3 Ways to Make Your Site More Visually Appealing
You guys use WordPress.com in all sorts of creative ways, documenting the adventures you take…
mikeslagter.wordpress.com
…the people you meet…
paolonovelli.wordpress.com
…the characters you create…
legomyphoto.wordpress.com
…the meals you prepare…
whenharrymetsalad.com
…and the places you live.
mcalisterium.wordpress.com
And you share a ton of amazing photographs. So be sure to show them off! Here are three tips on using photos to make your site more visually appealing:
- Upload your very own custom header image to give your site a unique look and feel. Some themes even allow you to use featured images to display different header images on specific posts and pages. For a design that’s 100% unique to you, try out the Custom Design upgrade.
- Don’t make readers squint to view your photos. Generally speaking, bigger photos are better, as long as they’re properly aligned. Check out the Get Flashy tutorial on Learn.WordPress.com for tips on aligning and resizing your images.
- If the majority of your content is image-based, consider using a photography theme that will put your photos in center stage on your site. Visit the Theme Showcase to find one that’s perfect for you.
Want to browse other awesome photo blogs? Check out Freshly Pressed and the photography tag pages.
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October 10th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Or a general tip: Put a huge, appealing and relevant photo for every blog entry you post.
October 10th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Thank you for posting! Some great blogs there!
October 10th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Thanks for the tips
October 10th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Those are some amazing photos. My heart jumped just looking at that first one!
October 10th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Great tips!
October 10th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
thanks .. Good post
October 10th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Thanks for the tips
October 10th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
The pictures were inspiring! Thanks for sharing, and for the tips, too.
October 10th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Thanks
October 10th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Thanks for your article. It’s timely as I have just updated my themes and header images too.
Without doubt images, are a draw. This is true not only for first time visitors and returning visitors, but also for drawing traffic from search engines. That’s why it’s so important to give our images the full SEO treatment.
October 10th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
As rich as ever and of great help.
Provided in an oversimplified way that encourages us to embark on new apps.
Thanks kindly
October 10th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
These incredible images, congratulations.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
beautifull
October 10th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
I didn’t even know about the Get flashy tutorial! I hope I can finally squeeze more then one photo on a line now!
Thanks for the tips, I especially adore the food photo.
October 10th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
this is so kool
October 10th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Thank you!
October 10th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Very beautiful pictures here and thanks for the tip. !!!
October 10th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
excelentes tips, gracias!!!
October 11th, 2011 at 12:03 am
great photos, very illustrative
October 11th, 2011 at 12:10 am
WordPress is the most user-friendly as far as images and formatting goes. Thanks for the tips on the photo’s. I’ll be utilizing them soon!
October 11th, 2011 at 12:12 am
i love your tips. thank very much.
October 11th, 2011 at 12:40 am
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October 11th, 2011 at 2:30 am
Photography blog is most famous topic on wordpress.com. More and more people make photography their hobby.
October 11th, 2011 at 2:52 am
Thanks for the info regarding the ‘photography theme’! I’m going to check it out!
October 11th, 2011 at 2:53 am
Nice tips thanks!
October 11th, 2011 at 3:11 am
…There is no magic formula, sometimes you have ‘everything’, but do not have traffic!!
…is a –> mystery
October 11th, 2011 at 3:15 am
Thanks!
October 11th, 2011 at 3:38 am
Thanks – this was helpful. Simple tips to make a big difference. I have uploaded a photo from my blackberry to my blog, and the photo should show as a portrait, instead of landscape – can you tell me how to change the orientation in the blog? Thanks!
October 15th, 2011 at 1:01 am
You can change the rotation of your picture by Editing it in the Media section of your blog. While slightly outdated, here’s a guide on how to edit your images on WordPress.com: http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/image-editing/
October 11th, 2011 at 3:46 am
Nice post
October 11th, 2011 at 4:07 am
Thanks you for posting!
October 11th, 2011 at 4:14 am
Heading to check out the links tutorials. Thank you for this post.
October 11th, 2011 at 4:16 am
Thanks for your suggestion! Thats great!
October 11th, 2011 at 4:55 am
thanks for tips
October 11th, 2011 at 5:50 am
Hi Erica
Thanks for such a lucid mail. I’m going to enact your suggestions in my blog very soon.
Great work!
Vandita
PS.: Brilliant photographs : )
October 11th, 2011 at 5:51 am
thanks for the information.
October 11th, 2011 at 6:44 am
Thanks! Really nice.
October 11th, 2011 at 7:21 am
Cool!
October 11th, 2011 at 7:46 am
amazing tips
October 11th, 2011 at 7:50 am
thank you!
October 11th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Really nice picture frist one is aowesome
October 11th, 2011 at 9:18 am
Wonderful tips. Thanks
October 11th, 2011 at 9:42 am
original……
October 11th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Thanks for your advice…
October 11th, 2011 at 11:11 am
The photographs in these blogs are awesome. Nice tips also….
October 11th, 2011 at 11:15 am
I know this has been said before, but I feel like saying it: I LOVE WORDPRESS!!!
October 11th, 2011 at 11:27 am
Thank you for the tips! I will keep that in mind =D
October 11th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Going away to Wales this week. I’ll take lots of photos and be right back at you with some wordless magic. Thanks for the tips! K
October 11th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Thank you, being brand new I need all the help I can get!!!
October 11th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Alright! More awesome sites to check out!
October 11th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I will definitely do!
October 11th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Great tips! Thanks!
October 11th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Grateful to you for posting this topic. The information and insights you shared are timely! Thanks again~
October 11th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Hi to everyone, hope you all are having a great day. i am new to all this but i really like tips that are given on the photography blogs. i think there are Great.
October 11th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
beautifull
October 11th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Amazing photos!
October 11th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Great tips.thank you
October 11th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Very cool
October 11th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Great tips! And fabulous photos. One reason I love blogging so much is that it’s so visual. And varied. When I see an image in a post, it cements its accompanying story in my head that much more. And there are so many amazing blogs here on WordPress. You picked great ones to showcase!
October 11th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Thanks; found this very interesting and gives me some ideas.
October 11th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Super great advice. I’ve just started a blog too and I’ve mostly written about my experiences in life. I call it my online scrap book
October 11th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Thank you for the tips. Greatly appreciated!
October 11th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Great inspiring pictures
October 11th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Thanks for the tips!
October 12th, 2011 at 2:01 am
great images and posts
October 12th, 2011 at 3:29 am
ya ….. Its Really Cool Idea…:-) Thanks for this…..
October 12th, 2011 at 4:03 am
thanks for the great tips!
October 12th, 2011 at 5:09 am
Hai , Erica
It is very very useful tips
Thanking You.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Yes, jam it full of pics, make it hard to load and write very little of interest ~ It makes it much easier.
October 12th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Keep these tips coming. I find them very helpful. Thanks.
October 12th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Cool.
October 12th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
I need these kind of tips because I am new here………
I want to become a top blogger……..
October 12th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Great tips. I hope to learn more about using photos on my blog.
October 12th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Thanks for the amazing post.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
Great tips, thanks!
October 12th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
I had to learn this the hard way. I draw cartoons using Paint for my blog. First couple of posts I use balloons for text and people couldn’t read them. They didn’t click on the pictures to enlarge them even after I mentioned so on the page. After I awhile I started to draw thicker outlines on my cartoons and draw them larger. When the colors “bled” the thicker lines actually made them look better and people commented more.
Great post. Love the pic of the lego men attacking the orange too!
October 13th, 2011 at 2:18 am
Thanks Erica, those are awesome pics too.
The Harry met Salad made me hungry for fish tacos, lol.
October 13th, 2011 at 2:42 am
The photos are wonderful. After looking at these photos, they have inspired me to explore photography and see the world through the eyes of a lens.
October 13th, 2011 at 2:44 am
This is something that I need to do better on my blog.
Thanks for the helpful reminder.
October 13th, 2011 at 4:53 am
Excellent blogging. Thank you for the valued information.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Very lovely, pictures are very relevant to our minds, since we basically think in pictures and not words!Get it?
October 13th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Great tips. Thank you.
October 13th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
The first pic is awesome
October 13th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Thank you a great lot, miss Erica. The right wording has come across my way as fit as possible. Good one really and convenient in many ways. The pictures are also considered to be great. Good luck and cheers.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:08 am
I’ll try. I already use a lot of photos but I think what counts most is what type of camera you use. My pictures aren’t as great at yours but you must use a good DSLR versus my regular point and shoot.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:48 am
That stuff is so cool. I know what im going to do tommorow.
1. Attack an orange.
2.jump off a bridge.
3. Create a better blog
October 14th, 2011 at 2:36 am
Great photos!
October 14th, 2011 at 4:25 am
thanks for the tips!
October 14th, 2011 at 7:01 am
Thanks for the tips. Especially love those high-quality photos!
October 14th, 2011 at 7:09 am
the usefull tips thanks for sharing
October 14th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
All This is still new to me as for as doing a blog. I am learning as I go. Great Photos.
October 15th, 2011 at 1:34 am
OMG wonderful blogs…I love the FANTASTIC PHOTOS. so so awesome
October 15th, 2011 at 2:22 am
very good
October 15th, 2011 at 2:25 am
Thanks for the great tips!
October 15th, 2011 at 4:58 am
This is great tips. Thanks for sharing this inspirational suggestion to all blogger like me who are beginner. Thanks and keep it up.
October 15th, 2011 at 7:37 am
nice
October 15th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Hi to everyone, hope you all are having a great day. i am new to all this but i really like tips that are given on the photography blogs. i think there are Great.
October 15th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
I change my background color to showcase the daily photo, really makes it pop. Mary
October 15th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Cool!
October 15th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Great tips. Thanks!
October 15th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Hai All, Nice tobe here with all of You
Thanks WordPress for sharing the usefull Tips, May GB Us Always
Happy Bloging all,
Best Regard Ariko & Sofia