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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…

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…the people you meet…

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…the characters you create…

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…the meals you prepare…

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…and the places you live.

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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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by Erica

Posted: Monday, October 10th, 2011 at 6:20 pm. Filed in Better Blogging, Design.

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  1. barrycyrus
    Oct 10th at 6:47 pm

    Or a general tip: Put a huge, appealing and relevant photo for every blog entry you post. :)

  2. noirciplume
    Oct 10th at 6:50 pm

    Thank you for posting! Some great blogs there!

  3. নিশাচর
    Oct 10th at 6:50 pm

    Thanks for the tips :)

  4. thos003
    Oct 10th at 6:53 pm

    Those are some amazing photos. My heart jumped just looking at that first one!

  5. Brandon
    Oct 10th at 8:06 pm

    Great tips!

  6. Sanju
    Oct 10th at 8:16 pm

    thanks .. Good post :)

  7. Brandy Unruh
    Oct 10th at 8:33 pm

    Thanks for the tips :)

  8. River
    Oct 10th at 9:02 pm

    The pictures were inspiring! Thanks for sharing, and for the tips, too.

  9. matelislt
    Oct 10th at 9:17 pm

    Thanks

  10. timethief
    Oct 10th 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.

  11. DG MARYOGA
    Oct 10th 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

  12. jeansobrinho
    Oct 10th at 9:39 pm

    These incredible images, congratulations.

  13. praheladprajapati
    Oct 10th at 10:33 pm

    beautifull

  14. agirlandhercarrot
    Oct 10th 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.

  15. allgoodhealth
    Oct 10th at 10:43 pm

    this is so kool

  16. vegaskamasala
    Oct 10th at 11:13 pm

    Thank you!

  17. Michael
    Oct 10th at 11:47 pm

    Very beautiful pictures here and thanks for the tip. !!!

  18. drabrito
    Oct 10th at 11:56 pm

    excelentes tips, gracias!!!

  19. Paula
    Oct 11th at 12:03 am

    great photos, very illustrative

  20. garlicfriesandbaseball
    Oct 11th 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!

  21. iqbalmasrildjanaik
    Oct 11th at 12:12 am

    i love your tips. thank very much.

  22. óscar calderón
    Oct 11th at 12:40 am

    =] [=

  23. Chorwin
    Oct 11th at 2:30 am

    Photography blog is most famous topic on wordpress.com. More and more people make photography their hobby.

  24. candles
    Oct 11th at 2:52 am

    Thanks for the info regarding the ‘photography theme’! I’m going to check it out!

  25. JayShep Photography
    Oct 11th at 2:53 am

    Nice tips thanks!

  26. Marcos Roberto
    Oct 11th at 3:11 am

    …There is no magic formula, sometimes you have ‘everything’, but do not have traffic!!
    …is a –> mystery ;)

  27. mizzezmellymel
    Oct 11th at 3:15 am

    Thanks!

  28. perrylup
    Oct 11th 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!

  29. kevin7tsai
    Oct 11th at 3:46 am

    Nice post

  30. heli128
    Oct 11th at 4:07 am

    Thanks you for posting!

  31. ava
    Oct 11th at 4:14 am

    Heading to check out the links tutorials. Thank you for this post.

  32. naturetreks
    Oct 11th at 4:16 am

    Thanks for your suggestion! Thats great!

  33. pankajbharadia
    Oct 11th at 4:55 am

    thanks for tips

  34. Vandita
    Oct 11th 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 : )

  35. mengeleblog
    Oct 11th at 5:51 am

    thanks for the information.

  36. civifood
    Oct 11th at 6:44 am

    Thanks! Really nice.

  37. bibianacandia
    Oct 11th at 7:21 am

    Cool! :)

  38. patrickigunza
    Oct 11th at 7:46 am

    amazing tips

  39. teknologisurya
    Oct 11th at 7:50 am

    thank you!

  40. aarikarastogi
    Oct 11th at 8:30 am

    Really nice picture frist one is aowesome

  41. avicenna2020
    Oct 11th at 9:18 am

    Wonderful tips. Thanks

  42. herdica
    Oct 11th at 9:42 am

    original……

  43. AKHMAD SUDRAJAT
    Oct 11th at 10:52 am

    Thanks for your advice… :)

  44. Shubhan Chemburkar
    Oct 11th at 11:11 am

    The photographs in these blogs are awesome. Nice tips also….

  45. Edgar Danmer
    Oct 11th at 11:15 am

    I know this has been said before, but I feel like saying it: I LOVE WORDPRESS!!!

  46. foottrackerluvya
    Oct 11th at 11:27 am

    Thank you for the tips! I will keep that in mind =D

  47. Kemi
    Oct 11th 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

  48. reeknittingwordswithgod
    Oct 11th at 1:05 pm

    Thank you, being brand new I need all the help I can get!!!

  49. thewaffler100
    Oct 11th at 1:44 pm

    Alright! More awesome sites to check out!

  50. cheesecake
    Oct 11th at 1:48 pm

    I will definitely do!

  51. nelson RN
    Oct 11th at 2:09 pm

    Great tips! Thanks!

  52. J.C. Cavanaugh
    Oct 11th at 2:26 pm

    Grateful to you for posting this topic. The information and insights you shared are timely! Thanks again~

  53. marksmorris
    Oct 11th 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.

  54. tamasyatanda
    Oct 11th at 3:18 pm

    beautifull

  55. nydeuces
    Oct 11th at 3:32 pm

    Amazing photos!

  56. daisykicker
    Oct 11th at 4:55 pm

    Great tips.thank you

  57. dibiaseteam
    Oct 11th at 6:12 pm

    Very cool

  58. happykidshappymom
    Oct 11th 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!

  59. Caregiver Helpline
    Oct 11th at 7:48 pm

    Thanks; found this very interesting and gives me some ideas.

  60. lunga Mahlangu
    Oct 11th 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 :)

  61. criticalcareintl
    Oct 11th at 8:25 pm

    Thank you for the tips. Greatly appreciated!

  62. charlee74
    Oct 11th at 8:40 pm

    Great inspiring pictures

  63. saskateacher
    Oct 11th at 9:13 pm

    Thanks for the tips!

  64. cashinfobiz
    Oct 12th at 2:01 am

    great images and posts

  65. Sichu Joy
    Oct 12th at 3:29 am

    ya ….. Its Really Cool Idea…:-) Thanks for this…..

  66. gamerschase
    Oct 12th at 4:03 am

    thanks for the great tips!

  67. onlineshamsu
    Oct 12th at 5:09 am

    Hai , Erica
    It is very very useful tips
    Thanking You.

  68. panovision101
    Oct 12th 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.

  69. scrib64
    Oct 12th at 11:28 am

    Keep these tips coming. I find them very helpful. Thanks.

  70. brikhaus
    Oct 12th at 2:52 pm

    Cool.

  71. DEADMAN
    Oct 12th at 2:59 pm

    I need these kind of tips because I am new here………
    I want to become a top blogger……..

  72. loveinwaiting
    Oct 12th at 5:27 pm

    Great tips. I hope to learn more about using photos on my blog.

  73. Rajeev Upadhyay
    Oct 12th at 6:17 pm

    Thanks for the amazing post.

  74. liz1985
    Oct 12th at 8:15 pm

    Great tips, thanks!

  75. thesouthwillblogagain
    Oct 12th 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!

  76. screenprintr
    Oct 13th at 2:18 am

    Thanks Erica, those are awesome pics too.

    The Harry met Salad made me hungry for fish tacos, lol.

  77. lcooltip
    Oct 13th 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.

  78. Darren Poke
    Oct 13th at 2:44 am

    This is something that I need to do better on my blog.

    Thanks for the helpful reminder.

  79. ayurarogyasaukhyam
    Oct 13th at 4:53 am

    Excellent blogging. Thank you for the valued information.

  80. veehcirra
    Oct 13th at 11:31 am

    Very lovely, pictures are very relevant to our minds, since we basically think in pictures and not words!Get it?

  81. Kamsamnida
    Oct 13th at 11:57 am

    Great tips. Thank you.

  82. dotnetmarine
    Oct 13th at 3:25 pm

    The first pic is awesome :)

  83. theremnantman
    Oct 13th 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. :)

  84. gothichydran126
    Oct 14th 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.

  85. jaredecus
    Oct 14th 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

  86. sandiaseeds
    Oct 14th at 2:36 am

    Great photos!

  87. Hafara Nurul Ummahat
    Oct 14th at 4:25 am

    thanks for the tips!

  88. amygaffigan
    Oct 14th at 7:01 am

    Thanks for the tips. Especially love those high-quality photos!

  89. NeedDonations
    Oct 14th at 7:09 am

    the usefull tips thanks for sharing

  90. livebeyondorganicusa
    Oct 14th 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.

  91. rawmultimedia
    Oct 15th at 1:34 am

    OMG wonderful blogs…I love the FANTASTIC PHOTOS. so so awesome

  92. tidkong
    Oct 15th at 2:22 am

    very good

  93. rajputrow
    Oct 15th at 2:25 am

    Thanks for the great tips!

  94. Bernard Badilla
    Oct 15th 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.

  95. aliflittlethink
    Oct 15th at 7:37 am

    nice

  96. pradeep
    Oct 15th 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.

  97. posterdog
    Oct 15th at 1:17 pm

    I change my background color to showcase the daily photo, really makes it pop. Mary

  98. suraj7
    Oct 15th at 2:59 pm

    Cool!

  99. siko
    Oct 15th at 6:37 pm

    Great tips. Thanks!

  100. Ariko (&) Sofia
    Oct 15th at 11:05 pm

    Hai All, Nice tobe here with all of You :D
    Thanks WordPress for sharing the usefull Tips, May GB Us Always
    Happy Bloging all,

    Best Regard Ariko & Sofia

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