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The site does look bad, seems you have a problem choosing color scheme or blending a scheme.

The red at the top, in the header area, looks strange and it doesn't match, maybe change it from red? Other than that, I think the layout is okay, not really good, but it shows that you tried...

(2009-10-20, 12:03 AM)T0m Wrote: [ -> ]He wants constructive feedback. Not saying its sucks i can do better.

So it looks good is an constructive feedback? it sounds more like an lie for me.

(2009-10-20, 03:55 AM)Lyndon Wrote: [ -> ]I'll be taking everyone except 2kh advice into consideration.
As for the validation I'll fix all my errors when I'm finished.

Ofcourse not, because i'm the only one who is honest. i guess that is to much for you.

(2009-10-20, 11:34 AM)2KH Wrote: [ -> ]

(2009-10-20, 12:03 AM)T0m Wrote: [ -> ]He wants constructive feedback. Not saying its sucks i can do better.

So it looks good is an constructive feedback? it sounds more like an lie for me.

No, constructive feedback would be telling him what he can do to improve on making templates. You dont have to say its good, you dont even have to say its bad, you just have to point out things that need worked on. Mostly everyone was saying they didnt like the shades of red he used, and that he should use better shades. THATS constructive feedback.

The best constructive criticism points out both good and bad so it doesn't seem like a wall of "you suck." It also should suggest improvements, as long as the improvements are in line with what the author originally wanted. For example, the author used red in his design, so I suggested how to improve the use of red in the design. I even suggested a specific shade of red he might try using.

What were your suggestions, 2KH?

@Lyndon: Most of the validation things are simply forgetting the '/>' at the end of <img /> tags, as well as using depreciated attributes in <td> tags that could easily be replaced by 'style="blah". Fixing these validation errors will also help your design look more consistent across browsers. There's an HTML Validator plugin for FF that works very well on web pages that W3's validator normally wouldn't be able to access (i.e. members only pages) and gives a quick but detailed overview of what's wrong with the code. It's fun noticing when a website has problems and seeing what they are. I've noticed that many dynamically generated webpages have problems with '&'.

My Suggestions:

1. Make the container/thing thinner. Fix it at 800px perhaps.
2. Reds: Make them a bit brighter.
3. Header: More padding around the text always looks better imo.
4. In general, save yourself some trouble, and organize the template more. Right now you're using tables, divs, and the header, footer and wrapper are separate. Put them all into a #container, then separate them from there. Also, use DIVs and floating to position your elements.

Aside from that, work on aligning and positioning everything better. For example, the login bit looks like:



Whereas it would look much better as this (changed bg for appearance purposes):



My 2 cents, I suggest you try those things I listed.

I haven't been to happy with the header so I will try changing some things.

Final Design Up. Working on adding all the pages. You have to go to them manually though.

The shade of green on the hover is WAY to bright. Just make it a slightly lighter shade of the regular nav color.

I suggest either chainging the green hover or adding an arrow if their is a drop down. Like seen here.

Honestly, I liked the red better. However, with the green, once again it's over-saturated. I would suggest using #6DC04B for the highlighted colors, and #49952A for the normal shades. With the live support button, I would suggest using a (darker) shade of green when offline (so it kind of blends in better, right now it stands out) and either a lighter shade of green when online or a different color to help it stand out.