The backgrounds are shocking! I guess that will get the visitor to STOP! and look at the site.
The color scheme is a little rough on this viewer.. Maybe a more 'subdued' color layout for the background?
I'll add my voice to the chorus. The background is mind-numbing.
a bit more bad than good
I think it's fine, the background IS a bit much. Maybe a more blue background. The concept is good ^-^.
Once removing my shades, I was able to see the keyboard ... :wink: To begin -- a little bright but nevertheless, I think it shows good potential. From a professional perspective, I'd suggest you get the markup sorted and get a reasonable DocType header in place through which you can validate and make the site standards compliant and more accessible. I suggest you could easily go for HTML 4.01. There are certainly challenges with your use of tables for display and positioning purposes but you'll probably have to leave those as is simply because of the CSS learning curve you'll have to negotiate on the road to estranging content and presentation. But there's no reason you couldn't get HTML 4.01 Strict in place. Take a look at the [url=http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html][u:d8b250d65d]headers available here[/u:d8b250d65d][/url]. 4.01's about halfway down the page. Once you've included the header, you can validate it against the [url=http://validator.w3.org/][u:d8b250d65d]W3C validator[/u:d8b250d65d][/url] and work your way through the errors it throws up. If you get really stuck you can always drop me a PM or we can work through it on the forum as an illuminating exercise for all. Once you've got the markup validating to DocType we can then make the move toward accessibility using some simple online automated validators - [url=http://bobby.watchfire.com][u:d8b250d65d]Bobby[/u:d8b250d65d][/url] or [url=http://www.contentquality.com][u:d8b250d65d]Cynthia[/u:d8b250d65d][/url] - that'll go a long way toward getting you certainly WAI A or perhaps even Double-A compliance. Why bother? Because the more you make the site compliant and accessible, the greater your market reach and the more potential revenue for your client. Simple economics. I won't go too heavily into the design aesthetics of the site since I believe this is a personal (and client-driven) area and, in truth as I mentioned above, I do find it a little garish. But I do think that given a focused dialogue it will be possible to tone down the display and produce something both attractive and professional. The challenge with bright sites (unless they are well managed and crisp) is the credibility factor. You seem to have a handle on document resources which will lend credibility to the site as a whole so I don't foresee much work ahead to generate a sharp, engaging and professional website.
Easy to navigate...I'm not commenting on the background. It's been done. :)
that is an excellent point, the navigation is nice and easy. That's extremely important!
bad-credit-title.bmp should be a gif - it's way too big at 101k and bmp's aren't suitable for the web. oh i see you seem to have used bmps for everything - chaneg them all to gifs and you'll see a marked improvement in load times
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