As I've looked around at a lot of the BDS blogs, I've noticed that most (maybe all, I don't remember) still have the unsightly NavBar attached to the top. Personally I don't like them and I always choose to remove mine when I start a blog for a couple of reasons.
1. It Looks More Professional: My wife and I first started doing this with our wedding photography blog when it was all we had for a website. We didn't want to look like every other Mom and Pop wedding photography business that just used a Blogger template for our website, even though that's exactly what we were doing. Why would anyone want to hire us if we didn't even have the money to invest in our own website? So, we did what we could to make it look as good as possible until we could justify spending the money on a domain and hosting our own site.
2. I Never Found It Useful: I haven't used the NavBar while visiting a blog, ever. I'll either use the web browser navigation buttons or the links within the blog. So, why have it there if I'm never going to use it? If I can provide enough navigation internal to my blog, then it makes the NavBar obsolete.
3. It's Distracting: Some users spend a ton of time designing their blog and they end up looking really nice! However, in most cases there's still that pesky blue bar at the top that throws off the page, it just looks a lot better GONE.
If you want to take yours off, here's the link.
Or just watch this video.
~Nate
Saturday, November 13, 2010
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