I hate ugly blogs. 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.
- A Complete Guide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images (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
- Read This and Become a Professional Design Analyst (post)
- Serious Blog Design Flaws (post)
