Designing a post can be a bit tricky. Take "Blogger," for example. The first new thing that I noticed (since I haven't been here in such a long time), is that there are more designs, or templates, from which to choose. Within these design templates, however, there are also easy WYSIWYG buttons that allow the user the change font types, font colors and font sizes. A couple of glitches I found in working with design were:
- The user has to "Apply" the change in order to "Preview" it
- The "Preview" didn't always reflect the true design, particularly in the case of the scrolling newsreel at the top of the page
- The advanced color choices wouldn't, well, be chosen, for lack of a better phrase. I just couldn't get some of the color to show up
- The headings -- how ugly is that battleship gray color? And yet, while the user can change heading fonts, s/he cannot change the awful color. Odd, I thought. Even stranger, and perhaps a bit creepier, is that I'm in Jersey and when I searched keywords "blogging" and "confusion," here's what Google yielded as an image:
4 comments:
See in my opinion I like that layout. I think it reminds me of summer and has a calming effect. That is one thing I don't really like about opinions about "good website design." Sure there are some things that are reasonable, like black on a dark grey background. But a lot is up to personal opinion I think.
Thanks, Matt. I just don't like that I don't have a choice in the color of the words "Purpose" and "Design." This interface is fairly flexible. Not sure why it doesn't offer those features.
Barbara, I especially like the way you have blended everything together and the flow of your blog. Like you, I, too, found out, the hard way, that if you don't apply the changes, they will not show up on the blog. As stated, this is my first time doing something like this and found it to be intimidating, as well as challenging. Right now, I can't honestly say if I will ever use this blog again.
DeMetras
All a learning curve. I saw your blog and you're doing great for a newbie. I've used this interface before, so it was a bit easier for me.
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