I’ve customized many websites in the past four years. I am a serial blog creator and destroyer. I’ve only used blogger for my website customization though so this was new for me. I first decided to change the theme. I wanted something clean and minimalist. The first theme I changed my blog to was Activello. I tinkered with that theme for a while, but I couldn’t figure out how to get a header image like they showed in the preview. After about 30 minutes I gave up and switched to my current them. From there I removed the sidebar, because it really isn’t necessary for this site’s goals. I then changed the header to this black and white star photo I found labeled for reuse on Google. I knew that I wanted a minimalist image and for some unexplained reason I am obsessed with stars right now so this image was perfect! I also tried changing the header color, but any color other than white doesn’t stand out against the image I chose so I changed it back to it’s original white. I think my website is better now than it was, but I’m probably going to continue to play around with it here and there when I find time to make it even better.
Hi Abigail!
Love the look of your blog! Actually we like it so much we want to steal some of your ideas. How did you remove the sidebar? Without the sidebar your blog is very readable. I have played around with building websites some, but usually I spend more time reading them. I am always drawn to the minimalist blogging style, so I enjoyed the black and white look.
Emma and I are also doing the 1980’s for our project, so I am looking forward to comparing our projects to each other!
-Katherine Pearce
Hi, Abigail.
I am glad to see that you are off and running on your website. I like the header image that you chose. I am not seeing where you added a link to an external website or embedded a video or image? Am I just overlooking those additions?
Katherine, I wish I could tell you how I got rid of the sidebar but I honestly can’t remember. I got rid of it while I was playing around with another theme and then when I switched themes it was still gone. Fluke? I don’t know. Sorry.
Dr. Brown, I’m not sure why the image and link aren’t showing up when you view my site. They are both showing up very clearly for me. I’ll try to play around with the layout of my site this week to see what the problem might be.