Customizing Your Blog With Code: HTML, CSS & Plugin Basics   What is HTML & CSS? As cool as it would be, blogs are unfortunately not created by magic and yes, do involve coding. Basic coding, however, isn’t super hard to understand and make up the basic building blocks of all websites including blogs. Now, with WordPress, depending on what kind you use, you can alter your blog and change its HTML (WordPress.com & WordPress.org) and CSS (WordPress.org). As defined by Wikipedia, HTML is: “Hypertext Markup Language is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.“, which is jumbo jumbo for the language you use to create…

Creating a Beautiful Blog On A Budget   Hello everybody! How are you all finding BLOGIFUL? Kat and I are LOVING all the feedback we are getting from this blog event and it makes my heart sing with happiness to see so many people enjoying our content. This is literally me whenever I see likes and comments for this blog event on my notifications. Don’t forget to check out Kat’s (my amazing co-host) blog to read her wonderful BLOGIFUL posts as well right >>HERE<<. – Now in today’s BLOGIFUL design post, I’ll be giving you some tips on how to achieve a beautiful blog on a budget, specifically based on…

Your Blog Menu | The Importance of Navigation   Your blog menu may be something you don’t think about much when designing or re-designing your blog, but it’s actually pretty important! Your blog menu is the core of how others can navigate your site and if they can’t navigate very well, your blog doesn’t have as great of a user experience as it could achieve. Good navigation makes it so much easier for readers to find your posts and scan through your content that it’s actually quite essential. So today, I’m bringing you some quick tips to get your navigation in tip top shape for your blog!   Keep It…

Photography Tips | What If You Don’t Prefer Graphics?   Who said you had to have graphics to have a cute blog? While my lovely co-host Kat has a super cute and beautiful blog with the most adorable graphics (don’t forget to check out her BLOGIFUL posts right >>HERE<<), I, on the other hand, have preferred to use mostly photos for my imagery. Personally, I think it works great and it works for me. It keeps things interesting and not as completely uniform or synonymous and I also like that I can incorporate my bookstagram photos into my blog too. If you would prefer to use photography rather than graphics,…

Designing Your Logo, Style & Brand | How To’s & My Own Journey   Apologies for this blogiful post being a day late! I was unfortunately unwell and this post was half finished *cries* TT but here it is now! 😀 Enjoy! Don’t forget to check out my lovely co-host – Kat’s DAY 2 BLOGIFUL Post too! Check it out >>HERE<< Branding is a pretty important aspect of all design when it comes to businesses, entrepreneurs and yes – even you, a blogger. Having a brand can be difficult to understand but its basically creating your identity on the internet and making sure you are an individual and can be…

Blog Design Trends & Web Design Principles You Need To Know   WELCOME TO BLOGIFUL! Kat and I are so happy to have finally been able to do this for so long after spending hours discussing and planning this. We are so excited to share with you some great info to get your blog looking fab for the new year. Today, my topic is Blog Design Trends & some Web Design Principles you should know when getting ideas and starting to design your blog.   Blog Design Trends: Ideas to Inspire You   You might’ve already been looking at some book blogs with cool designs or maybe you haven’t even…