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Blog posts tend to be short bursts of well-chosen copy, intended to deliver a thought, idea, or comment with a limited amount of text. Because of this, it often behooves us bloggers to make use of lists, indents, tables, strategically placed line breaks, and the like. Let's go over some of the ways we can whip our words into shape.
Headers are simple tags that help you attribute "importance" to your text. Traditionally, text that you want to give the most attention to would be level one header—the biggest header. The level six header is the smallest. That's the way it works—think "priority." Headers are good if you want a simple way to title your individual postsSome blog tools automatically convert your paragraph breaks, based on where you have pressed Enter or Return when typing data in the form. Knowing the HTML for separating your text is useful, just in case .
When your back is to the wall, you get creative. It's as simple as that. Some of the most ingenious solutions have come into existence under circumstances with limited resources at hand. That's why those scenes in Spielberg's films are so good.
If you're working for a client, you'll start out with limitations. They will most likely want you to use their logo and colors, match elements of an existing site, and impose other constraints. But if you're setting out to build a blog that's your own personal independent publishing endeavor, the canvas is totally blank.
This can be a problem. With no framework to work around, people can get lost trying to do everything and nothing at the same time. A blog heavy on graphics and tricked out with every possible web gadget or trying to dazzle with some kind of theme or concept just won't do.
First, create your limitations. Tell yourself that you are going to have a simple graphic header, default underlined links, black text in a column under your header, and that's it for now. Then, pick out colors from the tiles—let's say they have orange, green, and blue.
If you can scan in the tiles, that's great. You can use them as the graphic element in your header. Reverse your blog title out of a 600-pixel wide block or use a thin strip underneath the title. Make your title orange, your links blue, and your timestamps green. Put this all against a white background, and you'll have a clean, simple, museum-like blog with hints of Moorish colors and some tile work. Now you can blog your next trip to Spain in digital style. Of course, if your chosen blog topic is about flatscreen television technology, this design might be somewhat non sequitor. But hey, at least it's not a sandwich.
A clean, easy-to-read blog will prove more usable and, in the long run, will attract more regular readers than a bloated design. Plus, with a simple, streamlined approach, you have less chance of browser incompatibility and errors. When it's time to design your blog, think simple. You can always add on later.
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