{"id":266,"date":"2008-08-25T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellmedicated.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2009-01-30T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T21:35:58","slug":"styling-the-design-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wellmedicated.com\/styling-the-design-leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Styling The &#8216;Design Leftovers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized it before, but I think that the footer end of a blog post is perhaps the most<strong> under appreciated <\/strong>element of web design today.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, this is where us designers cram all the leftovers we can&#8217;t put anywhere else in our layouts into one confined space.<\/p>\n<p>Social bookmarking links and &#8216;related posts&#8217; lists are the blog designer&#8217;s equivalent of yesterday&#8217;s over-cooked turkey and dried out mashed potatoes &#8211; sitting in your fridge, <em>never<\/em> to be eaten.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bad analogies aside, take a second to think of the reader who actually makes it all the way to the end of an article you&#8217;ve written&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They&#8217;ve made a conscious decision to read <em><strong>your<\/strong> <\/em>article<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve actually read said article in its <strong>entirety<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Now they are looking at <strong>what else<\/strong> you have to offer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This is your dream visitor, <em>do not<\/em> disappoint them!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So why is it that the majority of blogs out there (<em>including<\/em> yours truly) hand these prize visitors a plate of cold turkey and let them fend for themselves?<\/p>\n<p>Originally, this article was going to be a list of well-designed blog footers from around the internets.\u00a0 The only problem was after a substantial amount of scouring I could only find two &#8211; that&#8217;s right &#8211; <strong>two<\/strong>.\u00a0 Two out of around 50 popular blogs that had a great footer layout for their blog posts.<\/p>\n<h4>1. <a title=\"PSDTUTS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.psdtuts.com\">PSDTUTS<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-277\" title=\"PSDTUTS\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellmedicated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/psdtuts.jpg?resize=580%2C311\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"311\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nPSDTUTS keeps it strictly social with a simple yet striking design.\u00a0  And it works.\u00a0 Similar layouts are also used on the <a title=\"NETTUTS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nettuts.com\">other<\/a> <a title=\"VectorTUTS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vectortuts.com\">&#8216;TUTS&#8217;<\/a> <a title=\"AudioTUTS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.audiotuts.com\">sites<\/a> to equal success.<\/p>\n<h4>2. <a title=\"GoMediaZine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gomediazine.com\">GoMediaZine<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-274\" title=\"GoMediaZine\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellmedicated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gomediazine.jpg?resize=580%2C460\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"460\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nGoMediaZine really hit the nail on the head.\u00a0 They have social bookmarking, related posts and a variety of RSS subscription options all beautifully laid out in one, well-styled container.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m as guilty of neglecting the blog post footer as anybody.\u00a0 At the time being, wellmedicated&#8217;s most prized readers are offered a handful of social bookmarking links at the end of every post that in no way stand out from the rest of the layout &#8211; in fact, <strong>they blend in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I have to smack my head against my desk repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <em>Since posting this article I have listened to my own advice and re-designed my post footers (seen below).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized it before, but I think that the footer end of a blog post is perhaps the most under appreciated element of web design today. 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