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Going Through the Blog Redesign Process

Yesterday I launched a new design for Instigator Blog. The feedback has been great – some positive, some negative (to be expected), and all of it interesting and important.

In my post announcing the new design, I wrote, “And, I’m writing a much more detailed post explaining the process I went through in redesigning the blog, and that should be coming soon.”

And thanks to Darren Rowse that post is now available: How I Redesigned My Blog.

Darren agreed to publish the post as a guest piece on ProBlogger. I was glad to do it there and hopefully help shed some light on the grueling, time consuming and detailed-centric process of redesigning a blog.

Enjoy! And please post your comments there (and here!) to let me know what you think…

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January 8, 2008 Posted in Blogging by

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  • http://yeepage.com simon

    nice design, should help bring in more viewers

  • http://www.destroydebt.com/blogs/ Travis @ Destroy Debt Blogs

    Nice design! I like the colors, easy on the eyes. Boxing gloves are a nice touch to your instigator title.

  • http://www.destroydebt.com/blogs/ Travis @ Destroy Debt Blogs

    Nice design! I like the colors, easy on the eyes. Boxing gloves are a nice touch to your instigator title.

  • http://www.phlskl.com Philippe K. Chrun

    I think the design itself is much better. But I'm not sure that the colour palette used here is better than your old one. It's more “mature” I guess..

  • http://www.phlskl.com Philippe K. Chrun

    I think the design itself is much better. But I’m not sure that the colour palette used here is better than your old one. It’s more “mature” I guess..

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Philippe – Thanks for commenting. I wanted a color palette that was less “in your face” in an effort to have the content stand out more. A blog needs a great design, but unless your blog is about design or something design-related, I don’t think the design should be what stands out more than the content. So I took a more subtle approach with it.

    Maybe I’m just getting soft in my old age!

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Philippe – Thanks for commenting. I wanted a color palette that was less “in your face” in an effort to have the content stand out more. A blog needs a great design, but unless your blog is about design or something design-related, I don't think the design should be what stands out more than the content. So I took a more subtle approach with it.

    Maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age!

  • http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

    Hi Ben,

    I foud your site via the article on problogger, very interesting.

    The site design looks great, nice and clean and crisp.

    I really like the way you have integrated your RSS feed at the top, that makes it easy to spot and will be one of the first things people notice, I have subscribed :)

  • http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

    Hi Ben,

    I foud your site via the article on problogger, very interesting.

    The site design looks great, nice and clean and crisp.

    I really like the way you have integrated your RSS feed at the top, that makes it easy to spot and will be one of the first things people notice, I have subscribed :)

  • http://www.findapetonline.com Tracy

    Thanks for the look under the hood on the new design! I have been considering a new appearance on a couple of my blogs, but have been kind of stumped on how I want to handle this process. So the insight on your remodel was very helpful.

  • http://www.findapetonline.com Tracy

    Thanks for the look under the hood on the new design! I have been considering a new appearance on a couple of my blogs, but have been kind of stumped on how I want to handle this process. So the insight on your remodel was very helpful.

  • http://www.tlmarketing.net Tom At The Home Business Archive

    I like the new design, very clear and easy to read.

  • http://www.tlmarketing.net Tom At The Home Business Archi

    I like the new design, very clear and easy to read.

  • http://www.privy2profit.com Barb Thornback

    I have just found your blog and love all the info. I will be coming back here regularly.

  • http://www.privy2profit.com Barb Thornback

    I have just found your blog and love all the info. I will be coming back here regularly.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks for all the comments.

    @Barb: Glad you found the blog, and you’ll keep visiting!

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks for all the comments.

    @Barb: Glad you found the blog, and you'll keep visiting!

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  • Gia

    This was highly informative :) Many thanks to the poster.

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I recently joined GoInstant as VP Product. GoInstant changes how we use the web, making it shareable like never before.

I'm also a Founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. Previously I founded Standout Jobs (and sold it). I'm a hands-on startup guy, helping companies grow successfully from the idea forward. You can reach me at byosko at gmail dot com.

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