Blogs are getting to look more like well designed web sites thanks to
blog customization that takes blogging software and the basic template to new heights in look and feel. The trend is to simply take advantage of the interactivity that blogs have built in and build an ecommerce site on the platform. Even with thousands of plugins for blogging software platforms such as Wordpress, blogging software does not have all the robustness of Content Management System software, which can become an issue as a site matures and grows into a much larger site than anticipated. People have their favorites, we think the Joomla platform is the best and has a very high degree of flexibility in design and purpose. It's said to be too complicated and that would be true to a beginner, but once the basics are learned, it is very user friendly.
Customizing a blog starts with choosing a custom blog template. There are thousands of free templates and there are more highly refined templates with more function built in.
Customizing blogs can be learned from such sites as
lynda.com and
joomlakahuna.com 
