revamped hotel website

hi again all,

taking into considerations of inputs from a lot of people, a new website for my school project, just a website for a luxury hotel in South East Asia,

first try

second try

thanks for all your help last time, so you think it's better this time around ? no ? suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

and also, I need to fix the sound loop it's not looping very well now, I'm not sure what to do, can I do it through FLASH or do I need find a simple sound editing software? any help would be appreciated.

first thing the second try's site is a big hefty for the 56k dudes, the first one is nice, clearcut nice colors and site bg, no complaints really
however the 2nd one. . my my the nav isnt obvious {i knew where it was because well ya just no , lol} but that music really is annoying, if your going to have that music u need to have a mute button somewhere . . .. all in all good , just reduce the size. . .

ya that's one thing I notice the site is huge :/ I dont know why tho .. just a couple of images and the sound .. you think if I take the sound out that will help? and also, how do you put a button to mute it ? :/ .. im kinda new to Flash this is first time putting sound so any help would be appreciated .. tks tks

lol i havent got a flash bone in my body, but im woundering why you need the music anyway? check the resource section or google for tuts

Its awesome. GREAT Job. I like the 2nd version better. I bet your client is really pleased.

Music = no. Menus where you can't see the option before mouse-over = no.

With that said, the second one would be better if you sorted this out, because despite its shortcomings its actually really stylish. Good job.

What they said +

Try to keep the site in the main window without any popups. You'll have more space to expand if necessary. Design wise, the second is real nice, just that I prefer looking @ websites without popups ;)

aye mate ok well I guess the music had to go, that's one thing a lot of people agreed on heh, .. as for the menu, I'll have to make it more obvious too ..

as for the first site, I actually liked it, although there's still work to be done there, but the problem is just that this project is a big one, I get to do the logo, packaging, brochure and then website, and that first website did not go with the rest, I was rushing it and did the website first instead of the other, and then when I did the packaging and all that, I decided that I need the website redone ..

I'll work some more on the menu, and not use the popup box, and not use the music .. tks for the help