Helping You Rock Out Your Site Like A Rockstar!

Have you ever been told that your site was very cluttered? What does that mean? Does it mean you have too many graphics or it just seems everything runs into each other. It almost seems as if I am talking about a bedroom. However, a website can be compared in some ways to your bedroom. It is your place online and you are letting people in to see it. So think about it: Do you want people to see your messy room?

Now, let me emphasize that when tidying up your site, it boils down to harnessing the whitespace. You do not have to totally sacrifice design. You do have to consider what items could either be removed, or what items can be moved to its own page.

Below are just some pointers when it comes time to clean your site up.

• You do not have to put every social site account you belong to.
• You also do not have to put your affiliates buttons. Put their text link instead or put a blogroll together.
• You do not have put put all your information about yourself on the sidebar. You can focus on putting that on the webmaster/ webmistress page.
• Divide your site into the specific categories or page sections which are more relevant to your site. If you have a lot of visitor items, a long page that is named ‘visitor’ containing every single item can be daunting to your audience. Also the title is very vague. Make it unique.
• Make sure to hook yourself up with a sitemap. A sitemap will list all your pages and posts in case they cannot find what they are looking for by normal means (ex. through your site search bar, or your navigation)

Of course, in the end, make sure your site is how you want it to be. Just like a bedroom, you control your site’s look.

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1. How to Tidy Your Design and Make it User-Friendly
2. 6 Steps to Preparing Your Site for Guest Bloggers
3. The Art of Blogging: Part 2 – What is Your Site’s Focus?