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Top 20 Blog Designs Part 1


After stormy discussion CSSBloom team has chosen the best 20 blog designs.

Veerle’s blog 2.0

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Avalonstar

avalonstar.jpg

Matt Brett

mattbrett.jpg

Joshuaink

joshuaink

Whalesalad

whalesalad.jpg

The Big Noob

thebignoob

Bloklantis

artlantis

Jason Santa Maria

jasonsantamaria

Rob Goodlatte

robgoodlatte

O.L.Design

lonnroth

PR Blogger

prblogger

Bartelme Design

bartelme design

Cameron Moll

Cameron Moll

Stopdesign

stopdesign.com

SimpleBits

SimpleBits.com

ShaunInman

shauninman.com

LeliaThomas

LeliaThomas

If..Else Log

If.Else Log

Ordered List

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5ThirtyOne

5thirty.jpg

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53 Responses to “Top 20 Blog Designs Part 1”


  1. 1 bree (1 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    I’m not too enthusiastic about most of these. They’re good designs, but most are nothing special.

  2. 2 Danny (2 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 4:19 pm

    Due respect to the designers (my own layout is abysmal), but I think this probably reflects the general paucity of interesting design in the blogosphere. C’mon, surely the top 20 designs shouldn’t remind me of FrontPage 97..?

  3. 3 coxis (69 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 4:33 pm

    For me there should be at least 100 best blog designs list but we have only 20. Not too much good blog design out there.

  4. 4 Robert (1 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 5:39 pm

    What’s wrong with the desing of THIS site??? I can’t see the left margin using Firefox!!

    Heading says “tBits” - can’t see left of that, and YES I’ve got my scrollbar all the way left. I do use 800×600 so my bum eyes can see the screen, but the web designer should take that into consideration…

    duh

  5. 5 Pierce (1 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm

    I’m having the same problem with IE6. Looks like the left margin is bleeding off the screen and i can’t get there!!

  6. 6 Natalie Jost (1 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 5:56 pm

    Beautiful! Is Cameron’s portfolio a blog though? I must have missed that one. ;)
    They’re all good, mostly web designers, so no surprise. I’d LOVE to see some kind of showing off of sites NOT belonging to designers though - THAT would be worth a bookmark!

  7. 7 coxis (69 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 6:04 pm

    About website, it works in 1024 and 1280 resolution with Firefox browser. When i look in my stats today IE takes 12% only. For resolutions 1280 - 35%, 1024 - 30%, 800×600 beyond first 10. Sorry but i can\’t gratify everyone and i am also sure that you have problems with this resolution on other websites.

    Yee but Cameron’s portfolio also looks great and we added it to our list for that great look.

  8. 8 Jonathan Boutelle (1 comments) Jun 23rd, 2006 at 10:56 pm

    These blogs sure do look pretty, but not much is really new here.

    Can we have some innovation in terms of blog layouts that actually increase the usability, rather than simply adding branding and graphics?

    For example, the long tail archive: link
    and the mullet blog layout : link

    are two design concepts I\\\’ve been advocating that actually try to enhance a users ability to find content. Like them or hate them, at least they are an explicit attempt to make blogs easier to use. I\\\’d love to see more ideas along these lines!

  9. 9 coxis (69 comments) Jun 24th, 2006 at 12:26 am

    Mullet blog layout presents very nice idea. I like it.

    From this blogs Avalonstar breaks the rule of simple blog layouts.

    Cheers and thanks for comments.

  10. 10 CoXis (69 comments) Jun 24th, 2006 at 10:25 am

    You can find a mirror of this list here:
    cssbloom

  11. 11 Lautreamont (2 comments) Jun 24th, 2006 at 5:35 pm

    Nice collection. The sites are real cool!!!

  12. 12 bactisme (1 comments) Jun 25th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

    I suggest a honorable mention for http://mad4milk.net/

  13. 13 Montoya (1 comments) Jun 28th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    When people talk about good blog design they almost always just focus on graphics. These are good designs, but not necessarily good blog designs (most are but see where I’m going here). I think one of the best designs is http://paulstamatiou.com/. It may not be the prettiest in terms of graphics but just look at how well it supports the content… that’s what blog design is about.

  14. 14 coxis (69 comments) Jun 30th, 2006 at 1:12 am

    True, also great website.

  15. 15 Chris P. (1 comments) Jul 7th, 2006 at 3:29 pm

    Dude, my site totally got snubbed. Ah well - you’ve implied there will be a part two…

  16. 16 coxis (69 comments) Jul 7th, 2006 at 3:37 pm

    Well there will be…Part 3.
    Part two is here: http://silentbits.com/?p=385

  17. 17 Rob (2 comments) Jul 18th, 2006 at 2:13 am

    Great blog! I’ve added a link to your blog on Blog of the Day under the category of Design. To view the feature of your blog, please visit http://blogoftheday.org/page/111664

  18. 18 manocska (2 comments) Aug 12th, 2006 at 12:48 pm

    This design tips and pics are great, can I use them? I love them and your site too :)

  19. 19 CoXis (69 comments) Aug 12th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

    Sure thing manocska, this are only the screenshots from websites.
    Thanks.

  20. 20 Sabo (1 comments) Aug 17th, 2006 at 6:27 am

    Why my blog is not listed :icon: ? Please tell me what do you think:

    http://www.malditoweekend.com

    Is in spanish, but we are talking about design…

    Sabo

  21. 21 WaltDe (2 comments) Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:10 pm

    Keep up the great work on your blog. Best wishes WaltDe

  22. 22 CoXis (69 comments) Sep 1st, 2006 at 11:02 pm

    Thanks WaltDe, appreciate it :)

  23. 23 Pályázat (2 comments) May 27th, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    Thanks, nice designs

  24. 24 Tőke (2 comments) Jun 13th, 2007 at 9:48 am

    I love this . . .great design ;)

  25. 25 Adam (1 comments) Sep 24th, 2007 at 6:05 am

    Nice List! Here’s what I am currently using.
    High-Rise:
    http://www.adambreckler.com/?page_id=3

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