I'd Say give it some color not just black. Perhaps define things more like your sidebar. It looks just like the rest of the text Give it some color or put a box around it.
The splash page you first go to gives a feeling of a bright site, and when you enter it, it is quite the opposite. Then from there it looks incomplete at the top. I'd incorporate some sort of continuity with it all.
I think the hover over the images and them moving is extremely distracting, I would make the images a bit darker then on hover have them lighten up more.
the splash screen does not suit the actual site, why have it?
go straight into your site......
plus if its all about dogs, is black a good scheme to keep? sorry I would not do it, I would have some background images to try out or a cartoony type background, something fun loving about dogs.
I think that if you have the images move when you hover is too jerky, I think using jQuery or mooTools to smoothhly slide it over would make an improvement.
Thanks so much for all the feedback! once my finals are through i'm going to work on sprucing things up a bit and work on some of the suggestions! I really appreciate everyone who's taken the time to check out my site and post replies!
oh and the splash page will def be coming down.. that's leftover from the old design. my browser skips it so i completely forgot it was up there. oops...
http://www.luckynlexi.com
thanks!
Megsies007
the splash screen does not suit the actual site, why have it?
go straight into your site......
plus if its all about dogs, is black a good scheme to keep? sorry I would not do it, I would have some background images to try out or a cartoony type background, something fun loving about dogs.
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oh and the splash page will def be coming down.. that's leftover from the old design. my browser skips it so i completely forgot it was up there. oops...