I have spent a couple of days working on the design and I'm pretty happy with it but any constructive criticism and advice would be great. www.newtoprogramming.com
The content is great but I do not like the color scheme or the template. The theme does not match the contents of your site, I think the overall design could be improved, good luck with the site.
i don't like the colors i think you need to have much better template its very old style temp! Get a 3 column temp add more articles post labels categories on the side! you need some work
There is something about it that doesn't make it look right, I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it has to do with the colors not matching.
You could google search for great free templates, the black templates seems ok but empty on the right side add a column or something, you could also add header image, if you couldn't make a header by your self you could search for a free header image, I hope that helps