What is Blog Design? Blog Design is web design for blogs (weblogs).
The primary difference between Web Design and Blog Design is Blog Design almost always includes customizing templates. Blogs typcially include a home page, with entries listed in reverse chronological order, and archive pages for categories, dates, and individual entries.
Many blogs use the "default" templates that come with blogging software or services. The default templates are quite straight forward and functional - but the result is that a lot of blog sites end up looking very similar. I can help give your blog a unique design.
If you want to add one or more blogs to your company web site, I can customize the blog design to match your company web page design - so you have a seamless and consitent look to your site and blogs.
I have experience with blog templates from Blogger and Movable Type. I specialize in Movable Type blog design, due to the enahanced features and flexibility of the application. I also offer Movable Type Customization, which moves beyond blog design.
Comments (16)
Mark
I think you should put links to your blogs in this text so people can see your work.
Posted by Wendy | August 3, 2004 1:48 PM
Posted on August 3, 2004 13:48
Mark
I think you should put links to your blogs in this text so people can see your work.
Posted by Wendy | August 3, 2004 1:49 PM
Posted on August 3, 2004 13:49
What server-side technology does a blog utilize? I would like to design one from scratch. I mean I want to develop and design one from scratch...front end and back end. Is it jsp or net? What up with Blogs, they rule, but noone uses them to their potential.
Posted by Jonathan | November 19, 2004 3:08 PM
Posted on November 19, 2004 15:08
Jonathan,
There are many different blogging applications, each uses different technology. My blogs are powered by Movable Type, a Perl-based application that primarily builds static pages from a database on the server-side.
Posted by Mark | November 19, 2004 3:20 PM
Posted on November 19, 2004 15:20
Where can I find out more about building forums like this with Movable Type? I was thinking about starting a forum based site, and don't know that Movable Type is the right thing to use.
Posted by Benton Maples | January 23, 2005 9:34 PM
Posted on January 23, 2005 21:34
I have an existing MT blog, and I want to change the template. I am looking for some help understanding how to create a MT template.
The new template already designed in PS (graphics). However, I cannot understand how the HTML and CSS code works with the MT templates. Is this something you can help me with ?
Posted by DivaP | June 21, 2005 9:46 AM
Posted on June 21, 2005 09:46
We have Moveable type but if you want to put a blog on a Yahoo Store site you will have to use something else. We have had very good success with Wordpress and have done some customization to the templates.
Feel free to check it out at our piggybankshop.com/articles page.
Posted by Nancy | August 22, 2005 8:39 AM
Posted on August 22, 2005 08:39
Can you please show us a couple of your best blog designs?
Thanks,
Mike
Posted by Blog Party | September 5, 2005 11:45 AM
Posted on September 5, 2005 11:45
:blush:
Posted by Anonymous | October 15, 2005 8:03 AM
Posted on October 15, 2005 08:03
I think about your proposition.I willask my boss.I'm interested in that. :D
Posted by Custom Web Design Company | December 23, 2005 4:54 PM
Posted on December 23, 2005 16:54
I've just started using Moveable Type and I was able to set up a more customized site with a look and feel that suited my blog's topic--babies--using MT's StyleCatcher plug-in (see MT's Styles and Templates page).
My baby blog has a cute nursery-type vertical striped border in "baby colors," its own rubber ducky, and a cool palette for those sleep-deprived parental eyes. Pretty cool for something that's almost out of the box.
I also find MT's backend to be very user-friendly, which is greatly appreciated by this non-techie. I have to wonder why the fellow a few posts up would ever want to code his own blog from the ground up. Seems like starting with something like MT and getting Mark to customize it or doing it yourself would be the most effective way of getting started.
Posted by Little Giraffe | January 16, 2006 11:27 PM
Posted on January 16, 2006 23:27
I agree with Mark,
I just started blogging not long ago.. and I agree it isn't hard to come across another blog that looks very much in respect to layout and general appearance.
It's always better to go beyond competition oppose to blending in with them.
Regards,
Posted by Carey Smith | July 24, 2006 3:10 PM
Posted on July 24, 2006 15:10
I'd love to see some of your blog designs... I use WordPress myself, and have designed a custom theme at http://articles.sagemedia.ca
I don't really offer it as a service, but it's a great niche field for you to get into.
Posted by Chanie Pritchard | February 7, 2007 5:51 PM
Posted on February 7, 2007 17:51
Mark i applaud the effort,Agree the best possible way to findout blogs and archive pages.
Individual entires is related to archive pages categories , in the other hand blogs include a homepage,with offcourse reverse entries.
Posted by Steve M. | September 14, 2007 4:31 AM
Posted on September 14, 2007 04:31
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Regards,
Karen
Posted by Karen | July 22, 2009 4:15 AM
Posted on July 22, 2009 04:15
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Posted on October 13, 2011 06:19