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
- Beginners Guide to the Blogger Template Designer
- Make Your Blog a .COM
- Customize Your Blogger Background
- 5 Tips for A Successful Blog
- Best WordPress Plugins For Bloggers
- 5 Design Tips and Resources
- WordPress Categories VS. Tags
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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!
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!
Thanks Natalie! How exciting your making the move to wordpress! You will love it!
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