THE BEST OF DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR A BLOG

Jun 18, 2007 Blog design

In a recent post, spoke of how important it is to design in the race to the success of a blog. In that case I was referring to the purely graph of the subject and not the most widely structural.
What are the items ideals, when you paint (or click) the layout for your blog? A blog is it made of colors, images and template, but also elements which make up the logical structure.

What 'blog is the ideal in the light of this new sense of design?

You download in less than 10 seconds
not too appesantite your blog with graphics that make it slow to load, even if today we must think in terms of banda larga, increasingly widespread in Italy
Do not exceed the limits horizontal of the page and does not require horizontal scrolling
Although nowadays most users of the Internet has warning that support risuluzioni high, is not good rule never exceed the limit of 970 px, perfect to be viewed by resolution monitor with 1024 x 76
Not extends too high
Limit the amount of post per page to a maximum of 5, and used the option "more" to repatriate the entire content of the post.
It has a simple navigation system
Curate and highlighted the links to your categories, to your archives and recent articles

A good blog should also include:

Title: A good title on each page reminds the visitor the position where el'argomento covered by the page
Link to home: As a general rule is the title of your blog, however, help your visitors to return to the home page.
Form of research: Enter a form to find in your post better if you use one provided by Google that it also allows you to gain
List of categories
List of some sites that could bring depth to your blog
A good read: not crowded page ads and elements that could disturb the reading. Enter the blocks Adsense so wise but which are not an obstacle to reading