5 Basic and Important Things for a Blog Design

Blog design is the most important thing as its the one that catches the attention of the readers. Success of your blog greatly depends on a good design. Here are 5 basic and important things for a good blog design.

• Have a professional Look: Having a professional look is important with right use of color and font combinations. Make sure the font is readable and do not use too many contrasting colors which can have a negative impact on the readers.
• Good Navigation: Make your blog navigation simple, clear and easy for readers to navigate through your pages. Best way is to provide this is to have a navigational bar near the header.
• Optimize your Images: If you are using large number of images in your blog design, then make sure that you optimize the images. You can achieve this by using “Save for Web” feature in most of the image editing tools.
• Remove Excessive Banners: Do not use excessive banner advertising as these can be intrusive for the readers. This can be one of the reasons why readers may not come back to your blog.
• Use Header tags: Usage of header tags is important because these helps readers to identify and distinguish different posts. H1 can be used for main headings and h2 tag for sub headings. Header tags can be given different color to distinguish.

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