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When Should You Use Magazine-Style Themes For Blogs?

smashingmagazine.com — A growing number of blogs are moving away from traditional blog layouts in favor of magazine-style themes; however, the layout and presentation of content has a major impact on visitors and there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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  • chriscoyier, on 08/28/2008, -0/+6Props to Steven Snell for putting this together. Very comprehensive look at this trend.
  • ToddAndrews, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5Definitely a nice trend to see more sites turning to magazine style layouts. It gives the content a lot more structure, which is helpful to first-time visitors.

    The design enhancement is a nice effect, as well.
  • ScreenRant, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3Great stuff, including tips on why the magazine format may not work for a particular blog
  • War3Zone, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3This is a amazing post!
  • owlie99, on 09/03/2008, -0/+1A really high quality article - great advice and interesting: super!
  • lionbeat, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1Very well written. I'm looking to switch to magazine styled themes myself
  • fabiodebe, on 08/30/2008, -0/+1Let's go one more step forward... when will - or - will blogs ever adopt a digital magazine interface with glossy pages to flip? Something like this... http://tinyurl.com/56arpl
    The level of users engagement would increase dramatically and advertising money would come easier, but I reckon not every blog could use such layout.

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