Basic Layout Considerations for Your Blog

The layout of a blog is extremely important, and should be one of the first things to consider, aside from what you are going write for it. (I tend to use similar layouts and themes for specific blogging platforms.) Many blogging platforms allow you to change the appearance and layout of your blog via directly editing the HTML or the use of WYSIWYG editors. The following tips are things you should consider when creating a layout for your new blog.
Use "negative space" to separate your content.

I am probably using the term "negative space" incorrectly. I think I should have used the word "margins" instead.