Modded DW design -- Opinions Wanted

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RobertGonzalez
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Modded DW design -- Opinions Wanted

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Seeing as the constructive critique'ing flows well in this community, I thought I'd open up a design I am toying with to you all and get your feedback. This design is a modified DreamWeaver template. I added some new CSS elements and other HTML elements to get the exact layout I want. I have validated the CSS (No errors, many background-color warnings) and the HTML (passed transitional test). A few of the league board members have seen it and have liked it. What do you all think?

http://www.eastbayswimleague.com/dev/layout_1.html

EDIT: I already know about the PNG logo problem in IE (gray transparent background). That is being worked on.
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Could use some color.
Login should be on top of the page. Looks good other than that.
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ack.. the on-page image used is 90K 8O

√ Valid HTML
√ Valid CSS - multiple warnings though
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feyd wrote:ack.. the on-page image used is 90K 8O
I would lose the fade on the center image and just use a border. It looks cleaner and it would probably cut down the size a little.
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Yeah, forgot to warn you about that. I am thinking of losing the image altogether. Not really sure what to do with it (other than use a smaller image). That one came from a 400K jpg that was reduced in size and feathered. Not sure if the client wants to keep an opening image so I left it there.

Thanks for the feedback. Looking into adding some more color to this. What colors do you think would compliment this design?
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Again, you have the undefined background color for your body. I see it light grey, although I'm pretty sure you intended it to be white.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Yeah, my CSS is riddled with undefined bg colors. That is something I certainly intend to fix. Thanks for the feedback.
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