All along my blogging experience I have noticed lot of changes happening around Web 2.0 and many blogs are designed remarkably well in such a way it attracts and makes the first time visitor to follow that blog regularly.The main criteria to make a blog look like a professional way are the design part which attributes the factor of readability of the blog. So the template plays a vital role in making a blog a successful one in the blogosphere beside contents. In this post we will see some of the inspiring blog widgets and the design idea to implement a professional looking design to your blog and make blogging a happy place to share your ideas.
1. Look for the professional looking templates
Thanks to the sites like btemplates.com and many other which are providing some great looking blog templates for absolute free of cost or some highly inspiring designer template for a minimal cost. I have recently changed the blogger template for SmashTech from btemplates.com and there am many sites for providing professional template and make sure the template is SEO friendly.
2. Implement a commendable Commenting system
3. A prefect "About me" column
Every blogger should have a clear intention about the purpose of blogging, About me column clearly explains the role of blogger in the blogosphere and it certainly gives a simple introduction about the author of the blog to a new visitor. A simple photo in About Me column adds more value to the blog.4. Create a simple table of content page
5. Subscription made easy
Feed readers are the real followers of the blog as they contribute a phenomenal role in showcasing the popularity of a blog with FeedChicklet indicating 5K readers.This clearly shows the blog is worth to follow and clearly make sense about its role. So provide a simple subscription option which can be easily done with the Feedburner subscribe to email option and provide a Subscribe button at the prominent place of your blog.6. Make a simple Contact form
7. Add Share/Save button below every post
A highly valuable content surely has big response in the socio-network sites like digg,Stumble Upon,delicious and much more.Simple and dynamically reacting buttons like Share any will surely temtate the follower to digg a post or stumble it. If necessary the user can also send the post as mail to his contacts. This can make your content reach places in no time.8. Place some stunning widgets
9. A perfect search engine for your blog
10.Illustrate with pictures and screen shots
A picture can speak thousand words. Be illustrative in expressing your blog post, add creative photos from flickr or clip part images wherever necessary and add screen shots in explaining any technical details. Use quality screen shot tools like Snagit in you can instantly edit the screen shot with beautiful captions and numbering system.These are the ideas which I recently done with my blog and based on my recent activity I have provided the design information. I will also post some inspiring blog design ideas and making custom widgets to make a professional design blog in coming post. Have your say in comments about your design strategies.
