The Hello Bar is a simple notification bar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

Helpful Blogging Links: Using Web Fonts on My Blog

Every Friday I try to share some links related to a given topic. Well, sometimes they’re related to a given topic, and sometimes they’re not related at all. Today, they’re related. You’re welcome. If you want to see what I’m sharing daily, Like Blogging Basics 101 on Facebook! Web Fonts at the Crossing via A [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: June 26, 2009

This week’s Helpful Blogging Links roundup includes information on how to find out who Stumbled your article, why designers need to learn coding basics, and a reminder on how to make sure a blogger can respond to your comments!

Helpful Blogging Links: June 12, 2009

This week’s Helpful Blogging Links roundup includes information on copyright & tracking how your content is used, how to get started with SEO, how to apply for a blogging job, and marketing your blog without SEO.

Helpful Blogging Links: May 15, 2009

Every Friday, blog expert Melanie Nelson alerts you to five of the best articles about blogging. This week covers breaking out of the mommyblog niche, adding your Twitter account to Technorati, and taking the guesswork out of design.

Advice for Blog Design and Blog Goals

I recently found some notes I took from an interview Darren Rowse (Problogger) did this summer with The Blog Squad and thought I’d share them with you. He has some basic, but unbelievably useful tips. The following are my notes and thoughts from his interview in August. His key points are the bold bullet points. [...]

Blog Design: Keep It Clutter-Free and User-Friendly

According to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report in 2007, there are 120,000 blogs being created every day. How can you possibly make your blog stand out in a sea of new and established blogs? Compelling content, certainly, but what about your blog design? Will new readers dismiss your blog out-right if your blog design [...]

Helpful Blogging Links

Check if Your Images Appear on Google Image Search via Daily Blog Tips. How to Design a Usable, Reader-Centric Blog via Blogthority. Create a Featured Posts List Using Label Feeds in Blogger via Blogging Tips. Author and Permalink FeedFlare via BloggerBuster. Why Flickr Licensing Fails via Plagiarism Today.

Basic Blog Design Principles

Today’s Guest Blogger is Karla, who blogs at Looking Towards Heaven, where you can find her writing about the chaos and joy of life with four children. She can also be found at Fruition Designs, where she designs mommy cards, blogs and announcements, and at Blissfully Domestic, where she is the managing editor. We all [...]

How do I place my own banner on my blog?


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Last week I provided links to help you make your own banner. A few of you e-mailed asking how to place the banner you make on your blog. This is a very simple step to personalizing your blog and I can’t wait to help you do that. Once you’ve made your blog banner, you’ll need [...]