I’ve Revamped My Blog Layout

I have been tweaking out this blog’s layout over the weekend. Finding a new combination of widgets was not an easy task: it took me more than a day to accomplish. Finally I got a layout that I am happy to have – at this time.

Read More About Me

Since I got a very early post about myself, I thought that I might as well place that link below my profile. I’ve also added a contact me page for those who need to get in touch with me through email.

Easy Entrecard Drops

Entrecard visitors are a different bunch. They usually skim information and make their drop. I made that widget accessible right below my profile.

Freelance Stuff

These are featured posts that I plan to change from time to time. These posts are the one’s that I have written well but did not make it through the top lists.

What’s Hot and What’s New

What’s Hot is a list of my most commented posts. What’s New is a list of my newest posts. Take a pick.

Purely oDesk or Paypal

I’ve created One-Stop oDesk Corner to accommodate oDesk and Paypal visitors to these information. I have written a lot of posts about oDesk, Payoneer and Paypal but these information get buried under the dozens of posts that I have written. Now the link should be easier for oDesk visitors to get to the posts.

Paypal is a very common payment method. The write-ups should also help these visitors well.

Other Minds

This is simply a blogroll that lists down blogs with the most recent posts. This is a great opportunity for link lovers to get their blogs listed. I maintain two blogrolls, a page containing links where blogs are categorized, and a blogroll list at the right side. If you often update your blogs, then this is a good way to get featured.

I decided to have one blogroll to maintain. It is the list of links along the right sidebar of this blog.

Lessened Number of Posts

From seven posts per page I decided to reduce it to only three posts to facilitate loading time. I believe this move made by blog load significantly faster.

My Own Template

I am still interested in coming up with my own template – the one that I can truly call my own. Right now I’m contented with the change in widgets.

Do you like the new layout?

The main reason why I changed the layout is for every group of visitor to easily access information that they need. I got oDesk visitors, blog visitors and search engine visitors too, so I need to cater to those groups. I still have some loose ends to finish but I think the major changes are helpful enough to most visitors of this site.

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