For my midterm blog I created a food blog. I tried to keep the blog personal by making it for people that are like me, young people who like Italian food and like to cook but do not have the funds to have expensive meals every night. I tried to accomplish this by adding dollar amounts to the ingredients I used to cook and also totaled the whole meal so my viewers can know if they can cook the meal and still be in their budget. I also tried appealing to the younger crowd by adding some humor into the blog and by referencing partying in my video. I also plan on adding some posts about cooking some kind of Italian food for a party or football game in the near future. I kept to the Italian food theme so people knew what to expect with what type of food I was going to be cooking. I made sure to post lots of pictures of the food so people could tell if they followed the directions and cooked the food correctly. I also added some pages like about, contact, and feedback. I made the about page describe me so give some background about myself so people can relate to it. The contact and feedback pages I added so people have multiple ways to contact me and give me feedback. This is very important to me and the blog so I know the direction to take the blog and so I can cater the content to what my viewers really want. The layout of the blog I tried to keep plain but sleek looking. I felt the text is big and clear and the posts appearing in boxes make it easy to navigate between posts. The pictures appear without having to click on the posts which is also useful in this type of blog so something I made can catch someone’s eye and draw them into that post. I thought keeping the color scheme as plain as possible, basically black white and grey, would be beneficial because it would make the pictures of my food pop more. In the future I plan to use a better camera, one that is not half broken, and as I said before I want to make some more videos about party food or something that will appeal to the college crowd.
Top 5 blogs
Single guy survival:
This is one of my favorite blogs. I highly recommend everyone to check it out. It has lots of pictures and good humor. I also like the cooking video. The food looked great and the editing made it easy to watch. I also like the layout of the blog itself. When you are on a certain post, if you scroll down to the bottom there are really nice looking next and previous buttons that have pictures on them, it makes it look very professional. As I said before this blog is great and I think you should all check it out.
Journeytofitdom:
This is another one of my favorite blogs. I would say everyone should go check this blog out because it gives a different way to look at getting fit, than you are used to. It takes you on the creator’s journey of losing weight. It gives reviews of the diet and even gives you workouts. The workout routine is also very different and creative, it seems like it would really work up a sweat. There is also a lot of content added for the short amount of time that we had to do the project. The author even goes into the mental aspects of exercise.
Sorority Scene:
This blog is another one that you could tell the creator put in a lot of work. There was a lot of content and it all worked well with each other. The blog layout was nice. It had a lot of white space and it was very clear and easy to follow. There are also tutorials teaching you how to do all kinds of arts and crafts. The only downside to this blog as of right now is that the video that was posted will not play, instead it just shows a snowy screen and says, “This video is private”. Besides that the blog is informative and I definitely recommend it.
ShowJumpingBlog:
This blog is in my top 5 because of how nice it looks. The header is high resolution and when you scroll down it looks like it sinks into the page. The video that was included was also interesting to watch and was very informative. In the about page it specifies that the blog is meant for amateur riders interested in or seeking advice and information about the exciting world of show jumping, and the blog does exactly that. It gives a lot of information about the challenges of show riding as well as some tips to overcome those challenges. If you are interested in show riding or just like horses at all, this is a cool blog to check out and I recommend it to everyone.
HowToBeYou:
What this blog is about is reason enough to put it in my top 5. After reading the blog I was in vacation mode and wished I had read it before spring break so I could have taken advantage of the time off and went on a vacation like that myself. The video showed people diving off of cliffs into beautiful ponds with waterfalls and people zip lining through the forest. It also had some pictures of some amazing scenery. Even the header is nice to look at, it is a panoramic shot of an incredible beach with crystal clear water. So if you want to see a blog that will show you some great scenery and videos as well as maybe make you a little jealous I would recommend you check this one out.
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