Comments on: When’s the right time to use a Magazine-style blog theme?

By: Star Carlton

Star Carlton — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:13:00 +0000

I was doing some research on this subject – and your article was very helpful – thanks!

By: Chetan Madaan

Chetan Madaan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:45:46 +0000

This is a comment!

thanks!

By: Jamie Allsop

Jamie Allsop — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:01:33 +0000

This will be some useful information to those thinking of starting a new blog. They can go for the standard blog or go for a magazine style theme blog.

By: Jay Medina

Jay Medina — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:03:30 +0000

For nearly two years I tried the magazine layout wth Joomla as my back end. I think Joomla is one heck of a great CMS. However, it took a lot of time and effort to keep it going. As one person, that took a lot of time away from writing, which then took away from my ability to connect with my readers.

Once I scaled back and went to WordPress, I was able to quickly get my site up and running on the new platform, and have been able to make it more intimate and personalized for my readers. What a load off my shoulders that has been, where I can just write and not have to fuss with my site.

If I had a staff, maybe I would do the magazine thing. For a singlular presence like my site, I am definitely more for the traditional blogging format.

By: Ryan Imel

Ryan Imel — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:27:01 +0000

I think magazine themes are largely overrated for popular use. Very few sites actually require a “magazine theme”, and whenever one is used out of place the signal ends up drowning in the noise.

I predict we are going to see a trend back toward stronger single voices delivered via simple, bold sites. I hope we see this trend beginning sooner rather than later.

I’ve written a good deal about magazine themes at Theme Playground, because I think the topic is a very interesting one, specifically for WordPress as it develops as a CMS. But though the concepts behind this development are interesting, the techniques shouldn’t be implemented by bloggers on a large scale.

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:02:50 +0000

Had used magazine-style themes before and they’re great for multi-topic bloggers like me.

By: Nir@ belt buckles

Nir@ belt buckles — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:25:05 +0000

Thanks Matt,

As someone that is considering starting a word press blog on his site this article has been very helpful and will defintely be using a magazine style bolg on mine.