I decided to take the advice of a friend and focus a little more on some more informative pieces. I figure after a while, knowing about the little things of my sites could get boring, so why not, eh? For those that have read my blog since day one, they will know that I have had three different skins for this blog. Now, when the second one was put up, it was downright horrible. It was horrible. It was ugly, it had coding errors, and it sucked. Then I found the one I am currently using and I have to say, I think I found the right design. But the question is, how do you know if you found the right design? Finding the right design depends on three things:

  1. Your design needs to be suitable to your type of blog. Don’t make a design that has nothing to do with your blog. That means, if you’re writing about science (like I love to do from time to time), don’t put a header of the mafia. Make it appropriate and I think you might have better luck.
  2. Your design needs to be suitable for the eyes. If I am looking at it, make it so I can read without straining. Make it so that the links stand out so that they are clicked. And above all, make it so that when I leave the site, I’m not thinking, “now where the hell is the tylenol?” That’s important.
  3. And finally…Your design needs to be you. This is my personal blog and the truth is, I am sort of plain. So, I have a relatively plain theme. But the theme came with what I needed. That is important for me. I like to have that calendar to remind me that I need to post. Your theme should describe you. That’s always important. But it’s hard to find it and that’s alright. It takes time, but you can find it.

Finding the right design for your site - whether it is a blog which I have mentioned considerably since I was using my blog as an example, or if it is a website - is extremely important. You must find the right one. Find a unique one, find one that stands out for you. And above all, find one that allows you to say “this is mine.” You need something that describes you. I’m a plain kind of guy. I’m clean cut (other than my hair) and I like order. That’s why I love this theme. Others like other types of themes. It all depends on what you like. A place I have found that helps is a site that has loads of free wordpress themes. It really is a nice site, but I might be slightly biased since I write about making money with blogs on it.

It takes a lot out of me to write these blog posts. Buy me a beer to cool me off!