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Time to Shed Your Blog Skin Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 April 2007
When you subscribe to a blogging service or download blogging software, you are provided with a few basic templates. Generally, you can alter some of the design elements such as the typeface, font size and color, or change the color of the template. Other than that, these templates are pretty much the cookie-cutter variety and they don't have a lot of pizzazz.

These templates are also known as blog skins. Blog skins are the design element that can make or break your blog. Just as we are judged based on appearance, so are our blogs. Therefore, you need to determine what type of impression you want your blog to make, and dress it accordingly in its own unique blog skin.

You don't have to be a graphic designer or computer techie to create a blog skin. In fact, you don't even have to create a blog skin at all. There are numerous places on the Internet that provide blog skins for free.

One of the most popular free blog skin websites is Blogskins.com. Keep in mind that a lot of people download templates from Blogskins.com, so there will be other blogs on the Internet using the same skin. Chances are you will never even run across them, but then again if you download a super popular blog skin, you just might see it everywhere.

A popular free blog skin website for people who use Google's Blogger service is freeskins.blogspot.com. Technorati, a well-known blog pinging service, offers a sizeable collection of free blog skins at technorati.com/blogs/skins.

If you know html code, you can further customize the look of your blog skin. With a little creativity and the free resources listed above, you can create a blog that has an original and exciting look. If you get tired of that look, you can change it again.

If this all seems too much for you, you can always hire a web designer to create a blog skin for you. Blogger users recommend using the services of Blogs Gone Wild at  www.blogsgonewild.net and Red Lime at redlimeweb.com/blog-design.html.

Regardless of which direction you decide to go, choose a blog skin that reflects the personality of your blog. Make it unique and stylish, while keeping it fresh and clean.

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