you have two pic before the topic right, I advice you to delete one of them ( I recommend the pic to be deleted)
You can also use stronger shade of color because the shade is a little bit dull

as for the background color, you can use darker background color than the foreground so that the eyes of the viewer will be more focused

you can also run posting contest to increase the number of online members

good luck to your site

PS: I don't want to get paid
