New site need help

hey everyone here is a site im making for my parents well this is just the beggining. i need some help with it, some ideas tips pointers maybe?

http://ill-minded.tripod.com/home.jpg

thanks, spike

(if that url doesnt work just cut and paste it into the adress bar)

1. What kind of website are you designing for you parents? Is it a family website?
2. IMO I dont like the font used in the banner.

Ill get back to you with more ideas when I know what kind of site it is going to be.

a site for a small company

heres another i made a while back

http://ill-minded.tripod.com/home2.jpg

personall i think this one is better. i think the buttons on the first one are a little to big and i didnt know what to do with the banner. and i need some help on a good font to use.

thanks

(again, u may have to copy, paste the url into the adress bar)

Yes I agree what you say about the first one but I'm not sure what font you should use...you should ask someone else about that one ..sorrys :eek:

anyone else?

is this the Spike from the Penny Arcade forums? if so, cool.

I think its kinda simple, but if thats what you were going for you pulled it off nicely. maybe fix the text in the menu, make it more vertically centered.

Well they are both really simple, but I have to say i dont like either of them.. :p

They both, even though they were probably ment to be simple, are way too simple.. IMO... I think they need something more.

And in the second one the solid line box is really jagged on the corners, might wanna blur them a little or something :p

Just my opinion though

For the second preview:

There's way way way way way too much empty white space. Try to come up with a very subtle background (empahsis on the very), it'll be better than having a solid white background. The site is apparently designed for 800x600 resolution, else the content boxes should be bigger.

And something I need to stress the most... FONT! For the nav, set anti-aliased to off for the text. Web-safe or Windows standard fonts look alot better when they are sharp at small font sizes. And the type in the banner isn't so hot either; it isn't appealing, which the font and the placement both contribute to.

thanks for the tips and about the banner yea i wasnt gonna keep that i just had that till i came up with something better. and the reason the empty spaces are so empty is cause i havent put in the text in the boxes. my parents havent given me a lot of information so its only necessary really for like 4 buttons. and remember this is my first site so if it isnt leet u know why :p

(ps. why when i make curves or bends it always looks so ****ty and pixely on ps?)

(pss. anyone know where i can get a picture of people doing business or shaking hands or an office desk or something like that?)

try googling for thoose pictures..

www.google.com / under image search... im sure youll find something there