Addiction blog. Not pretty but true.

Discussion in 'Websites' started by alanbutt, Nov 3, 2008.

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    Hi from South Africa,
    My blog at http://alcoholism-alifesentence.blogspot.com is my story of recovery from Alcoholism and Depression after receiving ECT. Would do you pros think of it? Only 4 months old so lots of obvious mistakes.
    Cheers
    alanbutt
     
    alanbutt, Nov 3, 2008 IP
  2. kingofsanda

    kingofsanda Peon

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    You should have Alcoholism-A Life Sentence and some type of graphic
    in the header but you should move the rest of the text down and place
    it below your header. You should change the color of your adsense ads
    to make it match the theme of the blog. The ads at the bottom of the
    page would look better if they were center aligned, good luck with the
    blog.
     
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  3. alanbutt

    alanbutt Peon

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    Thanks,
    Great advise but how do I do those things?
     
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    Nice concept for blogging. If you want to say a message about something to people you have got to have your blog's interface to be like something that will enhance ur advice. I think apart from the header image that you have put for your blog everything is fine enough..
     
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    Really great concept, and I wish you the best of luck.

    The blog's layout may turn people away, but the content may be enough to attract people despite the layout and color scheme.
     
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    Very topical nowadays. But the colors of the ads don't match the entire theme of the blog. And I don't really like the choice of red color. It doesn't look attractive. You begin to understand the importance of the blog only after reading a couple of posts. Make it more attractive for people's eyes
     
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    Hi guys,
    Thanks for bothering to reply. Basically I am quite new at all this. I kow I have the content and the blog has been received well. However a lot of the technical stuff is a little beyond me. Here are my main problems. Help please.

    That white colour arond the blog came from nowhere. How do I get rid of it?
    How do I move the Header text below the image and change the font and clorour?
    What would be the best colour for the Adsense ads?
    How do i change the fonts,sizes and colours in the Sidebar?

    Wow. A lot of questions. Good luck.

    Cheers
    alanbutt
    http://alcoholism-alifesentence.blogspot.com
     
    alanbutt, Nov 7, 2008 IP