Comments on: 10 Food Blog Templates

By: Lisa Johnston

Lisa Johnston — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:08:37 +0000

Great suggestions for templates. I have recently started my blog (www.winemuse.com.au) and have used atahualpa theme on Wordpress. I wanted a really clean design and having had no experience, I quickly came to appreciate just how easy it was to modify this theme.

I definitely agree with the white background being easier on the eye. A darker background tends to make photos look great it does get very distracting, overall readability will come back to traditional light background.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:31 +0000

If it is possible to tweak the existing template such that it would allow for the incorporation of byline text within the images on the home page, that might be nice.

Definitely retain the white background, those young people shouldn’t be on your lawn.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:25:20 +0000

I like the column-based ones! But I read via an RSS reader and so end up on the article pages and skip the front page anyway.

By: The Graphic Foodie

The Graphic Foodie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:53:39 +0000

I like the clarity of Overstand and Ascii One. I agree with text on white even though most people will be receiving content through a reader.

By: Phil Lees

Phil Lees — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:43:34 +0000

I’ve been doing useability testing lately for some other projects and there is a real age divide with white backgrounds vs dark – under twenties tend to respond better to darker backgrounds, older cohorts to white. My theory is that it’s MySpace’s fault, but have nothing to back that up

I’d still go with white/light because I feel like photos look better against it. Maybe I’m showing my age.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:30:25 +0000

I’d avoid any that are white out of black.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:20:15 +0000

I like overstand or newsmag. But please, no black background.

I’ve been thinking of buying Thesis, which is by the same designer as my current template, but it would involved learning how to drive “wp hooks” and I don’t know if I can sink the time into it.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:10:45 +0000

Of these i think I’d go with Overstand (with a bit of tweaking, of course). But Viewport is kinda cool though too — I quite like some of the side-scrolling things I’ve seen around.