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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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.





