30 Well-Executed Blog Post Footer Designs

What happens when a visitor reaches the end of your blog posts? Could be they move on to another article, promote the post through social media, follow your RSS or simply comment and move on to the next blog. Obviously the last thing we want is for our readers to simply read an article and then move on to another blog. So just what can we do to keep these readers around?

The blog post footer, situated between the bottom of an article and the comment section, provides the perfect opportunity to serve up some interactive options for your site and hopefully keep visitors around for more.

Blog.SpoonGraphics

GraphicDesignBlender

Spyre Studios

Hongkiat

Carsonified.com/blog

TrippingWords

Freelance Folder

PSD.Tutsplus

psd.tutsplus

Onextrapixel

Oneextrapixel

Little Box Of Ideas

DesignInformer

ProBlogDesign

ProBlogDesign

iDesignStudios/blog

UX Booth

Blog.EchoEnduring

MyInkBlog

FudgeGraphics

Line25

Pvmgarage

CreativityDen

SmashingMagazine

GoMediaZine

CSSGlobe

Tutorial9

Blog.ThemeForest

Abduzeedo

OutlawDesignBlog

InstantShift

Vectips

VisualSwirl

In Conclusion

As I mentioned in the opening, I pursued this list in an effort to grab some inspiration for an upcoming redesign of Bluefaqs. Thanks to the special attention that these designers have paid to their blog post footer, I now have a good grasp of what I’m wanting to accomplish with mine. I’m hoping that you found some inspiration from this roundup as well or at the very minimum have seen what can be done with this section of your blog. If you have a well-designed blog post footer that wasn’t mentioned above, please feel free to point a link to it in the comments below.

Written by Shawn Ramsey

When I’m not brewing my own beer or hiking through the local National Forest, I’m busy building a more beautiful web.

@shawnramz → / bitdrips.com →


8 Comments

  1. designi1 February 12, 2010 at 10:22 am #

    Saved for future use!!! You´ve here some great examples what i want for the designi1.com :P You saved me some research time!!thanks

  2. Brian Parks February 12, 2010 at 1:52 pm #

    Great list.

    I wanted to submit my blog post footer. You can check it out on this post.

    http://www.creativewhirlwind.com/redesigning-realigning-parks-design/

  3. Marek Antoni February 13, 2010 at 8:03 am #

    I’ve never seen a list like this before, very original. Thanks for putting this together!

  4. Franz Jeitz February 13, 2010 at 10:57 am #

    Great collection. Thanks for putting this together and including Fudgegraphics!

  5. Gianfranco March 10, 2010 at 8:21 am #

    Cool list. By the way, here’s mine: “http://styozero.com

  6. Hesyunfofesty March 18, 2010 at 7:19 pm #

    i seriously love all your posting style, very helpful.
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    looking forward to browse through much more of your current stories, have a good one!

  7. sham May 1, 2011 at 12:22 am #

    Thanks for the list.If there is some tutorial to teach how to design post footer do share with us!

  8. safwan October 31, 2012 at 1:08 pm #

    good going. I love the footers.

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