One more layout before I go do homework

[Pawf]

I klnow what you mean about the plain background. I tried it with a fancy one but it didn't look good at all!

[craigg.]

I think the template is a little too dark for my comfort, try and change it to a lighter colour, possibly around #CCCCC or if you like it dark, which may be pushing it #666666. Also reduce the opacity on the scan lines, they stick out to me from a mile away. I can now see that you are trying to add complexity into your designs, yet you still have some what weeks of practise before you can get the edge of designing. Don't get me wrong, you are progressing fastly and listening to every critisism you are having, but have a look around on the internet for past desing, take a couple of ideas, then thus will advance your skills with webdesign on a whole. Simple, basic, but effective is the key for a profesional website. Once you have had the training you need with creating design, move onto your own, take a couple of sheets of A4 paper, and jot down what you would think is nice. My desk is cluttered of designs, but I don't have the time to do it as I normally have clients.

Keep this up on a whole, you are advancing nicely.

@ Joe, I like XHTML too, but Dan yells at me to do it in strict xhtml validation. XHTML is simple, along with HTML. If you know HTML then you will most likely grasp XHTML in seconds, there is only a few different tag lines and excluding some tags which would be used in CSS. E.g. <font></font>

- Craig.