Charl Norman

Myself and Adii have finally finished the theme redesign for my network of blogs. Car Blog was the first to receive the new look. We have designed a theme that will be implemented and customized for all my blogs.

I did the basic layout design then Adii finished off by adding his expert touch and then coding it for Wordpress. Here’s some of the elements I initially added into the design

• Two-2-three column design
• 125 x 125 px Block ads controlable from backend (Adii work)
• First four posts open and the rest closed - just the title and blurp - on homepage
• All my blogs linked at the top - network links
• Prominent rss and email subscription link
• SEO: On the single post page - the title of the page must be limited to just the post title and not include “at Car Blog.co.za .. etc”
• Notify you of follow up comments if you commented on a story
• “If you like this post you might want to subscribe to our rss feed” text at the bottom of a single post page
• Small glossy icons organising the content
• New adsense placement - I had click heat track my blogs and have placed ads accordingly

Foxinni did the new Car Blog logo and will be working with me on new logos for all the blogs in the network

Screen shot