Hows this[Layout]?

[Nile]

Hows the layout, good... bad...
Feedback please!
http://nile.richei.net/css/layout-line/#

[boogyman]

what is the question?

[Nile]

Hows the layout, good... bad...

[boogyman]

Okay sorry I was not very clear in my response.

What exactly do you want us to tell you about the layout?

good / bad is very subjective.
an example:
A designer would look at a site and focus on the interface, while a developer would focus more on the underlying code.

So what would you like us to evaluate? How does it look visually? how well is it coded? Is there a way I can clean up / reduce my coding? The more specific the better.

[BLiZZaRD]

From design: it is nice and simple, but it is TOO simple. the main content area is too narrow and it leaves the impression of VAST emptiness. I would put a subtle textured background there instead of a flat gray.

White on gray is generally a no-no as it is, you have a nice green in your header image, try using some of that. Find a nice 3 color mix and use only those. Darker colors will close in the negative space. Or you can add more content.

As for the image itself... the colors are off, and the "shadow" is green, which appears a bit off putting. Make it black or remove it all together. If you are going for the this is standing off the page coolness, get inside PhotoShop or Gimp and create some filters, make the text look like it is supposed to be there, not like you did it with a crayon (not meaning to offend with that statement, just not sure how else to describe it).

From a developer view: You coded in XHTML, why? it isn't widely supported and isn't a good practice. Use HTML 4.01 strict.

I can see the path to the page I am on in the URL, I don't need it in the title too. A simple page name will work better. You are using a ton of spaces ( &nbsp; ) and line breaks ( <br> ) for spacing, yet you use CSS.. why? You can create the spacing needed in the CSS statements, you don't need all of that in there.

From an editors view: Yes I know you made the layout, or at least will assume so as I look at your site, you don't need to tell me. And opinions should be left to the visitor. That layout may not be "cool" to everyone, and emotions are valid. Forcing someone to think a certain way turns them off.

Try something like: "Please enjoy this free layout for your own site. blah blha blah.."

And I only need to be told once it is a free layout, for free.

[Nile]

Ok, I gotta a few things going on, so Ill mkae a seprate folder later and put all of your suggestions in it, and thanks for the feedback!

Edit: What am I supposed to do about the content to narrow?

Another:

Edit: I always code in XHTML.

[Twey]

What am I supposed to do about the content to narrow?

Make it wider.

I always code in XHTML.

Don't. In this case, at least, you've actually used the wrong MIME type, so it's really just invalid HTML anyway.

[Nile]

What MIME type should I use twey?