How is my gaming clan site / am I good enough to make websites for $?

[intrepid]

I just finished my gaming clan site. I am open to any suggestions. I wanted to know if I would be able to make money by making websites for other people/companys.

www.groundzer0.com

[designer4life]

You over use the gradient effect, thus making your website look tacky. The design structure is pretty much generic from other game/clan website. On the news box, add some padding to give the text seperation.

I also notice you use &nbsp to add spacing which could be done cleanly with css.

You can make money, but I recommand that you don't start taking client until you get better. I notice that you design your website either with fp or dw. A good way to improve your skill is to hand write your own code.

[decibel]

hes using joomla. i think it looks cool, a few spacing issues though.

[intrepid]

I'm using joomla with a lot of changes I put in to include what I want. I have done a lot of html stuff in the past, but once introduced to cms I really couldn't go back to old fasion handtyping html when there was so much to offer in cms and so much easier. I use dreamweaver to code the modules and components. I've never and will never make a site using frontpage or dreamweaver... I hate those sites. Thanks for the input. Now that I look at it I should change the spacing in the articles and the login block. I wanted to create the site to look similar to www.u5-gaming.com or www.complexityclan.com, but I don't know what they use to make their sites. They probably created their own cms and use it for all of the sites they create.

Keep the suggestions coming please.

[sftrprod]

The most fun part about making websites is the making part! (Duh)
You shouldn't really try and make money from websites if you are doing it through a CMS. Generally, they'd be paying you for something you hadn't actually entirely done.

[intrepid]

The most fun part about making websites is the making part! (Duh)
You shouldn't really try and make money from websites if you are doing it through a CMS. Generally, they'd be paying you for something you hadn't actually entirely done.

Well from past experience I'm quite sure I can develope my own cms which I would use... I wouldn't use another and sell it...

Plus I did do a lot on this site. All the flash, graphics, design is done by me. I did more work then you would see on any other well put together plain html site, but because what I wanted was so demanding I had to have some help. You make it sound like all I did was edit a myspace page... give me a little credit...

[a.g.r.c]

I think you already know the answer to your post and are just looking for appreciation, which is fine. :)

Apologies for mearly stating a point.

Alistair Rossini