[UKBDF]

Hey Guys

Been working on a new blog at work and changing some bits what do you think?

http://www.engravedgiftideas.com/weddingblog/

[sally]

Gosh I certainly wasn't expecting black for a wedding theme!! Erm, it's er, black!!

There is nothing to really inspire me to celebrate a big day or invoke images of fluffy dresses, flowers and love. Sorry but black would put me off straight away.

[UKBDF]

But black is the main concept of our site hence keeps the id through out.

[Indizine]

Agree with Sally, if you want mainstream buyers, it's wrong brand for that market.

However, wbhy dont you niche it to Civil Partnerships for Gay People and so on. This then would be edgy and different, as typically, the grooms wont be wearing white meringue dresses and holding pink carnations!

Just an idea.

[sally]

but surely people looking for wedding gifts are not going to google corporate gifts, so they will enter your site on a page for wedding gifts and will expect the usual images?

[MSC]

It is very 'masculine' and although it might be in keeping with your branding, the majority of people buying wedding-related goods and services are women.

[Calibre Designs]

You can still have the corporate branding theme with a different colour background.

Black is just not "wedding".

[UKBDF]

Its not a site where people can buy wedding gifts its more for SEO and content! But I can see whwere you are coming from.

[RedEvo]

IMHO you have concentrated on the easy bit - the look and feel. I would have cracked on creating content and left the standard design in place. Once you had a head of steam content wise - and Google was indexing it - you could have slapped a new design on top. Blogs are, first and foremost, about content.

All just my humble opinion.

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[Arleigh]

The blog has a nice layout and design. However, just like other members have been said, it will really look better and more related to your theme if you use a different color background...