Topic: Ice Codes - Review please.

Looking for feedback on a design I've spent all day doing.

http://closs.gotdns.org/public/index.html

I've spent all day at it and looking at it now, It just seems there's a little too much white space, but I'm not too sure the best way to break that up.

Any critism, Opinons and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The main focus of the website is to give off a 'compotent image' the sort of image that would encourage Hardware manufacters to want us to review there products. As well as being appealing, tidy and legible.

Nit picking is always appreciated.

Thanks
Trigger

Inside My mind

Maybe its getting late, or because im going from the dark atmosphere of the asylum when i open it up, but all that white just burned my eyes :P

Its not necessarily a bad thing, but maybe a menu on the left would have broken it up a bit more, or use icy blue for the heading some how.

I can't access the site.

The white is an issue as I stated.

TP you should be able to access it now.
The problem with a left nav is we have no use for a left nav

Inside My mind

Color choice is an important element. You could do better with your colors, you obviously have a dominant color which is the white, and you have a secondary color which is the blue, but the sparce use of the blue makes it seem more like an accent color than a secondary color. You might want to increase your use of the blue.

The next issue is that the site is really flat. You might fix this by making some changes to your fonts and sizes. Maybe even spend some time to make some good looking title images and some icons to fit into your post areas. Doesn't have to be all that complex, just give it some more depth and identity. Your menu hurts, you could really do something nice with that. If you want them vertical how about tabs?

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors2/

Might not be exactly what you are looking for but it is an idea. You might also want to instead of a text based menu, make it image based. That would mkae things much nicer.

Secondary to the basic color and shape issues, the basic site design doesn't tell me anything about the site as it is designed now. What is an "Ice Code" and what am I being plugged into? An ice code is a monitor plug? Your design should give me some idea of what I am in store for, or what the site is all about.

Finally you should ditch all the tables and go for a CSS only design. It isn't like your site is very intense that it requires tables to lay it out.