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How much formatting your articles?

Time passes the visitors on your blog is ridiculous? It was you said that your items were difficult to read? Is it drives have noted you that your prose lacking formatting?


But how much formatting your articles without making it too, or not enough? To discover these boards of edition of articles follow the guide…


I do not speak here of the police, even if 12px should be a minimum, 14 px is better. I speak of your columns!


Your opinion is this coincidence if 99% of blogs have a "sidebar" (a right or left of the content)? Not! The menu could very well be at the top and most of the widgets in a sidebar are useless. But then why do? Well take the test and remove your sidebar. Your articles will quickly become unreadable (especially on large screens).


Made so attention has reduced for your text but also not too small space. 500px (including margins) should be a minimum. Another rating, 800px or more seems disproportionate, 700px is already not bad. Below an example of the same text with three sizes of different column.


It is tempting to write large blocks of text that are much simpler to generate. It is more complicated to subsections of a 4 to 5 lines because this requires that you stay concise in each idea founded.


The key is in the, so that your article is easy to read, must be paragraphs structures, more or less the same size and with a single information block. Remember, if you want to skip a line is that you change your idea or add a supplement. Create therefore a second paragraph.


To write short paragraphs, make the sentences short and powerful. Also myself, I am still not be perfect in this area. Nevertheless, writing short, elaguez your prose of everything which is not essential.
At the beginning is hard. You'll yet quickly find that ca makes text easier to read.


You have a good size paragraphs. Go now was what makes fluid reading and allows to attract the eye of the reader. Put in evidence each concept ideas with a title. Do do not too long under wanting mysterious titles or sets of words.


Yet again, go has the essential and well resumez the content of your block of paragraphs. If a block seems you much more wholesale all other, divide the in several parts and add and sub titles. Do not hesitate to play with your styles (CSS) that your different titles is well demarquent (different, large sizes, gras… colours).


The use of the FAT () or to a lesser extent italics () makes your scripts more live. It is essential in your paragraphs. So your readers will be able to stop on the most important phrases or words. You have two ways to:


put the FAT only on one or words continued. Generally this is for the purpose of referencing to highlight expressions key of your article (often the same elsewhere) put the fat on pieces of sentences or even of whole phrases. In this case you have an approach more "marketing". You will thus allow a your readers do read the words in bold. In this case your sentences must "to follow" and form a coherent whole that summary article.
Personally I long put in value terms on which I wanted to I reference. I have finally dropped a few months ago to adopt the second method. I find it more convenient for visitors. And Google will always navigate the sentences in bold for me reference on important ideas.


It was therefore a few tips for help formatting your articles. Therefore avoid laying large packs of text not formates! Because unless you have a book format or a huge as police (and yet he respects the small size of column and aeration of paragraphs), you will drive away your readers. And you what do you think of these tips? In use you others?