Whenever I'm browsing the internet, I'm always on the lookout for awesome designs and graphic elements. If you don't know yet, I'm quite particular about what I like. I like intricate and different. Which really will not make my job of designing my own blog very easy, but I'm up for the challenge, no matter how long it takes.
So when I see a blog or website that I like a particular feature, I printscreen the part I like and paste it into a page of my Blog Design Section of my Blog OneNote Notebook. I mark down the website it's from and what I particularly like about the design: the layout, the...
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30
2013
Apr
22
2013
Research, Pt 3
Yesterday, I read the eBook I referenced in my 2nd post. Well, it didn't help any. It was basically a guide to help you choose a premade template. Or well that's what I got out of it. There were the very very basic customization of template (change the background image, font and color, I think) but that was it.
BUT, I did found a pretty awesome website with very good tutorials to customize your blogger template. It's Help Logger, and I've found quite a few new tutorials for customizing things I didn't think you even could, like removing the Powered by Blogger note at the bottom of the template.
I'm...
Apr
21
2013
Research,Pt 2
ACtually, you know what, if I'm to do this, I'm gonna do it right (well until I get too lazy to write it all down). I'll document here, or try to, everything I read and my thoughts. Maybe this could be useful for someone else, to see the thought process that goes behind designing a blog.
First let me say I am BY NO MEANS a proffesionnal. I don't even know if I can say I'm an amateur because I've done all of 2 designs. I will count my LiveJournal "blog", that is how I learned HTML and CSS and when I started learning how to tweak both, even if only very very rudimentarily. Then I did my own blog...
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Research
Hello, this is my test blog for testing my new blog design over at Color Me Domestic.
I am writing test entries to verify that everything works as intended, and I thought I'd document my progress here as well, kinda more journal style. It won't be pretty, and I'll probably ramble on a lot, but it doesn't matter. I doubt many people will read it.
So I started my new blog design officially in February. I made the logo and background, and then it kinda came to a stop. Isn't it weird how the more you use your creativity, the more you WANT to use it. I find I have to make a great effort to get going,...
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responsive design
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