how i redesigned my blog

tonights #bbloggers chat was all about html and layout. something that is hugely important nowdays for bloggers.


i'm a firm believer that a pretty blog design really will make you blog that much more popular. lets face it we're all shallow i know i for one am ten thousand times more likely to press that follow button if it looks like someone has really spent time and effort making their page look nice and individual. no one wants to follow 10 blogs that all look exactly the same

this is why just after xmas i decided to devote a whole day to finally giving my blog a much needed make-over and making it look a little bit more..... well me! as i am hopeless with html i had to search the net for tutorials and resources to help me. so i thought i would share with you some of the sites i used to help me finally work out what i'm doing!

girl does geek

i followed faye's old blog and found her design posts there equally helpful! this blog is packed full of important info from how to change your blog design to all important seo tips. great for people looking to do a few changes here and there. in fact i found both the other sites i use through her too.

pugly pixel

this is where i downloaded my template from but katrina also has so many tutorials on making further changes to templates and even photoshop

fuzzimo

this is just full of resources to help make your blog beautiful. from fonts and textures to images. 90% of the images/buttons on my blog were made thanks to free downloads from this site!



i hope this has helped some of you who are feeling a little bit lost when it comes to layout and html. i was exactly the same and although i'm hardly a guru, i like to think i've learnt a thing or too over the past few months!

what sites do you use for your blog?