Blog design and templates

You aren’t likely to get too much return traffic to your blog if it is hard to read or unattractive. Your blog’s popularity depends on the quality of your design as well as content. These ten articles should help you get on the right track to creating an attractive and interesting blog.

1.980 Word Press Templates
Emily Robbins serves up a huge archive of templates for your WordPress blog, allowing you to easily change the look and feel of your blog to match that of your business.

2.10 Blog Design Mistakes
Jakob Neilson discusses how to make your blog more user friendly.

3.Tutorial for Blog Design in Photoshop
Breaking away from the standard blog template can make your blog look more attractive and be more memorable to users. This article details how to make banners, choose a color scheme, and design a layout.

4.Blog Interface Design Tutorial Luke Wroblewski and Jed Wood discuss how to make a better blog interface so you won't get bogged down with blog archives and comments.

5.Gaining Blog Credibility with Design
Darren Rowse explains how the design of your blog can play a big part in how users view your credibility as a blogger.

6.The Importance of Content
It’s easy to forget about the content when you get caught up in making sure your site looks good. This article discusses how to make sure your content stays a priority.

7.Building a Better Blog
This article explains 5 elements that can help you improve the quality of your blog.

8.10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas
Not sure how to grab the attention of potential readers? This article can give you some helpful pointers on making your headlines pop.

9.Bringing Your “A” Game to Blog Writing
Being successful at blogging is due in large part to the content of your blog and how well you write about the topic at hand. This article explains how to bring your best skills to blog writing.

10.Using News Aggregators for Content
If you’re having trouble thinking of ideas for content, this article describes how you can utilize news aggregators to come up with new and relevant ideas.