Hi, friends! Today I am going to go over a few basics with you including the different parts of a blog. I have also rounded up all the blog “how to” posts for you!
Parts of A Blog
There are 4 general areas to a blog. The Header, Content Area, Sidebar, and Footer. You can see them below >>>
Inside of those 4 main parts there are some other elements that make up a blog design…
The background, the favicon, signature, post divider, post titles, post info, blog button, individual sidebar elements, and menu bar. Here are some examples >>>
Tutorial Round-Up
Now that you know that parts of a blog you can use these tutorials, separated by “blog area,” to customize your own blog design!
Header
Content Area
- How to Change Fonts in WordPress
- How to Make an Image Slider in Blogger
- Truncate Posts in WordPress
- Truncate Posts in Blogger
- How to Add a Signature
- Customize Block Quotes in Blogger
- Add a “Related Post Thumbnail” Widget after Content
Sidebar
- Centering Blogger Sidebar Widgets
- Add Instagram Photos To Your Sidebar
- Add a Facebook “Like” Box to Your Sidebar
- Add Social Icons to Your Sidebar
- How to Make A Blog Button & Grab Box
- How to Install a WordPress Pinterest Plugin
Other
Kara says
Yay, how nice to have all of these great tutorials in one place. I’ve used a couple of them, and plan on using several more! Thanks!
Natalie @ A Turtle's Life for Me says
You’re the best, Kendra!! Love these tutorials! I’m getting switched over to WordPress as we speak and can’t wait to use some of these! Thanks!
Kendra @ Key Lime Digital Designs says
Thanks Natalie! How exciting your making the move to wordpress! You will love it!
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