We must first look at the blog of the design
In the real world, we first see the person must have the outward appearance. So also in cyberspace, we must first look at the blog of the design. The design is very vital for a blog. If we are good blog design, so visitors will feel happy, and probably will travel regularly to our blog. But if we are bad design blogs, let alone to visit again, for we too would be reluctant to read the article. Most of his visit to our blog just a few minutes, even a few seconds. Then how to design a good blog. Here are some aspects that make a design blog (I think) good.
SIMPLE, MINIMALIST
A blog should have a simple and minimalist design. Here does not mean sober minimalist, white without any decoration. Mnimalis means not a lot of festive decorations, do not really focus on the details. The use of the widget is not too crowded. Suffice list of posts, Shoutbox, and hit counters. Blog design simple not only keeps your blog visitors are not tired of seeing us, but also speed up loading the blog. In Indonesia, the Internet connection is relatively slow. Moreover, most visitors do not want to wait for long. Thus it should be kept simple blog design for easy viewing and faster loading.
COLOR SELECTION
Most people choose black or white background color to be used as mereka.Walaupun blogs I like black, but honestly I’m more comfortable reading the blog berbackground white than black. White background makes the blog look more spacious, more loosely. The white color is also more perfect paired with a variety of colors. But black also has advantages. That does not make eyes tired. In the physical sciences, the color black will absorb all the rays. So impressive dark black color and “cold”. In contrast to the white color that reflects all the rays of light and heat so memorable.
Eits, do not forget to pay attention to the color of the font. A good font color is a color that contrasts with the background color. For example, if your background color white, you can choose black or dark blue color for the font color. If the background black, white or yellow be the right choice for your font color.
SIDEBAR IN THE RIGHT OR LEFT?
Actually there is nothing wrong if we choose the right or left sidebar. After all, everything looks good. But I tend to prefer the sidebar on the right. Why? Because people read our article from left to right. That means the likelihood people will see the widget after reading the article. Try if mounted on the left, people will more concentrate to a widget us before we read the article. Loss is not it?? Visitors just came to see our widgets without regard to what we write. And what about the sidebar on the right and left? I think it is the worst choice because the sidebar on the right and the left of the concentration of visitors will be broken. Visitors are not the focus of the article or widget. If you have this, plus we lose it?
2 OR 3 COLOUMN COLOUMN?
When Blogwalking I see most bloggers use 3 COLOUMN. Maybe they think with 3 coloumn, they can take advantage of the design blog as much as possible. When we decided to use 2 or 3 coloumn coloumn should we consider our goal to build a blog. If our goal light, for example just want to write our thoughts, and widgets are also not too much, then the second coloumn is the right choice. If our goal is to monetize or other goals are more severe, then 3 coloumn more is needed to accommodate the ads and menus that much.
ADVERTISING POSITION
Place an ad in a position easily seen, for example, under the header, the sidebar, at the very bottom of the blog, and on the sidelines of the post. For the size, under the header better use leaderboard sizes, for use in the sidebar SkyCapper size if it is still a lot of empty space, for at the bottom can use the large size of the leaderboard or rectangle. For posting on the sidelines of a greater variety of sizes, such as the size of the banner, large rectangle, or can also use the link banner-sized units.