Check out my new layout, opinions welcome

[Mimic]

View it here

http://psoguyver.com/testingsite

Just a beta testing, none of the links work at this time

[splufdaddy]

I like the concept, but on an 800x600 resolution, your main content cell has scroll bars on the right and bottom. Add in the scroll bar from the left hand cell, and you have scroll bars on 3 of the four sides of your main content.

Also, the light gray link color is hard to read on the white bg. Consider adding in mouseovers for the navigation...it's almost expected nowadays.

The box in the box that scrolls on mouseover is cool, but you have a box in a box inside a frame. Be careful not to over do it, and making too many different scrolling situations. Most ppl like to be able to scroll w/ their wheel and see the whole page move.

I like the banner, but it looks a little lopsided...everything is on the left. Try adding more, or centering/right aligning some of it.

Overall, I like the components in the design, but as they are they just aren't working well together. With a little work, it could be great.

[Mimic]

Hey thanks man, I didnt realize the scroll problem...it works fine on my screen. But yeah everything else is just for testing I plan on adding mouse over on the navigation menu and a really cool header. Damnm I dont wanna have to shrink everything to adjust for other browsers...hmm

Thanks for the advise

[splufdaddy]

In the future to design for all resolutions, make sure you're site is about 780 pixels wide. On larger resolutions, there will be more blank space; on 800x600, it will span almost the width of the page.

You can also use percents to determine cell widths, but I find that you have less control over the look of your site across different resolutions. Good luck w/ it though, don't forget to post your updates

[Mimic]

Ok well I just went and made the left navigation into hover buttons. It really looks a lot nicer now.

[splufdaddy]

I like the rollovers, but they should be preloaded.

[Mimic]

Yeah thats true, is there a way I can make then pre load? Thanks

Oh I forgot to say, try right clicking its funny

[Mimic]

Ther now ive also updated the background, its starting to look good

[JR]

here is a preloader...

<script language="javascript">
var myimages=new Array()
function preloadimages(){
for (i=0;i<preloadimages.arguments.length;i++){
myimages[i]=new Image()
myimages[i].src=preloadimages.arguments[i]
}
}
preloadimages("whatever.gif", "whatever2.gif");
</script>

[JR]

i think that looks cool but it could be so much better without frames, i have to scroll horizontally and vertically on it