What is Digg?19 Comments
- Newedge14, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3According to this my blog is an epic fail finale
- jggube, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2"The content area is where your readers will spend most of their time when they are on your blog. It is important to make sure that this area is easy to read and have minimal distractions." This is great advice and one that many somehow neglect.
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Being digg worthy tends to be more about content than design, but a good design would always help.
- lucidgravity, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1great guide, hands down
- ivoices, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Worthwhile tips covering the 9 key areas of the any blog. I'd add offering RSS subscriptions by email as many non-techies still preferred getting blog updates by email.
- thebadkitty, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Tip #10 - Don't steal your background from Torrentfreak
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Yeah, people like sticking random stuff into the content area that just really disturbs the whole experience.
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Number 10.
Get your blog linked to on digg. - risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Designing above the fold is such an old idea. Most people have scroll wheels now.
- thebadkitty, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1You know, now that I've inspected it closely, I can see that indeed they are completely different! There is absolutely no resemblance between each charcoal vintage-wallpaper background and the shadow gradient at the top that kind of makes it look 3-D. I will do my best to inspect each background I come across before I cruelly point my finger.
Lighten up. - Lazdude, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1More incentive to host my own off-site blog, thanks.
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1The background tile is actually from http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/ which is distributed freely. As for torrentfreak, they use a different background title altogether. Please inspect it closer, before making random accusations.
- Greatn3ss, on 04/17/2008, -1/+110.) Treat the internet with the RESPECT! it deserves.
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0How important do you think RSS as a major design element of a blog is though? I also believe it is always good to have e-mail rss subscriptions.
- fakekevinrose, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Look at all that wasted space at the top on the god damn blog design site. looks like this turd needs to learn some basics of web design.
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0The purpose of the guide is to help with building better blog designs so don't fret. Cheer up!
- risend, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0How do we go about doing that?
- mesarah, on 04/16/2008, -3/+1nice
- allanscu, on 04/16/2008, -2/+0I have a lot of work to do now to get my blog digg worthy.
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