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		<title>A Collection of Inspiring Blog Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Ross</dc:creator>
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		<title>Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since we did our last <a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/blog-design-showcas/">blog design showcase</a>, 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 <a href="http://blogdesignheroes.com">Blog Design Heroes</a>.

<a href="http://www.internetgentleman.com/"><strong>Internet Gentleman</strong></a>

<a href="http://www.internetgentleman.com/"><img src="http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/blog-31.jpg" alt="Internet Gentleman" width="525" height="323" /></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since we did our last <a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/blog-design-showcas/">blog design showcase</a>, 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 <a href="http://blogdesignheroes.com">Blog Design Heroes</a>.

<a href="http://www.internetgentleman.com/"><strong>Internet Gentleman</strong></a>

<a href="http://www.internetgentleman.com/"><img src="http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/blog-31.jpg" alt="Internet Gentleman" width="525" height="323" /></a>]]></description>
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		<title>25 Beautiful Blog Comment Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <a href="http://blogdesignheroes.com/">Blog Design Heroes</a>.

<a href="http://www.egracecreative.com/2009/02/15/25-resource-providing-creatives-to-follow-on-twitter/"><strong>eGrace Creative</strong></a>

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		<title>Showcase of Excerpts in Blog Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

<strong><a href="http://workawesome.com/">Work Awesome</a></strong>

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		<title>Examples of Excellent Blog Post Formatting and Styling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While front pages are usually the part of blogs that get showcased, <a href="http://blogdesignheroes.com/">blog design</a> 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.
<h3>Intro Areas:</h3>
At the start of posts, some blogs include additional elements or design techniques to improve the post in one way or another.

<a href="http://anidea.com/strategy/objectivist/"><strong>ANidea</strong></a>

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.

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		<title>25 Examples of Three-Column Blog Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I re-designed this blog recently I decided to move from a two-column layout to just two columns because I felt that it made the layout cleaner and the content more readable. However, there are some well-designed blogs that make effective use of a three-column layout. In this post we'll look at 25 examples.

Most of these blogs have been showcased at our gallery <a href="http://blogdesignheroes.com/">Blog Design Heroes</a>.

<a href="http://www.lordlikely.com/"><strong>Lord Likely</strong></a>

<a href="http://www.lordlikely.com/"><img class="imgborder" src="http://vandelaydesign.com/images/0709/3col/4.jpg" alt="Lord Likely" width="525" height="298" /></a>]]></description>
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		<title>15 Exceptionally Useful Resources for WordPress Theme Designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great benefits of designing and developing for WordPress is the amount of quality resources that are available from others in the WordPress community. Many times these resources can wind up saving you time in your own development. The only problem is that there are so many resources available that it is difficult to know about them all and sometimes to find what you are looking for.

In this post we'll feature 15 resources that may be of help to you while you are designing and developing WordPress themes. If you have suggestions for other resources, please leave a comment.
<h3>Frameworks:</h3>
<a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/"><strong>Thematic</strong></a>

Thematic is a very popular WordPress theme framework created by Ian Stewart. This framework can be used as-is, or is excellent for using with child themes. In fact, a number of child themes for Thematic are available for free or as premium themes, including the <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/04/download-gallery-a-free-wordpress-theme/">free gallery theme</a> distributed by Smashing Magazine.

<a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://vandelaydesign.com/images/0809/wp/1.jpg" alt="Thematic" width="500" height="279" /></a>]]></description>
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		<title>15 Exceptionally Useful Resources for WordPress Theme Designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vandelay Website Design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great benefits of designing and developing for WordPress is the amount of quality resources that are available from others in the WordPress community. Many times these resources can wind up saving you time in your own development. The only problem is that there are so many resources available that it is difficult to know about them all and sometimes to find what you are looking for.

In this post we'll feature 15 resources that may be of help to you while you are designing and developing WordPress themes. If you have suggestions for other resources, please leave a comment.
<h3>Frameworks:</h3>
<a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/"><strong>Thematic</strong></a>

Thematic is a very popular WordPress theme framework created by Ian Stewart. This framework can be used as-is, or is excellent for using with child themes. In fact, a number of child themes for Thematic are available for free or as premium themes, including the <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/04/download-gallery-a-free-wordpress-theme/">free gallery theme</a> distributed by Smashing Magazine.

<a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://vandelaydesign.com/images/0809/wp/1.jpg" alt="Thematic" width="500" height="279" /></a>]]></description>
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