If you haven’t noticed already I have added some visual “guides” on two points of my WordPress template. The first is the calendar icon (
) beside the date for each of my posts. The second visual guide added is the comments icon (
).
These might seem like small changes but often times these are the tiny details that are overlooked. Sometimes making changes as small as adding some visual guides, in the form of icons, help make a big difference for readers. I think the icons help draw your eyes more to these areas and it also helps draw the reader’s attention to the comments link for each of the blog entries but at the same time the icons are not too overwhelming.
The important thing to keep in mind when making changes in your designs is to take small steps in improving your design and always remain open to user feedback on the changes you’ve made.
Nice! I think I’m going to add some to my blog too. ;-) So, how did you add them John? Are you using some kind of plugin or you just edit your blog’s template?
I manually edited my blog’s template and inserted them as normal images. You can find these icons for free at http://famfamfam.com
It’s a great site that has A LOT of icons.
Good work now keep your blog updated dily. Best of luck for the wnnabe dot com Mogul