I spent the weekend giving my blog a whole new look! Goodbye cleavage, and hello “Skies-the-limit” children.
Here are 5 ways I gave my site a fresh look.
1. Design a new header. Use a favorite photo and a new font in a contrasting color to build a header in Photoshop or other photo-editing program. Free fonts are available at fontspace. Here’s my post to walk you through the steps, PhotoShop Tips.
2. Change background color. I used Color-Hex to identify the colors for my site. I chose sky blue #60b0ff. Depending on your theme, you may need to change the code in your stylesheet.css file.
3. Add a gradient. Scrolling from the top of my site to the bottom, the background color gradually changes from blue to yellow. I accomplished this by following the instructions at ehow.
4. New social icons. Onextrapixel has freebies including the Round Social Media Icons Pack. Upload them to your library, and place the url addresses in your header.php file. When you link to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and the like, be sure to enter the Four Little Words to keep your readers from straying.
5. Declutter the sidebar. I removed campaigns that weren’t working for me (adsense, amazon associates), code that had a glitch (networked blogs), and links to peers who are no longer blogging.
TIP: When your website makeover is complete, freshen your social sites too!
• Have you recently freshened your site?
• What one thing would you change on your website?
Comment By: Krysten
September 16th, 2013 at 1:15 pm
Oooh loving the new look lady!
Comment By: Jean
September 16th, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Thank you, Birthday Girl! Congratulations on your engagement! So happy for you!
Comment By: Single Mom in the South
September 17th, 2013 at 3:35 am
Love the new look… I’ve been thinking about this for sometime now… a complete redo of sorts!
Comment By: Jean
September 17th, 2013 at 9:03 am
Thanks, Single Mom!
I had been considering it too, and then dove in. Your site is so cute, but a little tweak or a big change can make you feel amazingly good.
Comment By: Jen
September 17th, 2013 at 9:32 am
seems like a great idea to freshen up the look!
You won the giveaway on my blog so I sent you an email. congrats!
Comment By: Jean
September 17th, 2013 at 10:37 am
Thanks, Jen! I was really needing a new look.
OH my gosh! Thank you! That is the best news I’ve received in a long time. Can’t wait to receive your gift. Thank you again!