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Old 08-10-2007, 02:31 PM
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ok...

Its a good and simple layout but here are the things that i don't like.

the XTC advertisement and the bebo and youtube logos instantly grab my attention, taking away from the content on your site.

There is too much information on the front page, i would normally keep front page articles short, and if they have to be long, truncate them and have a "more..." link at the end. There really only needs to be one or two of those truncated articles there as well.

I would take the mini map off the front page and put it in a contact us or about us page, to reduce clutter.

The page load info should either be styled, or removed. Your normal users aren't interested in it.

Also because its a phpbb skin, and not your own design is probably why you're not getting too much feedback on it.

Remember, keep it simple, your designing a website for your users/customers, not for other deisgners to see cool things. Its common knowledge that if there's too much information on a web page, users lose interest, in generally less than 10-15 seconds if what they're looking for isn't right in front of them, or readily easy to find.

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I think your images could be better as well, ut i think at the moment you should work with de-cluttering.
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