One of the best and easiest ways to connect with readers outside of your website is through Twitter. By adding a “follow me” badge or image to your sidebar, you’ll find that other twitterers who call by your blog will very often add you to those they already follow.

Some of the most attractive blogs around have a signature image at the bottom of every post. Post signatures range from the plainer style, with text only, to more complex image files.

Too often, the choice of basic fonts available can limit the look of your blog. And by using an image for your header, you can create some wonderful effects. The most frustrating part with WordPress blogs is how to do that and still have your header as a ‘clickable’ link to the home page of [...]