Written on July 3rd, 2008 at 04:07 am by Darren Rowse

How Many Posts Should You Show On Your Blog’s Front Page?

Blog Design 83 comments

@tcdzomba (on Twitter) asked me - “Do u have a post up about how many blog posts to keep on the front page of the blog?”
It’s not a topic that I’ve written about specifically before so let me write on that topic now for you and open it up for some discussion (looking forward to […]

Written on July 1st, 2008 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

The Importance of ‘Pause Points’ On Your Blog

Blog Design, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 40 comments

Over the last week I’ve run some Crazy Egg heat map tracking on two posts on Digital Photography School (both of which got to the front page of Digg and got a lot of traffic) that both highlight to me a very simple method of increasing the number of pages that people view when they […]

Written on May 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm by Darren Rowse

On Making Your Blog Design Work For You

Blog Design 18 comments

I’m doing most of my linking out to the great posts that I read over on Twitter these days but today a post by Chris Brogan got my attention that I’d particularly like to highlight. You can read it at:

Make Your Blog Design Work For You

What I like about the post is the intentionality that […]

Written on May 7th, 2008 at 01:05 am by Daniel Scocco

How Do I Get a Professionally Designed Blog?

Blog Design 60 comments

In this post Daniel Scocco answers a question from Reader Mar Joseph who asks:
I would like to have my site professionally designed as my lack of code knowledge is really holding me back. What are the best avenues to find designers?
First of all let’s identify the goal behind this question: to have a professional […]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 03:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Should I Have a BlogRoll on my Blog

Blog Design 61 comments

@SalesBlogcast asks - “What’s the difference between haveing “links” vs. a “blog roll?” Benefits? Chosing wisely?”
Ultimately the word ‘blogroll’ is just a different term used to describe a list of links, usually on the sidebar of a blog. It’s just a different label for the list of links I guess.
When I first started blogging […]

Written on April 26th, 2008 at 12:04 am by Darren Rowse

Blog Design - Does it Matter?

Blog Design 61 comments

@mattpacker asks - how important is the design of your blog and how hard a decision do you think it would be to develop a new theme for it?

There will probably be a little debate over this one in the comments on this post because every time I see someone write about design there are […]

Written on March 8th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Skellie

Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Blog’s Usability

Blog Design, Featured Posts 46 comments

Skellie is a regular writer for ProBlogger. Check out her new blog Anywired if you’re interested in earning an income online.
Usability.
Yaaawn, right?
Think of it like this: the art of making it as easy as possible for your blog’s visitors to do exactly what you want them to do.
That simple, super-effective tip on putting your feed […]

Written on February 11th, 2008 at 12:02 pm by Darren Rowse

Blog Design Competition Winners

Blog Design 28 comments

Last week I ran a little competition here at ProBlogger asking readers to nominate their favorite blog designs to put them in the running to win one of five copies of Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads.

This has been one of my favorite competitions to watch because the 113 […]

Written on February 6th, 2008 at 06:02 am by Darren Rowse

Win a Copy of Web Design for ROI

Blog Design 117 comments

One of the books that I’ve been enjoying lately is Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads. It might surprise regular readers who know that I’m a self confessed web design dummy to know that I’ve been reading (and enjoying) a book about this topic - but I was […]