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Tell Apple that But anyway, it can go either way. It all depends on the girl, but yes, in general, they tend to lean toward brighter websites... but you can make a steel website appealing to either gender. You just need to tone down the texture a bit and maybe change it to gradients. And everyone loves shadows and curves Well, not everyone.. but many

<p>Text goes here.</p> p {width:470px;border:1px solid #333;padding:15px;} That would make all paragraph tags a max width of 470 pixels wide (500 after padding) with a 1 pixel border that is colored dark grey. It would also have 15 pixels of padding on the inside. Just put the css in your css file (.css) and the other in between the body tags where you want it :-) As for the H1, H2, and H3 tags, you can use the the same way - they just come bold and with font sizes... so change the font size (font-size:1.2em or something) and the weight if you want (font-weight:bold; or font-weight:normal;). If you have any other questions or need more help, feel free to contact me on any IM or by PM. Email works too

I'll mostly stay away from what's already been mentioned, but I do suggest making the header image wider and shorter. The header is very appealing, but it takes your attention away from what's important: the content. The header is important as well, but you can make just as much of an impact with a short and wide banner as you can with that one... but you'll also give the user a chance to peek at the content at the same time, and their eyes will naturally move down and read. Always remember, users don't like to scroll I'll be sure to keep my eyes out to see how it turns out. Best of luck to you!

The texture is fine... but change the colors around. Also add some shadows, round corners, and make the text easier to read. As for the menu tabs, make the corners more rounded (less pixelated). The title of the site is also in need of a color and possibly a font change. Past the general pointers I've stated, it's all up to you. Play around with things and see how you like it. Once you get something that is moving more in the direction you want it (not just the idea as you have it now, but to the point that you think it is 'now'), bring it back here and we can help you out with fine-tuning it

First off, the prices aren't all that great :-P My prices are about... half that. But besides that... I really like the colors you chose. The 'Your hosting solution' blends in a bit in the header, so darken that a bit if you can. Other than that, I love it. As for the code, kill the tables. Switch over to divs and use labels for the forms. Best of luck to you and your hosting services

I love the colors and layout. The only thing I would suggest in terms of changing the look of things would be to align the menu items to the left. (Keep 'Quick Links' centered... just the items themselves). Oh, and moving "Get Linked..." over to be aligned with the icons. As for the code, I'd suggest breaking the header into 4 images (the left logo and the 3 icons) and changing the "Get Linked..." to actual text... then making the icons real links instead of an... image map? In regards to the menu, you could probably remove it entirely (or remove the links that are provided in the quick links section). This will move your content up in the source. Also, if possible, move the quick links section (in the code) below the content of the site (like the other two side items). One other thing I noticed was the footer. Consider moving it inside the content box or styling it so it looks like it's supposed to be there. Other than that, you're moving in the right direction. I wish you the best of luck with your site!

To be completely honest, it appeared to be a testing site... to show the functionality only - with very little time spent on the design. Work on making the layout flow together better. The header image looks like an advertising button someone would put in a signature... the height is fine, just make it the width of the site. And you don't need to expand the text in the header at all... just expand the background of the header. Incorporate the "Why pay?..." and "Fast, Free..." into the header image as well (make sure to have the text in the source - for search engines and screen readers). As for the content, make everything fit together better. Right now, all of the boxes are different widths and have a different style to them. Some have borders, others have backgrounds, and others have nothing at all. Just adding a few borders and backgrounds would spruce this site up quite a bit... and images would do even more. Just stick with the basic look and fit the puzzle together a little more snug. Other than that, the general layout looks fine. Just needs some widths and colors set. Once you've done that, you should be all set. Best of luck to you!

Integrate the menu more... and either change the header background or the header text... they don't fit together very well Besides that, try changing the background color of the grey boxes a bit... or make it flush with the header image (remove the lonely link below the header). As for the amount of text you chose to use for the snippet, I'd suggest using a paragraph or two. Reading one or two sentences doesn't tend to draw people in as much as a whole paragraph does. If you don't believe me, go pick up a newspaper. They'll have several paragraphs on the front page that 'link' to another section. Sometimes even newspapers write too much on the front page though. I think one to two paragraphs is best because it introduces the topic, but doesn't make the reader bored if they aren't interested in that particular post. That way, they can move onto the next without much scrolling. Other than a few padding/margin sizes not looking right (unequal padding around content), I'd say to just change the search box to white. Can't really tell it's there as easily as you should be able to. And one last thing: add some hover effects to the menu... not integrating is one thing... but making it appear to be just plain text is another. It looks like this site is shaping up quite well. Hope you get everything figured out

One word: Wow. In design terms, there's nothing to say other than that. It's simply, but not to the point where it doesn't look good. The only thing I can even come up with in terms of design is possibly changing the grey on the bottom to something else... maybe lighter... or darker... not really sure. It looks a bit odd, but I still love it regardless. As for the programming behind it, consider disabling the linking of words like 'in', 'to', 'of', 'the', etc. Try to stick to nouns and verbs only. This could be accomplished by either allowing certain words (recommend against this) or disabling words (much smaller list, ergo recommended). In terms of popularity, you will probably gain and lose it quickly unless you do something to keep it. Make it possible for other users to use the quotes - either quote of the day (using something other than twitter), week, or just a random one (I'd suggest quote of the day - can be automatic with a cron job). Best of luck to you! P.S. - Add a clickable logo to your homepage in the top somewhere (left, right, center - you decide)... sometimes people like to get a completely random one... without having to move the mouse or hit F5 constantly And search engines will be a bit more friendly

I absolutely love the image on the bottom, but it is out of place on the website. The menu and header have the Marker/Paint look to them while the image is more... trendy? It just has a different feel than the header/menu. As for the fonts used for the header and menu: I tend to suggest using the same font if they're very similar. They both have the bold white look, but the menu has rounded ends while the header has more square ends. The header also looks like it's pixelated. I'm guessing it's a texture to make it look rustic or something along those lines? Regardless of the reasoning behind it, I vote to apply it to the menu as well or get rid of it... so basically use the menu style or use the header style... the two of them together make it look like you couldn't figure out which you liked better. As for the background, it hurts my eyes to read the text with that behind it. It isn't that it's a bad image... it's just too busy for a background... darkening it a bit could help - because the image isn't bad at all - just hard to read the text. Other than that, I like the design of the site. I wish you the best of luck with making it look perfect!

I like the colors a lot. I think the background in the small box (with OpenBlog in it) could do without the gradient and the 'Share your thoughts' could be white instead, but other than that, the colors work great. The only other thing I would suggest is to add the poster's name to the footer of each blog post. That way all of the information (date, time, author, etc) is in the same spot. As for the frame, I'd suggest making the site frameless (even if it requires paying). Frames can seriously mess up bookmarking. I don't have anything else, so I wish you the best of luck with your site!

The first thing I would suggest is boxing things in. Make your site the width of your header and separate the content with borders as you see fit. Generally, I'll have a border around the content, and below the header and menu. Sometimes I'll also include borders around some of the content if it's in several columns. As for the colors, try a black base color (body {background-color:#000;}) and a dark grey content background (#content {background-color:#333;}). You could then go with #777 for #999 for the color of the text. The #777/#999 won't be too difficult to read, yet keeps the dark look you're going for. After checking your code, I've noticed you several tables just to put the title or paragraphs of text in. It's completely unnecessary and that would be where you're getting the multi-colored borders from. Replace the title with h tags (<h1>, <h2>) and add an alt message to your header image (search engines can't read images :-)). Place the text of the page into paragraphs (<p>text goes here</p>) and set the borders/padding/margins of the tables in the css - it gives you a lot more flexibility. Also, I could not completely load the website. You may want to look into that. In short, ditch the tables, separate the content, and change the colors around a bit. If you have any questions, feel free to ask :-)

It may just be the fact that I'm using FF3 on Ubuntu, but the layout seems to be thrown together a bit. For example, the menu is in a white box... with a border on three sides, but not the bottom.. and it just goes right into the blue background (of the content, not the background itself - more on this later). The basic boxes will work out great if you clean it up a bit. I'd suggest extending the menu box down around the content of the page with a padding on both sides and on the bottom. I would also suggest changing the background of the content (header image, menu, etc) to something other than the main background color of the page (the blue). It makes it look like the image is just cut off and makes it look unprofessional. Adding a 1px border around all of the content and changing the background at least a little bit will make it look 100% better. As for the expanding of the site, consider setting a minimum width to the content of the site (a wrapper around text and header image). It will prevent the text/columns from shrinking after the page has shrunk down to the size of the header image. This way, the content will stop shrinking at the same time the image stops moving. Other than that, maybe add a 1px black border below the ads... and get the forum page up and running. But that's all I can think of. The site definitely has potential. I wish you the best of luck with it!

Overall, I like it. I'm not a huge fan of the current-menu-item layout, but I love the other menu items. The green/shadow mix on the top just make it look blurry in my opinion. Well, it may just be the header in general. I love the idea behind it, and how it's put together... it's just not as crisp as I think it ought to be. But it's your site, not mine :-P The 'You are here:' tells me I'm nowhere (nothing after it). The search box in the top right corner is a bit hard to notice and looks like a button more than it does a text field. Maybe try lightening it up a bit to help it to catch visitors' attention. Another thing I noticed was that the site was lacking on the integration side of things. Home, Groups, Search, and Register all use the same style of content - white rounded squares with shadowing effects. The forum is completely boxy and lacking of images almost entirely. The Community section is boxy as well, but incorporates inner-shadows, borders, and gradients. Any of the three styles would work great if you stuck to one style, but having different styles on each page make it look like you threw it together and didn't take the time to make it look professional. Also, 3 of the 4 footer links don't work, and the 4th is full of Joomla news - your community probably wants to see the community news - not Joomla's. Other than that, I love the direction the site is headed in. It'll take a bit of work, but I'm sure it'll look amazing once you're finished. I wish you the best of luck!

@Acs - I plan to do everything free of AJAX and then add in AJAX as add-on functionality. That way each person can choose what to use AJAX with and what not to use it with :-D Thanks for the suggestion/heads-up!