Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

Minimalism: Its Downsides or Why I Should Redesign

Yesterday, we talked about what minimalistic blog themes are, and how beneficial they can be. Today, we’ll look at their downsides - obvious as they may be to most bloggers.

They Just Aren’t Sexy
It’s very, very rare that a minimalistic blog theme comes out looking great, especially after bloggers dump all the usual “sidebar” stuff (or […]

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Sidebar vs. Above-Bottom-Fold Blog Designs

For most bloggers, when blog designing comes into the picture, one key question is always pondered upon: How many columns should my blog theme have, or rather, how many sidebars should it have? In the past (where past isn’t really that far back), most would answer either 1 or 2 sidebars, with perhaps a couple […]

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Highlighting Popular Posts: Some Negative Points

Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger just wrote on the benefits of highlighting popular posts on one’s blog (after he noted a similar post by Stephan Spencer using ProBlogger’s top menus as an example). Just like how previous writings on this subject have tended to be, it’s an all benefits-type of post, which should normally be […]