First time shot at web design...please take a look

[MellowMoodz]

here is my site. I'm brand new at this and have steadily been working on it. Please let me know what you think, plus any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.mellowmoodz.com

[the tree]

I bet you thought that title animation was really cool didn't you? Well maybe it is, but I'll be damned if it isn't irritating.

You ought to read up on why tables for layout is stupid (http://hotdesign.com/seybold) but apart from that, good job.

p.s. run your site through the validator (http://validator.w3.org).

[bathurst_guy]

I bet you thought that title animation was really cool didn't you? Well maybe it is, but I'll be damned if it isn't irritating.

I agree with the tree, another thing is if you want to keep it, you may need to have a warning page before it giving notice to people that may be prone to fits etc that the page contains such flashing, wacked out, pulsing elements. :eek:

[fixit]

Suggestions:

1. Lose the flash header
2. Try a color scheme a little less harsh

Try to stay away from using every cool code snippet you find on the web. swish, marquees, javascrollers, etc. Stick with basic layouts, soothing color schemes and the like. Your goal is to keep visitors, not induce headaches.

Keep working on it.

[dera]

i would get rid of the scrollers the simpler the more confortable to use the more peopel you get back comming back to the site, also i would make the site with a easier to read colour scheme at the top for the contents maybe change the cell colour to black with no backround and grey or white text?

[Vladdy]

Many people forget that web is not about "Look what I can do with a web page" but "Look what I can do for you".
Now that you had your first attempt out of the way, delete all you got and start learning how to make a web site that is done for the VISITORS not for yourself.