Any blogger can have a nice-looking blog design, whether they have design experience or not. Truly. If I didn’t believe that, I wouldn’t have written a For Dummies book. Blog Design for Dummies is geared specifically toward non-designers so it’s not super technical or full of lingo you won’t understand. Even when I tackle the “scary” stuff…
Today’s question comes from Jill over at The Prairie Homestead: I’d love to know how to make headers for my blog posts using custom fonts. How do I do that? As you can see, I have a custom font for my blog titles here. It adds an extra touch of branding, which I love. I’ll give…
You probably didn’t get into blogging for the technical side of it. Amirite? Nevertheless, being at least somewhat tech literate is a must. You might be scared by the mere thought of touching HTML, but knowing a few little tricks can save you a lot of frustration. If you’ve been blogging for any length at all,…
Pencils. Check. Paper. Check. Nifty free fonts perfect for back-to-school. Check. As we embark upon that time of year again, you might be creating printables, writing posts or sending our newsletters that are back-to-school themed. Whatever your reason for needing a scholastic dose of fonts, I found ten fonts that are all free for both personal and commercial use (i.e….
Just about every blogger on the planet has used Picmonkey at one time or another. While you can whip up a cute design in a jiffy (did I really just say “jiffy”?), you might get stuck when it comes to picking out fonts. Some fonts clash while others look fabulous together. In my book Blog Design for Dummies,…
Thanks for following along this week as my book, Blog Design for Dummies, makes its way into bookstores. So far, you can get a chance to win a copy of my book by attending next week’s Twitter party (RSVP here!), grab some fun blog buttons to promote the book (with your affiliate link if you choose) and…
NOTE: THIS POST IS OUTDATED SO IGNORE IT. 🙂 Genesis is the way to go now, which you can find out more about here. Whether you’re on WordPress or thinking about switching, you’ve probably heard of WordPress themes and frameworks. Thesis, Genesis and Headway are three of the most talked about frameworks for WordPress. Frameworks have…
Today is a BIG day… Blog Design for Dummies is officially on bookshelves! And shipping from Amazon, too! Last week, copies of my book came in the mail. I got to hold it, flip through it (and perhaps even hug it). I knew it had shipped out Monday, so I was surprised to see a box of…
When it comes to getting your content to make the rounds on Pinterest, you probably know the basics like creating a pinnable image and having a Pinterest sharing button. But you can take pinnability (yeah, I made that word up) one step further by adding popular pins to your special blog pages in WordPress! To…
Itching to design a new logo or header for your blog? Well, it’s always helpful to see how others work through the design process. When I switched from the name Momcomm to Blog Clarity, I said I wanted to bring you into the design process, so that’s what I’m gonna do. Once I had my new blog…
It’s that time of the year again… for holiday cards, holiday gift ideas, festive blog posts, gift guides, and more. I know it can be a PAIN to find the perfect free fonts for your designs. You know, fonts that aren’t overly tacky like a bad Christmas sweater. So I rounded up some free holiday…
It’s the most hated font on the planet. Yes, the ubiquitous Comic Sans. The font that makes designers cringe, but that’s plastered on everything from school newsletters to blogs because it screams casual and friendly. Well, there are PLENTY of “casual and friendly” fonts out there besides Comic Sans. So thought I’d start an every-so-often…