Alex King has rebuilt his blog and started an extensive series about the process and the discoveries he made about the redesign and “new thinking” about how blogs work and how users use blogs.
In the first article on this ongoing series, King covers an overview of the changes he’s made to the site. The series so far includes:
- Overall re-design goals – what needed fixing
- New site navigation – reasons for it, what it solves, and goals of simplification
- Designing for the future
- New URL structure – which choices were made and why
- You’ve got content – how do you best leverage it?
Future posts include using various WordPress Plugins, as well as updated versions, details on the new site, site maintenance simplified, benefits of CMS, and monetization options, along with a few other goodies.
I have learned a lot from the lessons King shares with us, so get your blogging buns over there and check it out for yourself.
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3 Comments
Thanks for compiling these posts!
Interesting, I’ve pretty much independently come to all of the same conclusions with my site design.
I particularly liked where he talked about “bucking current trends” because they end up becoming cliched in a few years time.
I love to read on your site, but it always makes me tired. So much wonderful material. Thank you.
Christmas Joy!
Shirley Buxton