What do you think about this layout...

[JonM]

Completely CSS/XHTML (Free host, so I can't make it complete XHTML valid yet...but oh well.)

Anywhom, friendly criticism welcome:
http://jonmdonald.joolo.com/blog.php

(Please realize right now I just need tips/advice on the actual layout. I have no other pages up, and no real content to show off yet.)

Thanks,
JonM

EDIT: Currently only works in FF, I'll fix it for IE later, so that bug is found. Anything else you see is appreciated though. .

[tail_gunner]

i think for me its to simple and the colors arent my cup a tea, but if you like it, it doesnt matter what i think :P

[Chrispy]

Originally posted by tail_gunner
i think for me its to simple and the colors arent my cup a tea, but if you like it, it doesnt matter what i think :P

Yeah same here kinda. It looks slighty better in FF. I reckon good job for now - I probably couldn't code that lol.

Chris

[Hellfighter]

Originally posted by tail_gunner
i think for me its to simple and the colors arent my cup a tea, but if you like it, it doesnt matter what i think :P

cup of tea you mean a large cup of coffee right.

will not bad layout have to agreed with you on the color. not a bad start still

[JonM]

Originally posted by tail_gunner
i think for me its to simple and the colors arent my cup a tea, but if you like it, it doesnt matter what i think :P

hmm general consensus on colors and too simple. not a big deal to change . I'll add a bit more too it. What do you think it's lacking to make it so simple though? Maybe I should do lighter colors since this is a professional webblog (like maybe light grays, blues, and whites?

Thanks for all your input so far.

*edit* by to simple do you mean lacking content such as maybe a user login/logout funciton and some actual content?

[Chrispy]

Originally posted by JonM
hmm general consensus on colors and too simple. not a big deal to change . I'll add a bit more too it. What do you think it's lacking to make it so simple though? Maybe I should do lighter colors since this is a professional webblog (like maybe light grays, blues, and whites?

Thanks for all your input so far.

*edit* by to simple do you mean lacking content such as maybe a user login/logout funciton and some actual content?

It could generally mean just actual content, or both, really. Add some user interaction gadgets in or something, heh.

Chris

[GeeFuss]

nice colors

[JonM]

Originally posted by Cardiac
nice colors

finally someone who likes the colors :P. i hope your being serious lol, cause i really do like them. they remind me of valve/steam.

who knows. i'll add in some content, some other gadgets, make some changes around the actual theme...and then see how the colors work.

[GeeFuss]

colors are everything on a site. and you have that down. i really do like them.

www.colourlovers.com

thats a great site to find colors that you like and that go well together if you are ever out of ideas

[SilentTrigger]

Site won't load

[JonM]

Originally posted by SilentTrigger*MFA*
Site won't load

what i get for getting free hosting haha

oh well, i want to finish this site and then purchase hosting + domain. or domain, and run it on my LAMP server . if i have all the design and coding done, then it's just a matter of keeping it up-to-date, which is easy to do. when you already have the site .com and the hosting, i personally can't work as hard, cause i just want the site to be done.

[tail_gunner]

i think it looks quite a bit better from the first time i looked at it

[Chrispy]

Okay, I did a bit of playing around and I found your IE problem:

#content_right {
	background: #575656;
	width: 191px;
	float: right;
	padding: 2px;
}

Changing 191px to 190px fixed the problem.

I also made you your banner and a navigation button (I even know a code that makes it glow when you point to the button!):





The grey is the exact same as the grey in your blog and so is the green!

Anything else you need gimme some shouts.

Chris

[JonM]

Thanks chris. i figured the problem was in the actual PX. but meh. anyways, adding your banner and bullet to the code . they look good.