see what I can do myself” and also “rope various friends in for bribes and pennies”. If I’m going to yank up these bootstraps I need some assvice. Are there any blogs that you think are beautifully or excellently designed? What makes it good? What’s cool these days? What platforms/upgrades should I be looking into? Do you have strong opinions about blog design that you’re just dying to dump on my head?
Barely functional comment section is taking all comers.
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I’m delurking to say that I really like the green background. I got nothing in the way of advice (I had a friend put my blog together for me) but since I have to come to the page to read your entries, rather than reading them in Google Reader, I appreciate the colour. There are some nasty colour schemes out there (pink and orange stripes comes to mind).
You could take a look at http://www.designshack.com and go into their blog section if you want some inspiration. There are a lot of different types and styles of blogs out there that work really well. I think it is just a matter of finding what style you like and working with that. Cracked-out owls can work just as well. I write a lot of blog design articles that I think you might be interested in though.
Hi Krisa! It’s Dani from Sydney, delurking to say that design-wise, your blog’s always looked fabulous, from the pink and white striped lucky tulips scheme to the old “cherchez la femme” header. They have a personality that’s about as far away from the stock-standard blue-and-white template as you can get. It’s great. As far as gadgets go, I don’t know, maybe that nifty flickr app that puts your photos on your blog? Looking forward to seeing the new look!
Contemplate a migration to WordPress. MovableType is *so* 2003.
Glad to hear people still like the green and the cracked-out owls; I’m not thinking of totally getting rid of the whimsy and the funkiness, just maybe make a few changes for freshness! Plus my back pages haven’t worked very well for, and this is embarrassing, years.
I have to second WordPress. I used Blogger for quite a while and it’s utter horse crap compared to WordPress. They offer a lot of functionality, and they also have wonderful forums in which to get inspiration and guidance. You can check out my blog (above) for an example of a free account and all the little widgets you get without paying a cent. Of course, upgrading means access to even more fun goodies.
I love the owls, too! Here’s hoping they get a proper burial if and when the time comes…
Wow! It’s about time, I’m sooooo over the owls!