Title: our first wordpress blog Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # our first wordpress blog * [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/) * my friend and i started our own blog that we ported over from blogspot @ [http://www.whatsgoodblog.com](http://www.whatsgoodblog.com).. please check it out and give me some feedback/criticism! we have been working to improve and would appreciate any thoughts.. thanks! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Jon Dingman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdingman/) * (@jdingman) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1326913) * the ads on the side look spammy. a tech blog that has gym ads? bad targeting, imo. * the brown background makes it a bit hard to read too, you might consider switching to a different theme. * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1326942) * well we’re not really only about tech, but i will take a look at the ads. what about changing the font color? do you think that would help readability? * [vaibhavkanwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaibhavkanwal/) * (@vaibhavkanwal) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327038) * The content is fine. It would look good if you give a background to the page area which displays the content to separate it from the background. * Both the foreground and background are of the same colours – Brown. Also, please add some margins to the page area. * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327059) * what colors do you think would look good? * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327062) * and do you know how to add a border to the page area? or some help with where/ what the code should be? thanks! * [vaibhavkanwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaibhavkanwal/) * (@vaibhavkanwal) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327066) * I tried changing the foreground using Firebug but things got more messed up. There is something wrong with the theme you are using. * To put things in perspective, have a look at this [http://is.gd/5IYHO](http://is.gd/5IYHO), in the screen-shot you’ll notice that things look as if they are HANGING and are not structured. * You need a better theme, by structured I mean they are not in sync. Have a look at my [Blog](http://programmingkid.com), maybe you’ll know what I am talking about. * Thanks * [vaibhavkanwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaibhavkanwal/) * (@vaibhavkanwal) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327068) * [Sent you a mail] * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327074) * thanks for the help. i put borders around the sidebars so far * [Gestroud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gestroud/) * (@gestroud) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327097) * You might want to consider making the videos fit the width of the content area. * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327102) * yeah, we started to do that with the new ones. the old blogger blog was wider, but the newwer ones we have made smaller * [directorysieve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/directorysieve/) * (@directorysieve) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327120) * I have never liked a dark background color, not all that friendly to the eyes. Apart from that, everything else looks good, the featured content plugin is great, and your content is good too, * I would suggest to add perhaps a little less banner ads and more contextual adsense to the blog 🙂 * [Gabe Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabeyoung/) * (@gabeyoung) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327133) * The biggest problem isn’t the design rather the lack of focus. A blog about anything and everything just won’t gain any traction. * Thread Starter [jaybooshay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaybooshay/) * (@jaybooshay) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327162) * yeah i know, its hard for us to get traffic bc we are targeted to a large group that isnt focused on anything specific. weve been experimenting on it the last few months and there is a nitch out there, its finding them thats difficult * [Gabe Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabeyoung/) * (@gabeyoung) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327168) * Choose a niche that you’re passionate about. Don’t stress over finding that perfect niche to write about, just make sure it’s targeted. * For example, just keep it to technology reviews or TV show rants. Don’t mix them all up on the same site. Not only will you not be able to gain a following, search engines won’t know who you are either. * [ijessi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijessi/) * (@ijessi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/our-first-wordpress-blog/#post-1327239) * hey guys, I’m having a similar problem with the background and page color. I’m hoping someone can help. Here’s my blog: [http://www.hiyapapaya.com](http://www.hiyapapaya.com) * My goal: to separate the orange background color from the white foreground page color. * Right now I just have a 300px border around the white page temporarily, but what I would really like is to have the background be the orange color and the page be the white color. * (It looked great in safari until I viewed it in firefox and the WHOLE page was orange–there was no white page, it look ugly.) * thanks in advance!!! 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