Church Blog

In the Searching For Paradise blog, there are more images than I have seen in other blogs. In the side bar, Caleb uses images for his links, instead of simply listing the URL, as many others do. By showing the logo of the link, it creates more interest for the viewer, and I think it just makes the blog look more “alive”. I also like the Caleb uses so many images in his posts. On most blogs that I have seen, the posts consist mostly of blocks of text. It is sometimes quite difficult to sustain interest in a post when there is nothing to visually break up the words. Because we have gotten so use to the visual aspect of the Internet, I think people (at least I know that I personally) will simply give up on a post if it seems to “wordy”. Caleb has noted this and used images to visual break up the post, and create interest in his posts. I also liked that he ads so many links in his posts, in order to clarify a point, or to provide the reader with more information.

I hadn’t thought of adding logos in my sidebar, or if I had it seemed like it would get cluttered up. But I see from this blog how well it can be done, so I would like to add this element to my project blog. I also like the addition of images in the posts. I know that my posts tend to get long winded, so adding images would visually break that up. Not only would this be great for my project blog, but I think I might try to do this in my personal blog as well. Not only would it add polish to the project blog, but I think it would add some personality to my personal blog.