As you can see, we are learning about visual design in our blogs. In this blog, I will demonstrate how to transform a visually bland post into a more eye catching design.
Here's a sample post from a (cough) purely random blog I found online:
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WHERE IS THE BIKE MAN?
Our paths crossed three years ago, and I’ve been
searching for him ever since. Internet searches. Bank records. Telephone directories. Driving up and down
residential streets. But he’s vanished. I’m beginning to think he was actually
the Bike Angel.
Not everybody needs a bike angel, but young and
anxious and new to the big city, I certainly did. It had only taken me one bike
trip (through a thunderstorm) to realize that my beloved green bike from the
country was not going to cut it for city life. The lack of brakes was one thing.
The absence of a reflector and working gears was another. And my old fear of my
head splitting open like a ripe watermelon was more real than ever when I
realized that I didn’t have a helmet. All I knew was that I needed a complete
bike overhaul. My plan was to (a) abandon my bike in a city park for the poor to
glean and (b) acquire a new and improved bike through the miracle website,
usedeverywhere.com
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As you can see, it's minimalistic to the core. No text formatting. No pictures. No videos. No links. A total commitment to text required. Let's try that again:
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WHERE IS THE BIKE MAN?
Our paths crossed three years ago, and I’ve been searching for him ever since. Internet searches. Bank records.Telephone directories. Driving up and down residential streets. But he’s vanished. I’m beginning to think he was actually the Bike Angel.
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| www.tatsandtags.com |
Not everybody needs a bike angel, but young and anxious and new to the big city, I certainly did. It had only taken me one bike trip (through a thunderstorm) to realize that my beloved green bike from the country was not going to cut it for city life. The lack of brakes was one thing. The absence of a reflector and working gears was another. And my old fear of my head splitting open like a ripe watermelon was more real than ever when I realized that I didn’t have a helmet.
All I knew was that I needed a complete bike overhaul. My plan was to (a) abandon my bike in a city park for the poor to glean and (b) acquire a new and improved bike through the miracle website, usedeverywhere.com
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Blogging gurus recommend including at least one picture/video and one link in every blog post. It's a quick job that makes a big difference in the readability of the text.
Happy blogging!
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| The author enjoying a spin on her "new" bike |
Wonderful idea Shannon. The one thing I might add is to be sure to include attribution to the images.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback. How should I go about adding attributions more than listing the website I found it on? Should I only use images from creative commons?
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