Design, Creativity and Innovation of a Blog

Blogging has become one of the trends in internet world nowadays. As the Internet has become more social, blogs have gained in popularity. Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as shopping, business. entertainment, social, technology, and many more. But, all of these topics have few things in common which are their blog design, idea creativity and their innovation of concept. Every people have their own idea’s of how to present their thought and what style do they choose to present the idea’s. So now, we are going to talk about design, creativity and innovation of a blog.

Blog’s Design

Designing a blog require a expertise and understanding in the field of webpage. It is a very important task that could  affect the whole interpretation and perception of entire blog. The first thing to be considered when people browsing through a webpage is how does the page look like. So, in this case, blog layout and appearance are considered to be the key to attract people to come and read your blog.

In designing blog, users should design it as user-friendly as possible. While browsing a webpage, people love to have an easiness in accessing. Every information that were displayed should be readable such as the background color match the foreground colors and the font is in good size for all readers. Furthermore, the interactive features must work smoothly as it help users to get easy access in finding content or posts. This require an organize pages where blogger should aware of and all of this are very important so that the page design could enhance the overall experiences of other user’s in browsing their blog. 

Blog’s Creativity

Creativity is the another most crucial ingredient to make a blog look outstanding and special. The information content that have unique and new ideas and could possibly trigger and bring new perspective into the world might be a hot spot and attraction to every internet user.

In order for weblog user to be creative, the must prepare themselves physically and mentally to developed new ideas and thus producing creative ideas. First step is by gathering a lot of varied experiences. This can be achieve by reading a lot of books, travel, talk to strangers, anything to open your mind to new ideas and ways of thinking.

Secondly, by asking a lot of questions, people also could also lead to creative thinking. For example, “Why is this was like that?”, “What would this look out of place?” or “How would think this was brilliant?”. Use imagination to answer the questions. 

Next, write down or draw out the ideas. Do something to make the ideas more realistic rather than just and ordinary intangible thoughts. 

Then, filter the ideas down. Blogger must avoid doing ideas that unreasonable and not realistic. But, just keep them around as we never know when they will inspire something new.

Lastly, blogger need to execute the idea. Now figure out the next step. Even if the idea seems radical, there’s always a way to move forward.

Blog’s Innovative

Becoming innovative in blog will make the user aware of their surrounding, in this case, their “visitors”. They should always do checking and inspection on the blogpage to identify any deficiencies and then perform improvisations so that their blog service could satisfy user’s needs. This measures is accomplished consistently and systematically, so that blog can be well-maintained and the information is accurately preserved. 

Furthermore, in implementing newly improvise ideas or system in weblog, one must remember to filter down the ideas as the the entire blog will depends on it. Not all ideas suitable for the time being and it is a good idea to play it safe by not overdoing things.

Let’s Blog!!

Most people blog about more than one subject, but it's good to choose a general theme for your blog. You don't have to blog about everything. Do what you love and be confident about your choices. Give yourself permission to keep developing, changing your routines and regular refining content until you are completely happy. Let’s start now! 


References :

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By Mohd Nurhadi bin Mohd Kifli (2010913601) & Sharifah Nursabrina Binti Wan Mahlar (2010381017)