As of Sunday evening The Auction Rebel has a new look. With the new theme there are some added features and some areas of the blog have been moved around. Here’s a brief explanation of what to expect and where to find it.

Archive Page - An Archive page has been added to the blog to unclutter the right sidebar. This new page contains easy to follow links to all the posts on the blog sorted by both category and the date of the post.

New RSS Reed links - There is a new location for the RSS feed to the right of the title that makes it a little easier to subscribe to the RSS feed or to get all blog posts delivered directly to your email box.

Category Navigation Bar - A new category navigation bar has been added directly below the title of the blog to make it easier for readers to access posts in specific categories.

Featured Articles - A Featured Articles section has been added. New featured articles will be posted once a week. These articles will normally be longer, in-depth, articles delving into specific aspects of doing business on eBay.

Right below the current feature article is a row of five small pictures. These represent the last five feature articles and clicking on any of them will pull that article into the larger section above the photos.

Recent Videos - Being able to easily add video to the blog was one of the primary reasons for the design change. In the future you will find video tutorials relating to various aspects of selling on eBay and Amazon here. The first tutorial should appear in about one week. Until then, the current video is there just as a placeholder.

Recent Posts - Directly below the video area you will find short recaps and links to the ten most recent post made to the blog.

On the right side bar there are slots for a total of 4 advertisement. Since this blog isn’t clogged up with affiliate links to various products, I thought I’d see if I could sell enough advertising each month to pay for the hosting fees.

Below that is a tabbed section that, depending upon which tab you click, displays the ten most popular posts, the ten most commented upon posts, the ten most recent Featured Articles, or a tag cloud for the blog.

Lower down there are drop down category and archives menus. Again, these were put in place to unclutter the side bar.

Under those are two lists - Related Sites and Information. Related Sites is the same as the old Blog Roll. Information right now contains mostly administration links, but I’ll be removing those and adding links to various eBay selling information.

I encourage readers to take a minute and let me know what you think of the new layout in the comment section below.

Photo by Matt Seppings.

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