Your About page is one of the most important pages on your site. But what if readers with short attention spans don’t click over to read it? Here’s a quick tip: display a short version on your front page, so visitors know immediately who you are. These three lifestyle bloggers show how it’s done.
Britanie Faith created her blog, Beauty By Britanie, to share her passion for beauty, fashion, and wellness. She has struggled with chronic health conditions for most of her life and focuses on healthy, clean, conscious living.
She customized her site with the Rosalie theme. In her right sidebar, she uses a Text Widget to display a photo of herself and text about her blog and mission. She also links to her About page and her email address for personal and PR inquiries.
You may see an increase in spam if you use an email link. One great alternative is using the contact form shortcode in a Custom HTML Widget, which allows people to contact you but doesn’t show your email address on your site.
Stylist and graphic designer Vivianne Oz’s interests range from fashion and travel to gastronomy and all things French. Her lifestyle blog, Yummy Mommy Paris, is written in French, but her chic style and travel photos can be enjoyed by all.
Like Britanie, Vivianne uses the Rosalie theme. At the top of her sidebar, she introduces herself with a portrait and short description of her background and passions. She uses two widgets: a Gallery Widget to display a single image with a circular frame — a style that you can set in the widget’s settings — and a Text Widget underneath for her bio.
Founded by a mother-and-daughter team in 2010, Alyssa Nicole is a demi-couture collection made in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Daughter Alyssa, the designer behind the brand, began making collections when she was 16 years old. Alyssa’s clothes are ethereal and feminine, and her romantic, delicate style is reflected in the design of her blog, or “designer diary.”
Using the Swell theme, Alyssa takes advantage of the full-width template for her homepage and blog posts. Having no sidebar, she uses her three-widget footer area for extras: a Recent Posts Widget (left), a Text Widget (middle), and a Categories Widget (right).
With the Text Widget, she displays a brief bio with a list of publications, plus an email link for blog and brand inquiries.
New to widgets? Here’s a quick video tutorial:
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So helpful! Thanks for sharing it!
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I think that’s a good strategy. Thank you for showing this.
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Very useful post 😇
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Thank you for the tip. I didn’t realise an image can be adjusted using the gallery widget, will be exploring that option.
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Very important post. Let us explore together…
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Thanks for the post
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Thank you for the help!
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Thanks for this tip. I will definitely be using it soon!
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These are great examples! I am off to improve my own bio blurb now.
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Great idea! Thank you for sharing.
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Great post!
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great idea
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Such a good tip, hadn’t thought about doing this before but it’s a great idea 🙂
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Why did I never think of this?! Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing…
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How helpful!💛
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This is exactly what I needed, thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for the tip on adding Widgets. And sharing some great examples. Have to go check out these blogs. 🙂
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I’m new to wordpress. Thank you for sharing some helpful tips!
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How did she add the flowers and her font?
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Britanie’s scripted site title and tagline (with the flowers) are part of her custom header image: https://wordpress.com/support/custom-header-image/
You can upload a custom image for this top section of your site in your Customizer; it’s a free feature for all users. For reference, here are a few older tutorials we’ve done that show you how to make your own with free editing tools like PicMonkey or Canva:
https://wordpress.com/dailypost/2014/02/18/free-custom-header/
https://wordpress.com/dailypost/2015/06/10/canva-custom-headers/
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Thank you so much, will be put to use. Very informational and helpful 😊😊
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Wow this was totally helpful! I was stuck on how to add some cool widgets and features, and this really gave me some good information I could use as a rookie blogger!
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Thank you for sharing!
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Interesting and so much helpful! Thank you!!!
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Love this!!!
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hadn’t thought about doing a contact form in shortcode! great idea. thanks so much!
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Thanks!! 👍🏻
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Useful Post 👍
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Thanks for posting.Helpful,indeed.
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Thanks!! 👍🏻
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Very useful tips. Thanks.
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I will certainly be using your tips . thanks for sharing
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Very helpful! Thank you
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Great post!😊
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This is an unedited page? Im confused. Are these real examples?
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Hi there — yes, the examples in this post are real sites.
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Thanks alot. A very helpful post!
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Thanks a lot, very helpful
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Aah finally, this sooooo very helpful and useful! I am going to try this immediatly! Thank you!
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Thank you this is very helpful! I’ll keep this strategy in mind while perfecting my blog. Thank you!
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