Day 3: tweak the ABOUT page for your blog. (details here.)
TA-DA!
I feel really good about this change-up. I don't really have an "about me" PAGE, but an entire SECTION at the top of my blog. And so, I've made a few small (but important) changes today.
I've worked for a while on the text of my ABOUT section already, so I didn't do any tweaking there.
But I REALLY liked the idea of the adding links to my favorite posts. So, I tweaked the columns at the bottom of my "about me" section by removing the twitter feed (because it was kinda boring, and I have a separate link on my sidebar anyway). I also removed my "in the works" info and replaced it with "fresh & new" (though I might adjust the wording to be "new" or "limited time" or something else that people will react to). I also added "as seen in" links, as well as "member of" links. Overall, I'm really happy with the subtle changes I've made.
Another little difference which I'll be testing out... as of now, when you click on the main page of my blog, my "about me" section shows up right away. But when you click on a link that leads to an individual post, you don't see my "about me" section immediately, but it's available as a drop-down section if you click "about me" in the top navigation bar. I keep flip-flopping on this one. I've tried it both ways (permanent vs drop-down), and am not sure which I prefer yet. If it's a permanent thing, every new person that clicks on a link that takes them to a blog post immediately gets the chance to see important information about me, and THEN the actual post. But for return visitors, this can be annoying to have to scroll down each time to get to what they actually want to see.
Thoughts on this? (Do any of YOU have a preference???)
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