Simple things can improve your blog.
Make your blog easy for readers.
for a more user-friendly blog…
Read – From Myths of the Mirror comes… 7 Steps to a User-Friendly Blog
You might find a couple that will help readers find and click through your blog.
Numbers 3 & 6 helped me.
I added the translate button. It had never occurred to me that not every browser gives you the option to translate a page. Good to know. Also, I hadn’t thought about limiting the number of posts to show up on the first page. My blog now loads faster since I limited that to 3 posts.
Which one of the 7 do you need to change on your blog?
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I thought I had my pages set at 10 posts but decided to take a peek to be sure. To my astonishment, I had it set at 12. I put a translator at the top of my sidebar several months ago when I started getting notification of new readers from countries where the primary language is not English. I can only assume they know English if they signed up as a follower but how long would they stay at my blog if I did not make it a little easier for them to read?
Another thing I do to make my blog more user-friendly is I always use a San font, never a Serif one. Those of us who have astigmatism end up with tired eyes faster when there are hooks and loops in the font.
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I limited mine to 3 posts per page. It loads faster and doesn’t look too cluttered. Never thought about the Sans versus Serif fonts, thanks for the tip.
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I’ve tried to make my blog as easy as possible by making things visible and cross-linked. It’s all about user friendliness and ease. A Search window is a must! I have struggled to find material on some blogs with no search function.
The translator is a good idea. I’m having difficulty finding the function for a dot com WP site, though. I know it’s available for dot org.
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The translator is one of the widets.
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Oh, haha. Didn’t think to look there.
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I had done most of this, but just added the translate button. What a good reminder.
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Thanks Sharon
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Thanks for sharing the post, Jean. It seems there is always more to learn, no matter how long we’ve been blogging. I encourage all new bloggers, especially, to take a look. 🙂 Happy Blogging.
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Thank you
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I’ve done most of this but it was a good checkup. As, after making a few changed, I’d forgotten to add back a few things. Thanks for sharing. @sheilamgood at Cow Pasture Chronicles
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