Blogging 101: Design & Domain

Blogging 101: Design Tools for Bloggers

Love blogging and writing content but can’t quite get the look of your blog and/or images right? No problem! I’ve used so many different tools over the years to try and get my blog and it’s images to look exactly how I want it to. Here’s some of the standout design tools that I’ve loved using.…
Blogging 101: Top 5 Blog Design Tips and Tricks

Whilst I’ve talked extensively about how to design your blog aesthetically and making it look pretty, I realised I’ve not talked much about the more functional aspects of design. Whether it’s the back end coding, designing for SEO purposes or just making sure your website has a useful and easy user experience – the design…
Blogging 101: Choosing the Right Domain Name

Whether you’re using a free plan or paying for a full domain name, choosing the right one can be daunting. This is the name that people are going to remember you for, this is what people will be searching, and for the most part this is going to be your blog name as well as…
Blogging 101: Blog Themes

Choosing your blog theme is like choosing which bookcase you want to buy. The look of the bookcase has to fit your style, but the objects and books you place on the shelf is what pulls it together with the rest of your room. In this analogy I actually mean the look of your theme…
Blogging 101: Re-Designing your Blog

Before I went on my on and off again hiatus I had a lot of high hopes for the blog, and this meant completely re-designing it to improve the overall look. I’d had my previous look for a few years, and it was starting to feel a bit old and worn out, and I wasn’t…
Blogging 101: Design Your Homepage

Similar to judging a book by it’s cover, people will probably judge your blog by it’s homepage. I know you shouldn’t judge a book but… well you’ve probably seen all the books I’ve bought just for the cover if you’ve followed me for a while. But if your site has shoddy design work that was…
Blogging 101: Design and Domain

So you’ve planned out your branding and picked out your platform but now it’s time to get your domain and start designing the perfect blog. By perfect, I mean the perfect blog for you, not for everyone else! First things first, you need to find somewhere to purchase your domain name. However if you’re still…