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How To Make A Drop Down Navigation Menu On Blogger

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Maintaining a clean, easy to use navigation menu is a huge part of creating an effective design. Too many links can confuse a reader, while too few can leave them wondering what they’re missing. A drop down menu is a great way to

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How To Remove The Wrench, Pencil, & More On Blogger

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As someone who loves designing Blogger blogs and playing with new ideas, I’ve discovered a lot of default settings in Blogger templates that just don’t serve much of a purpose, and they’re the first things I remove when starting…

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How To Design An Effective Blog Footer

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I wrote about six ways to dress up your sidebar a few months ago, and I received a lot of comments from bloggers who were either thinking about or in the process of redesigning their sidebars. It sounded like everyone was excited

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Changing The Color Of Your Bloglovin’ Button

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Bloglovin’ is my all time favorite feed for reading blogs on, so having a button for my readers to follow me from was essential. Anyone with an account can grab their own button from the widgets page, which is super convenient,…

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How To Run A Successful Reader Survey

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Last week I recapped my reader survey and talked about all the information I gained from it, which was a ton! It went so much better than I’d anticipated, thanks to a few guidelines I made for myself before running it. Today I…

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