my first xhtml/css site

I know this is a graphics forum and i know my graphics arent amazing, (infact could someone help me with a banner), but i know you all have a good eye so tell me what you think.

PS. html and css hand coded, and site then powered by movabletype.

The link

18 views, no replys :(

Your coding looks fine in Safari.

The text is too low-contrast though. Make the light text lighter, like maybe #eee or something. And the black blends in with the background also. I'd make the links the same color as the text, but with underlines.

well, everything works, and that's always nice. it's quite simple and i think you could really get it going with some interesting (i.e. unusal, subtle, "new"/different, etc.) colours.

(lookout, ranty):
on another note, people replying to their own posts with things like "46 views and no replies? c'mon guys"or "30 views and no etc. etc.", kinda bug me, esp. when it's a small number like 18, maybe you should comment on some other peoples work while you're waiting and get the karma going? i haven't been here long, so maybe i shouldn't be complaining, but things like this really make me NOT want to reply, it's very.. whiney. (but hey, i replied, so i guess it worked? i don't know, i just wanted to get that off my chest)

"(lookout, ranty):
on another note, people replying to their own posts with things like "46 views and no replies? c'mon guys"or "30 views and no etc. etc.", kinda bug me, esp. when it's a small number like 18, maybe you should comment on some other peoples work while you're waiting and get the karma going? i haven't been here long, so maybe i shouldn't be complaining, but things like this really make me NOT want to reply, it's very.. whiney. (but hey, i replied, so i guess it worked? i don't know, i just wanted to get that off my chest)"

chill

"chill"

no

Atrox, it is against the forum rules to "bump" your threads like you did by complaining about not having any replies. As paperling said, it was your first post, so don't expect people to run to your thread to give you critique when you yourself haven't even critiqued anyone else's work. Trying to bump your own thread won't help you get replies anyway, like paperling said it makes most people not want to reply to your thread at all.

deker, i didnt bump anything, this forums inactivity startles me and my post was still #1 on the list.

"no"

get a life?

Yes, you did bump your thread, by replying to your own post when no one else had replied. I told you the probable reasons that you didn't receive a response right away, so I suggest critiquing some other work on the forum and maybe participating a little more, rather than just coming in here and wanting us to bend over backwards for you and give you critiques. By you participating, it might even help solve the inactivity problem that you are complaining about.

A bump is to post on a buried inactive thread so it appears on the top of the threads list again with the intention of getting more attention on your topic.

Since this forum has an inactivity problem(not complaining) my topic was not buried, so me posting again in my thread isnt bumping. okkay???