Comments on: Anatomy of a New Blog Design

By: peter owen

peter owen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:30:37 +0000

I agree with the changes to site. I also constantly search for the best mixture of items, my latest being high school science fair projects.

By: Eamon Diamond

Eamon Diamond — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:27:57 +0000

It is important to present a very clear offer with your email newsletter, but remember you can always start a new list on a different topic if the first one isn’t the direction you eventually take.

By: Yaro

Yaro — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:57:51 +0000

My blog is custom work, so yep, that includes the opt-in as well. Just find yourself a good designer and ask them to copy my style.

By: Dylan Tooby

Dylan Tooby — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:53:33 +0000

Yaro,

Thanks for all the great advice. I really like your Opt In Form on the sidebar that you’ve discussed. Did you have this made for your professionally? Or create it yourself? Maybe using a Plug In or something?

If you could address this topic it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone else knows the answer to this question please feel free to comment.

By: Peter Lee

Peter Lee — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:18:37 +0000

I love your new design. A fresh new design is important as it shows to your readers and subscribers that you are serious about the brand and image your blog represents.

By: Oliver George

Oliver George — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:08:20 +0000

Hi Yaro

Thought you might be interested to hear that we’re getting close to a public beta launch of OpenX Hosted. Shoot me an email if you’d like some details ahead of the launch.

cheers,
Oliver George
OpenX Limited

oliver.george@openx.org

By: Danny Cooper

Danny Cooper — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:49:40 +0000

That kind of work should really be done before the blog design is released, I know it can be a pain but its got to be done at some time.

By: Yaro

Yaro — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:53:19 +0000

Daniel – We’re still working on a few display glitches for certain browsers. Mick hopefully one day will get them all figured out, but it’s does take some fiddly work to make a new blog design perform how it should across all browsers.

By: Internet Marketing Fundamentals

Internet Marketing Fundamentals — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:20:38 +0000

Hey Great Post, eh!

I enjoyed you discussing some of your new usability concept improvements such as the opt-in box, the use of audio and the new WordPress Mastermind theme. They all look great.

However, I was just wondering if you could comment on something? I was noticing that there appears to be some text that overlaps from other text or pictures directly above the opt-in box.

How do you fix these glitches?

Daniel.

By: Greg Brave

Greg Brave — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:59:30 +0000

Interesting post. But I think that blog design is little more important than you said. If blog doesn’t have a good look, even if he has good contents it will be hard to make people read it’s contents because most of them may just leave the blog as soon as they see it.

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:54:31 +0000

This is a useful post Yaro. I’ve been reading around elsewhere plus from what you mentioned, a good design (with good content) can make a visit so much more pleasant.

I’m in the process of re-theming my sites too.

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:48:41 +0000

I am new to blogging and I found so much useful information on your site. I love the layout and may one day start my own blog about my experience with building my business. There is so much information out there that one can be overwhelm with it. The key is to stay focus and organized. You must also remember the BIG WHY….why are you doing this.

Cecilia
http://www.ceciliacreary.com

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:04:09 +0000

I really like the new design and the way you have arranged all the essentials. I have currently redesigned my blog as well. I used a minimalistic approach to my design. I still have to work out some details, like a more prominent “Get Rss Feed” box. Besides that, I should really start building a list. Have a look at my site. My WordPress Theme is available for free on the WordPress Themes Page.

By: NaijaEcash

NaijaEcash — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:27:39 +0000

Congratulations! It must have taken some great planning and hard work to put up this design. Nice Job you did here. The blog is looking better.

By: Noobpreneur

Noobpreneur — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:14:31 +0000

Yaro,

I change my mind – I love your new design! After navigating back and forth, I realise that this blog design is easier to navigate than your previous design. Your content is better arranged.

However, IMHO, I love your previously ‘packed’ category list – I usually browse your posts trough this category list in your previous design’s sidebar. Yes, you have archives section at your blog’s bottom section, but I simply love your previous category list.

Congrats for your new, professional looking, blog design!

Cheers!

Ivanpw
http://www.noobpreneur.com – resources for entrepreneurs
http://www.englishfair.com – bidding web directory

By: Tom Lindstrom

Tom Lindstrom — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:35 +0000

Hey Yaro, great tips once again, thanks for sharing! I like the new look on your blog.

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:09:51 +0000

Hmmm, looks kinda weird to me after getting so used to that old one, but I can see where you’re going with it, and after reading some lines I noticed that it’s also a bit easier to read posts on your blog now, the post field seems to have more space.

Nice job!
Allen

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:26:24 +0000

I love the new look! I lost all of my RSS feed bookmarks in a crash, it was ugly! Finally getting back to “normal”.

Great idea on combining the two lists also, I have been thinking of merging a few of mine to make life and management a little simpler.

Keep up the good work, and can’t wait to see more in the future!

By: Yaro

Yaro — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:40:31 +0000

Many months – too many months! It dragged on because of lots of little changes and hiccups with making the technology work.

By: XLOR

XLOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:57:02 +0000

agree about audio and video.

Yaro, for how long where you doing your new design

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:17:27 +0000

Hi, like the new theme/look – it looks great in firefox and camino but the sidebar ends up below the main content when using Safari (OS X).

By: Anita Campbell

Anita Campbell — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:26:20 +0000

Nice design, Yaro! I like the way it profiles the full breadth of your business better. I also like how it helps point people to your best content — it is less likely to get buried as in a traditional blog layout.

My compliments.

– Anita

By: What Sells Online!

What Sells Online! — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:38:13 +0000

The new website looks great! I like the way you maximize the space by increasing the width of your blog page. You have been careful to keep the same theme, but smart with the changes to ensure that everything new is in an optimum location.

Using audio and video as additional interactive channels are something that your subscribers would truly readily welcome. And on the email list, I’m sure with such a huge subscriber list, engaging your readers through this channel would be a necessity at your level.

I’ve just migrated my blog from Typepad to WordPress, and have begun to see the great flexibility WordPress offers. However, I hope to one day achieve the level of maturity your blog has. The biggest hurdle I have at this point is to update it regularly with quality content. It’s pretty easy to write something and post it up each day, but coming up with a post that is well researched and well thought up needs greater effort. I guess, having the willpower, determination and commitment to do this consistently, would be the attributes that would differentiate one blogger from another.

Congratulations and Cheers!
Samantha
http://www.what-sells-online.com

By: John

John — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:14:30 +0000

Hello
Your blog is having layout problem.
I see the sidebar down the content.
please check. i have firefox.

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:17:43 +0000

I am definitely digging the new design. Thanks for sharing the brainstorming process!

By: Affiliate Confession

Affiliate Confession — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:46:24 +0000

I recently updated my blog as well with a new custom design and it was a big effort. Luckily my designer was way more versed in CSS and coding than I and it came off very good. Having a good designer who knows their stuff is essential.

By: Website Flipping

Website Flipping — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:50:01 +0000

Well first thing I saw of your new design was your face so you are right about that and in fact I frequent your blog after signing up for the newsletter. Unfortunately I dont remember why I signed up in the first place.

I hate the video and audio stuff on sites but then again I have always been different. I cant believe it is as effective as you say.

How much did your designer cost out of curiosity?

Your post answer some questins for me but they create twice as many as I solve. I am always left pondering ideas…..

By: CashJuke

CashJuke — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:36:53 +0000

I like this layout a lot! :]

By: Fan of Confucius

Fan of Confucius — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:08:20 +0000

Yaro,

Great new look, yet you were able to retain enough that it still looks “you”. That’s great! Also, very clean, and organized. Been following your blog since 2005, and progress has been nice and steady, but always quality.

By: Jarrod Clark

Jarrod Clark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:41:11 +0000

Yaro-

I love the new blog design. Your blog is such an inspiration to everyone. Thanks for all that you do. I just started my blog a little over a month ago and I just recently purchased a new wordpress blog design for my site but I am constantly reminded by the content that you post that pillar content comes first.

I love how you share what you have learned through your experimentation over the years. Thanks for all that you do,

Jarrod Clark
Entrepreneur Ideas