Cambiar el tema del blog: lecciones aprendidas

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Ha pasado un mes desde que cambié al nuevo tema aquí en YugaTech. Además de los maravillosos comentarios y sugerencias para mejoras, hay varias cosas en el back-end con las que luego tuve que lidiar y que deberían haber recibido más atención durante la concepción del diseño.

Aquí tienes algunas lecciones que aprendí durante la actualización al nuevo tema:

  • No hay muchas formas de cambiar el diseño de un blog. El resultado final siempre se verá como un blog. Sin embargo, algunos elementos a los que antes habías dado más atención pueden no encajar con el nuevo diseño. Considera enumerar esos elementos y asignarles un número de prioridad. Así será más fácil determinar qué elementos quieres publicar primero. Esto es particularmente importante en la navegación y los elementos que muestras en la barra lateral. Si pasas de una doble columna a una triple, podría ser más fácil. Sin embargo, reducir de 3 columnas a dos columnas podría resultar un poco más complicado.
  • Los anuncios PPC podrían verse afectados negativamente, dependiendo del equilibrio entre el contenido y los anuncios que muestres, así como de las combinaciones de colores que implementes. Uno de los mayores inconvenientes del nuevo tema es que afectó el CTR de AdSense. Es una apuesta, realmente, y una que debes estar dispuesto a asumir. Por supuesto, ajustar los anuncios después podría ayudarte a recuperar el rendimiento original o incluso mejorarlo. El mío no lo ha hecho, pero ha pasado de un -50 % a solo un 20 % por debajo de los niveles anteriores.
  • Tamaños de imagen. No olvides el ancho del contenido de tu tema anterior y verifica qué tamaños tenían las imágenes y fotos mostradas. Mi tema antiguo podía acomodar hasta 520 píxeles y la mayoría de las fotos que tenía maximiza ese ancho. El problema ahora es que el tema actual solo tiene 460 píxeles disponibles en la columna de contenido. Fue un compromiso necesario para obtener otra columna lateral. Mi solución: descargar las imágenes antiguas, redimensionarlas en lote con PhotoShop y volver a subirlas.
  • No olvides a los anunciantes directos. Si tienes anunciantes directos con anuncios existentes, considera su ubicación en el nuevo diseño del tema. La mayoría de los anunciantes directos querrían una posición above‑the‑fold para máxima exposición, así que marca su lugar antes que los demás elementos. Otro efecto secundario serían los anuncios de enlaces a nivel de publicación: perdí muchos anuncios nuevos en esa área debido a los cambios en la estructura de enlaces permanentes que eliminaron todo el PageRank de las páginas individuales.

Otro caso, aunque no lo he encontrado, es cambiar los fondos. Quería un fondo un poco más oscuro esta vez, pero como el anterior era blanco, tuve que quedarme con él; de lo contrario, todas las imágenes anteriores que usan el mismo fondo harían que las páginas se vieran realmente feas.

Espero que tengas en cuenta estas lecciones cuando cambies los temas del blog en el futuro. :)

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main limitations of changing a blog layout?
There aren't many ways to change a blog layout. The end result will always look like a blog.
How does the new theme affect advertising performance?
The new theme adversely affected the AdSense CTR. PPC ads could be affected by content and ad balance.
What should be considered when adjusting layout elements?
List elements with priority numbers to determine which to display first, especially in navigation and sidebars.
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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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adam · 16 years ago

If yuga would create a school for bloggers I would be the first to enrolled.
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StrayArrow · 16 years ago

Same problem with me… cant really decide on what theme… hmmmm tried tweakng free themes but still not satisfied….

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izuka01 · 18 years ago

blog optimizing and changing themes is very crucial — you must do the right format and styles to do it more presentable and eligant. well the most tip on it is to act as a user. :)

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lyra · 18 years ago

ooh great, thanks for the tips, though i used wordpress.org , but this is great:)

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jco · 18 years ago

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bascomputer · 18 years ago

thanks for the tips..

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jhay · 19 years ago

I’m on the same boat as Jaypee, I use to take a whole day when changing and customizing themes, now it can take me between 2 to 4 hours. hehe

I edit the theme files on a WP install on my computer and play with it there. Once I’m happy with the results, I just fire up the FTP and upload the themes. Seamless and easy, 70-90% of the time though. ;)

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Jaypee · 19 years ago

Changing or upgrading your blog theme can be both time consuming and fun. Since I’m not that good in creating WordPress themes, I have fun customizing and tweaking public themes. :)

I agree about the darker background. I think it would make the overall layout look better. :D

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roland · 19 years ago

i have watched the ‘mel & joey’ episode last sunday,aug.19—and i was so excited and still very interested to be a ‘blogger’,many thanks if you will be the one could help me in the near future,so hoping for the best! indeed,i am very interested.thank you so much!

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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

Thanks for the input guys. Will be rolling out an updated version soon.

@Brian, not sure where that figure came from. Definitely not just Adsense. They also failed to mention I co-own one of the largest forums in the Philippines, among other forums.

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BrianB · 19 years ago

Abe, Darker background definitely. Font sucks.I like the ad auction ads. Maybe they should be bigger.

Yuga is making $5,000 a month? That’s just Adsense?

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Dave Starr — ROI Guy · 19 years ago

A few thoughts on the new theme, especially regarding backgrounds in general: Lose them.

The diagonal lines are a pain. First of all they take up screen space that could be put to better use. Second, for anyone with a slow connection, they sometimes take forever to go away as the server seems to only “paint” the final screen long after all the text is already in place. So people are continually trying to red the blog thrpugh distracting diagonal lines. This is not aimed solely at this theme, there are many other popuar ones out there that emphasize graphics “cuteness” at the expense of reader’s ability to read the blog. I’m no CSS guru but I seem to remember reading somewhere that graphics design was supposed to move forward, long ago, from the antiquated idea of paint a screen over and over. Aparently, the puncit’s lied.

Think of the millions of bits per day that your server sends out consisting of nothing but diagonal lines filling the user’s screen to be instantly (or less than instantly) “erased” by the final screen.

I wonder what percentage of the overall ‘Net traffic consists of bits that are never meant to be seen by the human eye?

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jerom · 19 years ago

yup, i did watched it too. actually, i announced about it in my blog yesterday and hopefully many did. thanks yuga for the enlightenment.

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sasieboy · 19 years ago

Yeah that’s a lot of money here in Pinas, after I saw the success of Yuga in Mel and Joey episode my spirit to blog is burning :), Thanks Yuga for sharing your wisdom in the world of blogging.

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joseph · 19 years ago

Just saw the Mel and Joey episode. $ 5,000 a month? Wow.

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