Archive for 'Design'
Push My Button! – 6 Ways to Share
Posted on 08. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
Social Media Buttons help your visitors share the content of your blog or website with others. Not all of your visitors will use them, but a large percentage of them will, and this can potentially generate a significant amount of traffic to your site, not to mention another backlink to boot. No savvy internet entrepreneur [...]
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Fifteen Artistic WordPress Themes
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by Adam.
If your business is art, design, writing or any other creative endeavor, you want a blog that reflects your style and gives visitors to your site a whole different experience than they would have at a tech blog or a mommy blog. That’s why I’ve picked out fifteen gorgeous (and free!) artistic WordPress blogs templates [...]
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Amazing New Water-Powered Jet Pack
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Adam.
I thought this was a super innovative idea. It’s a jetpack, but it uses water to propel you in the air. You are tethered, but it looks like you still get some good distance, and you just drop into the water if something goes wrong. Sign me up for one of these as it would [...]
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Taking Design Outside (Away from the Web)
Posted on 03. Apr, 2008 by Adam.
Inspiration can come from all sources, and one of the popular sources is architecture. I don’t want to go into using the lines and flow in buildings in terms of a website, but more of an interior sense, to train your eye to make you the best designer possible. This is more aimed at serious [...]
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What’s The One Thing you Look for in a Design?
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Adam.
When you visit a website, what is the most important thing that you need to see to be fully satisfied? Forget about first impressions. Spend some time and evaluate. Step back and look at the big picture. What do you want to see there? With the upcoming design of Blogtrepreneur, there were a few things [...]
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9 Design Styles to get you Into CSS Galleries
Posted on 20. Mar, 2008 by Adam.
What does it take to get accepted into a top design gallery in this day and age? To be glorified as a designer and to reap the syndication of your latest masterpiece- to sit among the ranks of the designers you look up to. This could be done in the form of firing off screenshots, [...]
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What Kind of Front Page do You Need?
Posted on 13. Mar, 2008 by Adam.
Much can be said about the index of your site’s contents. Usually, it’s the first thing people see. To show your direct traffic a good time, it makes sense that the way you have your home page set up serves a great deal of importance to your first impression. There are many species of blogs, [...]
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New Blogtrepreneur Design Thursdays and You
Posted on 06. Mar, 2008 by Adam.
Thursday is such a versatile day of the week. It’s the day after Yahtzee day, for those that follow the fast talking game reviewer. It’s the day before Friday, and right before the weekend begins. Thursday is also now design day here at Blogtrepreneur, although we won’t be sending any American Idols, Survivors or Apprentices [...]
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Start Testing Your Designs With and Without ClearType
Posted on 12. Nov, 2007 by Adam.
This guest post is by Deron Sizemore from Random Jabber, a keen designer who built the Sizcons you can see in the sidebar, and who recently started up his own CSS Gallery over at NiceStylesheet. If you ask anyone who’s ever browsed the web using a Mac and a PC, they will probably tell you [...]
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14 Tips You Should Bear In Mind When Designing Your Blog
Posted on 25. Aug, 2007 by Adam.
This post was written by Daniel of SuccessInTheDigitalLife. I find it to be such a waste of potential, when I see a blog with fantastic content but a terrible design. Good site design does a lot to enchance the positive points of a website and working with a good design is one of the best [...]
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Welcome To The New Look Blogtrepreneur
Posted on 02. May, 2007 by Adam.
Hey Guys. Well yesterday I didn’t manage to get online as it was firstly my 17th Birthday, secondly it was the Big Match between Chelsea and Liverpool (which we (Chelski) unfortunately lost to on a penalty shootout :( ) and finally because it was the first time I was able to drive under my new [...]
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A Big Thankyou To My Rapid Readers
Posted on 25. Apr, 2007 by Adam.
OK, so yesterday I posted about how I had entered the CSS Reboot and needed 3 more votes to get through to the next round. Lo and behold about 3 hours later, I’ve got the 5 votes necessary, and its all thanks to my readers. I did say that whoever voted for me would get [...]
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Gearing Up For The CSS Reboot
Posted on 24. Apr, 2007 by Adam.
Hello and a big welcome back to yours truly. Sorry I didn’t post earlier on this weekend to notify my arrival but I’ve been swamped with dealing with the rise and then the demise of a potential JV and getting stuff ready for the start of school. Just quickly, I want to thank and rethank [...]
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When Is It Time To Change Blog Themes?
Posted on 19. Mar, 2007 by Adam.
Recently, when I realised that I had passed my first birthday as a Blogtrepreneur, I decided it was time for a change. I had got all too used and tired with standardised blog themes and wanted to stand out, to be different, and to put myself in a different light by getting a new theme [...]










