diff --git a/content/second.md b/content/second.md
index 1799360..f0c842c 100644
--- a/content/second.md
+++ b/content/second.md
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@ date = 2025-01-31
 updated = 2025-01-31
 +++
 
-This is my second blog post.
+This is my second blog post, I'm still testing Zola!!! I just really wanted to see how longer form content looks and how it grows within my page
+
+hopefully this will work well, it seems good, as long as I can get the content of the actual blog post to appear lol...
+
+who really knows:
+- Something is always broken
+- If it's not broken it will break eventually
+- [x] The thing I care about is currently breaking
diff --git a/static/main.css b/static/main.css
index 92d98cc..07ab95b 100644
--- a/static/main.css
+++ b/static/main.css
@@ -1,36 +1,43 @@
 * {
   margin: 0rem;
+}
+
+html {
+  margin: 0rem;
   padding: 0rem;
 }
 
-html {
-  color: #000000;
-}
-
-/* Magic background CSS lives here */
 body {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: start;
+  align-items: center;
   font-family: monospace;
-  color: #e4e4e4;
+  padding: 2rem;
   font-size: 18px;
-  margin: auto;
-  max-width: 57rem;
   line-height: 1.4;
-  -webkit-hyphens: auto;
-  -ms-hyphens: auto;
-  hyphens: auto;
-  text-align: center;
-  background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, rgba(0,0,0,1) 10%, rgba(65,14,105, 1) 40%, rgba(55,17,95, 1) 50%, rgba(32,14,84, 1) 60%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 90%);
-}
-
-ul {
-  margin-top: 4rem;
+  /* Fancy background CSS styling lives here */
+  background: linear-gradient(
+    to bottom right,
+    rgba(0, 0, 0, 1),
+    rgba(65, 15, 75, 1) 40%,
+    rgba(65, 15, 90, 1) 50%,
+    rgba(30, 15, 80, 1) 60%,
+    rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)
+  );
+  background-size: 100% 100%;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-attachment: fixed;
 }
 
 li {
-  margin-top: 1rem;
   list-style-type: none;
 }
 
+ul {
+  padding: 0rem;
+}
+
 a {
   color: #4361ee;
   text-decoration: none;
@@ -46,11 +53,11 @@ a:hover {
 }
 
 #site-content {
-  margin: 5rem auto;
-  padding: 1rem;
-  padding-bottom: 2rem;
+  max-width: 55rem;
+  color: #e4e4e4;
+  padding: 2rem;
   border-radius: 1rem;
-  background: rgba(0,0,0, 0.7);
+  background: rgba(0,0,0, 0.78);
   box-shadow: 1rem 1rem 1rem 1rem rgba(0,0,0, 0.5);
 }
 
@@ -58,9 +65,8 @@ a:hover {
   font-size: 10px;
   color: #e4e4e4;
   text-decoration: none;
-  margin: 1rem;
-  padding-bottom: 14px;
-  border-bottom: #e4e4e4 8px dotted;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  text-align: center;
 }
 
 #ascii-header a {
@@ -74,12 +80,54 @@ a:hover {
 }
 
 #welcome-message {
-  margin: 1rem;
-  padding-bottom: 14px;
+  padding: 1rem;
   font-weight: bold;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+#blog-page-title {
+  padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+#blog-post-content {
+  padding-top: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+#blog-post-content p {
+  padding: 1rem;
+}
+
+#blog-post-content ul {
+  padding: 1rem;
+  padding-top: 0rem;
+  /* Align the inner il elements correctly */
+  margin-left: 1rem;
+}
+
+#blog-post-content li {
+  list-style-type: disc;
+}
+
+.dotted-border {
   border-bottom: #e4e4e4 8px dotted;
+  width: 100%;
 }
 
 .title {
   letter-spacing: -2px;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.blog-entry-container {
+  padding: 1rem;
+  padding-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+.blog-entry-title {
+  padding-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+.blog-post-date {
+  text-align: center;
 }
diff --git a/templates/404.html b/templates/404.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6a14a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/404.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<main id="main-content">
+  <div id="welcome-message">
+    <h2 id="blog-page-title">|| 404 Not Found ||</h2>
+    <h6 class="blog-post-date">These are not the frogs you're looking for 👋 🐸</h6>
+  </div>
+  <div class="dotted-border"></div>
+</main>
+{% endblock content %}
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 8657201..720988e 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -16,21 +16,8 @@
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  ██████    ██    ██████  ███████ ██   ██ ██      ██   ██  ██████   ██████  ██ ██      ██ ███████ 
   </pre></a></div>
-    <main id="main-content">
-      <div id="welcome-message">
-        <h1 class="title">
-          Welcome
-        </h1>
-        <p>
-        This blog is made with 💜 and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.getzola.org">Zola!</a>
-        </br>
-        It's currently running on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vultr.com">Vultr</a> for free with 500MB of RAM and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</a>
-        </p>
-      </div>
-      <div class="blog-posts">
-        {% block content %} {% endblock %}
-      </div>
-    </main>
+  <div class="dotted-border"></div>
+    {% block content %} {% endblock content %}
   </div>
 </body>
 
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 43f3a35..94f6fb2 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 {% block content %}
-<ul>
-  <!-- If you are using pagination, section.pages will be empty.
-       You need to use the paginator object -->  
-  {% for page in section.pages %}
-  <li><a href="{{ page.permalink | safe }}">{{ page.title }}</a></li>
-  {% endfor %}
-</ul>
+<main id="main-content">
+  <div id="welcome-message">
+    <h1 class="title">Welcome</h1>
+    <p>This blog is made with 💜 and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.getzola.org">Zola!</a></p>
+    <p>It's currently running on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vultr.com">Vultr</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</a>
+    </p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="dotted-border"></div>
+  <div class="blog-entry-container">
+    <h3 class="title">View the latest posts</h3>
+      <ul>
+      <!-- If you are using pagination, section.pages will be empty.
+           You need to use the paginator object -->  
+        {% for page in section.pages %}
+        <li class="blog-entry-title">{{ page.date }} // <a href="{{ page.permalink | safe }}">{{ page.title }}</a></li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+  </div>
+</main>
 {% endblock content %}
diff --git a/templates/page.html b/templates/page.html
index 559a8a0..9168758 100644
--- a/templates/page.html
+++ b/templates/page.html
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-  <meta charset="utf-8">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href=/main.css>
-  <title>🐸 CyberFrog</title>
-</head>
+{% extends "base.html" %}
 
-<body>
-  <h1 class="title">Cyberfrog blog</h1>
-  <main id="main-content">
-    <h2 class="blog-title">{{ page.title }}</h2>
-    <h4 class="blog-post-date">Published: {{ page.date }} || Last updated: {{ page.updated }}</h4>
-    <div class="blog-posts">
-      {% block content %} {% endblock %}
-    </div>
-  </main>
-</body>
-
-</html>
+{% block content %}
+<main id="main-content">
+  <div id="welcome-message">
+    <h2 id="blog-page-title">{{ page.title }}</h2>
+    <h6 class="blog-post-date">// Published: {{ page.date }} // Modified: {{ page.updated }} //</h6>
+  </div>
+  <div class="dotted-border"></div>
+  <div id="blog-post-content">
+    {{ page.content | safe }}
+  </div>
+</main>
+{% endblock content %}