I just wanted to make a short post this morning detailing some of the new features I have added to the blog in order to improve the overall user experience!
The Theme
I’ll start off with this new theme - It’s called Thesis (affiliate link!) and it was designed by Chris Pearson of Pearsonified. I like the theme because of its simple layout, the ability to customize and the neat sidebars. It’s all very well coded and even includes an amazing coded customization menu for the layout. I think that the best part about the theme is that I didn’t have to do any of the coding, just a few design tweaks here and there, it was easy to do!
WSJ Widget - A pretty cool addition, if not my favorite. It displays the latest financial news from the Wall Street Journal so you can see the markets going to hell in a handcart in real time, while reading the blog! Isn’t that useful?
Business Resources - This is an idea that I really like, and I feel that it has extreme potential to grow into something much bigger! For now, the business resources section is going to be like a compendium of resources that I use in all aspects of my life, but mostly business and blogging. Right now, it isn’t too filled out, but I am always adding new sites as I go along. If anyone has any sites they think should be on the list, then by all means, please contact me and let me know! If I really like it, I may even review it!
Advertising Space - I wasn’t too keen to offer any advertising space on the blog, but I decided to leave a few spaces open for it. The current 125×125 placeholders look kinda tacky right now, so I might replace them with some affiliate links. They are however available for rent, and prices are negotiable. Other advertising is available as well, and we can talk and work something out.
Banner - How cool is the banner? It’s cool right? I think it suits the blog very well, because of course the theme here is money.
Those are the major features of the new blog outline, and I think it’s pretty complete with them. Again, if you have any suggestions, you know where to go to tell me.
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