Comments on: Revolution And Future In Blogging World – Art Direction Trend

By: typhoon dodong

typhoon dodong — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:12:34 +0000

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By: BJ

BJ — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:58:04 +0000

I’m also a long time user of this plugin..

Most of all WP sites i make have less than 10 plugin’s (I hate plugins) But the Art Direction plugin goes always as first into the plugin folder directly after installing WP.

I like this list but it’s hard to find lists like those online. I wish people would collect a bigger list of blogs -/sites that use this plugin. Most of the time those are the sites that make the web stand-out.

I always get great feedback from my reading about styling pages differently.

By: Bunnygotblog

Bunnygotblog — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:22:00 +0000

Awesome lists of creative sites. Thank you

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:37:35 +0000

This is a great post and I hope that this happens! Blogs like this would make things so much more readable. I have high hopes for it and I plan to join this trend when I get my blog up and running.

By: Cerven Cotter

Cerven Cotter — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:11:58 +0000

Another voice of reason – thanks for adding that to this thread.

By: Dan Avery

Dan Avery — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:00:22 +0000

Great article and those examples are fantastic. Certainly given us lots to think about. It seems to me that the central idea is quality over quantity, substance over easy and quick. The web desperately needs more of the former and A LOT less of the latter. Especially those blogs which exist solely to post a link to someone else’s content. So when do you take the plunge?

By: Duncan McDuncan

Duncan McDuncan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:58:36 +0000

Really like this post! i’ve been looking all over the web for these kind of design and finally some pros like you have been voicing out trying to make things happens! Am not a pro here myself, just started out seriously to learn more about the pros world about logo design while am struggling to make my own website is really a pain! has zero skill to make these happens though had been trying out a few free website hosting site like yolasite and wix(well i have not really dig into it yet), but hey, maybe it could be a chaos in the near future when this really happens! lol…

Some amateur like myself, or maybe better than me a bit more would start to make their site a bit more magazine alike or e-zine alike style. That would be awful don’t you think so?

Everyone likes the cheese but do they really know how to take it with the right meals? and after some time, tuts will be showing and demonstrating like “how to design a professional magazine like website” will show up and things will get even more out of hand… hehe

just some silly opinion here. Hope you guys (pros) don’t mind.

Anyway, really appreciate your sharing in here. I’ve learn many things from you guys through your sites. [That what i'm looking forward to learn!]

-Duncan

By: Morning Toast

Morning Toast — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:57:26 +0000

I think the JSM work is spectacular. I took him as inspiration when I had a “I’m going to take my blog design seriously” kick and tried to emulate what he was doing – a design per post. At first it was great. I allowed me to flex some design muscle while highlighting my articles.

And that lasted about a month.

I love designing. I love blogging. I also have a full-time job that is *not* blogging. So when I need to write, I just want to write and with limited time to do so. It took way too long to bust out a design for each (major) blog post because they happened to frequently.

Of course, I was using WordPress, which is powerful and stuff, but not ideal for one-off per-post designs. I made it work to a point, but it just became too much trouble to maintain.

To me, having a CMS that supports the JSM-treatment quick and easily, is nirvana. It’s not about making the design easy, designing is the challenge/fun part, it’s executing that design with minimal effort to support frequent posting.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:52:13 +0000

The very simple answer to this is to stop blogging and stop using social media. Spend your time actually designing and researching instead. You don’t need a popular blog or to be popular on facebook and twitter in order to have a popular website. And probably the most important thing is to just get away from the computer. You will find much better inspiration for design by taking a walk through the woods or downtown. People spend way too much time in front of their computers being virtually social rather than social for real.

By: Josh Kohlbach

Josh Kohlbach — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:10:27 +0000

“Well, we are working now in virtual magazine and each post should have appropriate styling, background images and unique approach!”

And interesting concept. This is something that WordPress doesn’t really natively support very well. Custom page designs for each tag/category of blog post would be a fantastic idea!
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