Comments on: Are your visuals saying what you want? Part 1 Visual Elements http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/09/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/ Inspiring connections through images Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Daily Bookmarks 10/11/2007 « Experiencing E-Learning http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/09/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-83 Daily Bookmarks 10/11/2007 « Experiencing E-Learning Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:04:10 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/09/14/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-83 [...] Are your visuals saying what you want? Part 1 Visual Elements at VisualsSpeak [...] [...] Are your visuals saying what you want? Part 1 Visual Elements at VisualsSpeak [...]

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]]> By: Christine Martell http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/09/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-85 Christine Martell Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:53:22 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/09/14/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-85 Sue and Danielle, Using images is fairly complex, and there are a lot of factors that go into it. It gets complicated further by limitations of the web, cross-browser and cross-platform issues. I'm going to keep posting on a variety of visual factors. It takes looking at a number of them together to assess what is really going on. So I hope you hang with me, and will have a much better sense at the end of the series. The photographic images are one part, then the elements in your header and sidebars create others. Not to mention how many people read in a feed reader which does something else. So Sue, not sure if it's your template or just the normal ups and downs. Sue and Danielle,
Using images is fairly complex, and there are a lot of factors that go into it. It gets complicated further by limitations of the web, cross-browser and cross-platform issues.

I’m going to keep posting on a variety of visual factors. It takes looking at a number of them together to assess what is really going on. So I hope you hang with me, and will have a much better sense at the end of the series.

The photographic images are one part, then the elements in your header and sidebars create others. Not to mention how many people read in a feed reader which does something else. So Sue, not sure if it’s your template or just the normal ups and downs.

]]> By: Danielle Blogging for Balance http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/09/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-86 Danielle Blogging for Balance Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:02:36 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/09/14/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-86 At my old 'place' I used an image (from my portfolio) in every post. Many times the photo did not match the content and this bothered me. I am still not great at matching my personal photos with blog content so I don't highlight it as much at my 'new' place. I really learned a lot from this post in regards to placing photos. I am thankful that you had the examples. I am a very visual person...my teaching style reflects that...and I a lot from your red arrows ;) Thanks! At my old ‘place’ I used an image (from my portfolio) in every post. Many times the photo did not match the content and this bothered me. I am still not great at matching my personal photos with blog content so I don’t highlight it as much at my ‘new’ place. I really learned a lot from this post in regards to placing photos. I am thankful that you had the examples. I am a very visual person…my teaching style reflects that…and I a lot from your red arrows ;) Thanks!

]]> By: Sue Waters http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/09/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-87 Sue Waters Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:38:17 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/09/14/whats-the-visual-story-of-your-blog/#comment-87 Hi Christine I really like this post. Especially when you have placed the dominant lines and shapes images below the initial one. For some one who is relatively new to using images in blogs I would be interested to know if I have been using them effectively in my posts or have I made some beginner mistakes that need to be addressed? Interesting to note that last weekend I changed my template. My new template was nicer, cleaner and I was assured much better. But during the week my stats were diving. I have now changed back to my old template because I think that maybe the template could have been causing some of the issues (there is an image in one of my posts what the new template did look like). Sue Hi Christine

I really like this post. Especially when you have placed the dominant lines and shapes images below the initial one.

For some one who is relatively new to using images in blogs I would be interested to know if I have been using them effectively in my posts or have I made some beginner mistakes that need to be addressed?

Interesting to note that last weekend I changed my template. My new template was nicer, cleaner and I was assured much better. But during the week my stats were diving. I have now changed back to my old template because I think that maybe the template could have been causing some of the issues (there is an image in one of my posts what the new template did look like).

Sue

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