I like my blogs crisp, clean, easy to navigate, and to the point. What I do not like is what I call the "MySpace mire." I have lost my password to MySpace, but I am not saddled with guilt because of it. People's MySpace sites got way out of hand with flash popping up everywhere, streaming music blaring, and background artwork that made reading their posts difficult and often hard to even find. I hated waiting, twiddling my thumbs, and rolling my eyes for all the flimflam to finally finish loading, just so I could share a photo or a quick quip.
When I started this blog, I got out a clean piece of paper and wrote down my ten commandments on blogging.
1) Thou shall be wary of long loadtimes by abstaining from an abundance of flash graphics.
2) Thou shall have a predominant theme.
3) Remember to break up large text blocks, be brief.
4) Honor the gods of grammar and spelling.
5) Thou shalt not steal, always accredit.
6) Thou shall use two columns making it easy to navigate thy blog.
7) Thou shalt not use music.
8) Write in thine own style but do not be shy about learning from others.
9) Err on the side of simplicity.
10) Covet content over put on pizzazz.
Here is a link to "25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs."
No comments:
Post a Comment