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Thanks for the criticisms, Gio.

Originally Posted by Gio~Logist

The colors steer away from making the user want to read and make it seem as if the hold website is just one blurred image.

I'm sorry, but this comment leaves me confused. Can you elaborate more on this to help me understand? Maybe an example of how I may remedy the problem? Do you mean the blue sticks out too much in contrast to the brown? Or do you mean the top-aligned user info and the signature squashing the actual posts? Or do you mean there should be more contrast between the shades of brown?

Originally Posted by Gio~Logist

Also, for general forums you either want to have loads of content or loads of incentives.

Yeah.

Originally Posted by Gio~Logist

Nonetheless, this is your first website and I do wish you the best of luck, you seem to be on a decent start.

Thanks. I actually intend for this to be my only site, but I'm always looking to improve it.

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Gio,

I stumbled upon an article you wrote, and the following struck my eye:

Contrasting colors
Many people are extremely mislead when it comes to contrasting colors. Just because colors look good together doesn't mean they deserve to go against one-another. What do I mean? If you have a website with nothing more than every kind of brown known to mankind (light brown, dark brown, tan, wood, oakwood, morning-wood), yes - they will look decent, it's only logical. But is it the right move? Does it really contrast?

Contrast compare or appraise in respect to differences.

The keyword here is differences. Take vbulletin.org for example. Dark blue headings, light gray/white content backgrounds. It keeps things in perspective, makes you continue to read since the text contrasts perfectly (sticks out) against the backgrounds, and it keeps people browsing as oppose to simply glancing around.

I think I get your meaning now: you were referring to the different shades of brown. Maybe I can start by changing the far <- and -> sides of the template, outside the centered area, blue instead of brown.