Archive for the “Blog Design” category

A Collection of Inspiring Blog Designs

by Tom Ross on October 12, 2011


  

Since their inception, blogs have often had some of the most innovative, beautiful and creative designs in the web design community. This is perhaps because bloggers are naturally expressive individuals who enjoy visual and written expression.

Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs

by Vandelay Website Design on March 11, 2010

It’s been a while since we did our last blog design showcase, so this post is a collection of 30 beautiful blogs for your design inspiration. You’ll see some that use a minimalist design approach, others that use a grunge-style design, some that are magazine-style, and more. For more blog design inspiration, please see our gallery site Blog Design Heroes.

Internet Gentleman

Internet Gentleman

Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs

by Vandelay Website Design on March 11, 2010

It’s been a while since we did our last blog design showcase, so this post is a collection of 30 beautiful blogs for your design inspiration. You’ll see some that use a minimalist design approach, others that use a grunge-style design, some that are magazine-style, and more. For more blog design inspiration, please see our gallery site Blog Design Heroes.

Internet Gentleman

Internet Gentleman

25 Beautiful Blog Comment Designs

by Vandelay Website Design on December 14, 2009

Comments are a standard feature on blogs, but some blog designers have created a comments area that looks great in addition to offering the needed functionality. In this post we’ll showcase 25 blogs with excellent comment design. For more blog design inspiration please see our gallery site Blog Design Heroes.

eGrace Creative

eGrace Creative

Showcase of Excerpts in Blog Design

by Vandelay Website Design on November 18, 2009

Many blogs are using excerpts to display content on the front page. The use of excerpts gives designers a little bit more freedom and some opportunity to create an attractive and unique front page. In this post we’ll showcase for blog front pages that are using excerpts.

Work Awesome

Work Awesome

Examples of Excellent Blog Post Formatting and Styling

by Vandelay Website Design on November 4, 2009

While front pages are usually the part of blogs that get showcased, blog design includes a lot of other details that can add to the overall look and appearance of the blog, not to mention usability. The pages of individual blog posts provide opportunities for design and styling in a number of different areas.

In this post we’ll look at a few aspects of blog posts and showcase some design elements that are used to make the post more helpful, inviting, or attractive.

Intro Areas:

At the start of posts, some blogs include additional elements or design techniques to improve the post in one way or another.

ANidea

ANidea’s appraoch is pretty unique. Each post has a lead image that appears above the right sidebar, and just below that is a list of related posts.

ANidea