Comments on: Your blog sidebar: Keep it simple or cram in the widgets? http://www.bryper.com/2007/06/15/your-blog-sidebar-keep-it-simple-or-cram-in-the-widgets/ Bryan Person now blogs at BryanPerson.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Doug Haslam http://www.bryper.com/2007/06/15/your-blog-sidebar-keep-it-simple-or-cram-in-the-widgets/#comment-31703 Doug Haslam Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:50:50 +0000 http://www.bryper.com/2007/06/15/your-blog-sidebar-keep-it-simple-or-cram-in-the-widgets/#comment-31703 Clean is good, but I think some widgets are more for the blogger than the readers-- so the ones for the readers, keep them spare and above the fold. Maybe a Twitter Widget, a FlickR stream, and/or a media feed (audio/video). Oh, and mobatalk or something like that is useful. Below that, cram in the code that is for you-- Mybloglog visitors, stats code, and other RSS and infojunk that you just want to have there so you can find it, along with stuff that people might be willing to scroll for, like a popular posts feed or something like that. In other words, do whatever the hell you want. My blog is not designed--for now--for lots of visitors, though I don'tt hink it is over busy either so meh. Clean is good, but I think some widgets are more for the blogger than the readers– so the ones for the readers, keep them spare and above the fold. Maybe a Twitter Widget, a FlickR stream, and/or a media feed (audio/video). Oh, and mobatalk or something like that is useful.

Below that, cram in the code that is for you– Mybloglog visitors, stats code, and other RSS and infojunk that you just want to have there so you can find it, along with stuff that people might be willing to scroll for, like a popular posts feed or something like that.

In other words, do whatever the hell you want. My blog is not designed–for now–for lots of visitors, though I don’tt hink it is over busy either so meh.

]]> By: Connie Crosby http://www.bryper.com/2007/06/15/your-blog-sidebar-keep-it-simple-or-cram-in-the-widgets/#comment-31687 Connie Crosby Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:20:10 +0000 http://www.bryper.com/2007/06/15/your-blog-sidebar-keep-it-simple-or-cram-in-the-widgets/#comment-31687 I prefer clean design and simple layout, but want all the features in the side bar too. I'm extremely unhappy with the look of my blog but don't have the design skills to rework it to my liking. I edit the side bar regularly to take off out of date stuff but then end up adding new things in, too. In other words....I'm consciously sitting on the fence!! I prefer clean design and simple layout, but want all the features in the side bar too. I’m extremely unhappy with the look of my blog but don’t have the design skills to rework it to my liking. I edit the side bar regularly to take off out of date stuff but then end up adding new things in, too.

In other words….I’m consciously sitting on the fence!!

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