Here's the thing... while I try to make sure my blog page is chock full o' information, it's served up in a rather plain brown wrapper. Or, a plain green one. When I was first building my blog, I chose a template that was inconspicuous, I guess in an attempt to let the words shine, without the benefit of bells or whistles or dancing monkeys.
Not that I don't enjoy dancing monkeys.
So, I went looking around the internet for a template that would spruce up my blog. I searched through several sites, until they all began to look the same. A couple of templates caught my eye; they were made to look like pages in a journal. That would be a nice look, except when I clicked on them, all of the reviews were in Spanish. I feared I would download a template I couldn't talk to, and my words might be lost forever.
In the end, I chose to keep my sea of green tranquility, because I like it. If I really wanted to make it special, I'd mimic the look of my website, with a header, like this:
And then, a spiraled page look to the entries. It would be nice to have the entries in my own handwriting, except no one could read them. I can hear the discussions now:"What's she trying to say? She flubbed her frying monikers?"
No, people - I love flying monkeys.
Maybe Ariel font is just as well.
I'm a smart enough cookie, so someday maybe I'll do this. After I sell Freezer Burn to lots of people, write another one to sell, meet my newspaper deadlines and see my son off to college. I'll set my alarm for a couple of years from now.
6 comments:
Actually, I like your background. It's different from everyone else's color scheme. I probably need to look at templates myself (I wasn't wild about the Blogger ones, so I went with the minimalist look!)
Elizabeth
http://tinyurl.com/ojpo4o
Checking out other templates has been on my to do list for a long time - I must have used your alarm clock! Anyway, I think yours looks fine and it's the content that counts the most.
Jane Kennedy Sutton
http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/
I use the same template for my podcast blog, so I think it looks nice. I don't tend to worry too much about templates, but some people are adamant about having one that stands out. C'est la vie.
There are links to other template sites at the BBT loop. Be careful though, because some will make your blog load really slowly. And, Gayle, you are definitely ready for crit. Critics, get your guns. No, just kidding. ;)
Dani
http://blogbooktours.blogspot.com
I know what you mean about the template, I fear mine looks a lot like a lot of others out there too ... well, I did enter a header that ties in with my site.
I do like the look and feel of your blog :)
Nancy
http://nasharpe.blogspot.com
I change my template on Blogger from time to time. Actually liked the look of some of their older (and no longer available ones). Variety is the spice.
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