A website design

[undeadorcjerk]

I made this website design for my friends and I. We're trying to make a website for our group. I want some critique on it. What do you guys think of it?

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/undeadorcjerk/SiteIdea2copy.jpg

 

[13lade619]

Looks pretty standard.

Might want to change the background texture though, maybe lower the noise.

Font choices should be redone, IMO. Too random.
Maybe stick to a theme, like all sans serif / all gothic.

 

[thewrongvine]

I concur with 13lade.
If you pick a theme for the font, just make sure you stick to it like he said. Don't switch to like serif headlines here, sans-serif there, serif body text there, sans-serif body text here, etc.
The font choices right now seem slightly tacky to me.

Good luck!

 

[Pineapple]

Personally, I think the body and header text is fine, but the NEWS/BLOG/etc... and the Clan text is horrible I would suggest a sans-serif font, probably the same as the body text. Make it bold, larger, it willl match up nicely.

Also, the Gradient in the banner is well, kind of a gross colour. I would suggest making it solid red, but with a thick stroke around it.

The entire top can be shrunk to take up less space, it's so big that it's over powering the rest of the site.

And I have to agree with 13lade. The background texture is distracting, maybe make it a litttle less overwhelming. It's a backgruond for a reason, people should notice it last.

 

[UndeadDragon]

A few points from a quick look:

• The navigation text is way too big.
• Fonts need to be made similar across the whole site. There is currently no pattern with them.
• Padding can be cut down a bit in the 2 main content boxes.
• Some people aren't keen on the background texture, but I personally think you can make it work.
• Using pure black (#000000) for header text does not look great, I would recommend a dark grey, near black but not fully, or another dark colour.
• The text underneath "Clan RWK" is barely readable.
• The navigation background bar should be a lot thinner, about 50px should be the maximum, the middle bit should be fine though.
• The background on the main content areas is not very nice, because it's just the same thing again and again. You might want to add some more unique features, or colouring to more prominent features.