http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/newweb/education

This is a museum site (duh).
I'll probably add some graphics to the titlebar at the top and maybe change the colors a little bit for the navigation.
The content is dull, but it almost has to be because it's pulling from SQL and will be edited via a CM.
The only right-side link that works right now also is Exhibits.

JiC: http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/newweb/education

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Well, I'm sure your aware of this, but your index is titled "untitled document", add a title...
Other than that I'd say it looks good.

Hi,

I like the site. It's simple and tells you what you need to know. There are just two things I don't like:

1) as you have mentioned. the multi-coloured buttons are a bit distracting. I would use maybe use a colour found in the site elsewhere.
2) the museum hours and other links at the top change the frame into a scrolling frame. Its a minor inconvenience. Maybe think about moving the links down one line to make more space for the changing text.

Other than that its good. I hope thats not too brutal.

read that tables are for: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#h-11.1

the blue border around the whole thing seems a little pointless, it doesn't really tie the design together or anything else like that. I think the colours in the navigation bar need working on, perhaps different tones of the terracotta (or copper... whatever it is) colour.

i like the black and white banner

the site resizes nicely

as for the content being dull, i would have to disagree, "touchable wildlife items" that gave be a right old chuckle.

very nice, i like it

edit,

after reading bo!selecta's (welcome btw) i remembered i was going to say something about the museum hours bit, how about putting it in the sidebar, below navigation maybe?, it would clean up the look of the site.

First off, I really do appreciate everyone's comments thus far. Any suggestions, critical or otherwise, help me to improve this design. For future reference, don't worry at all about being critical. I'm ultra-picky and have no reservations about insulting other people's work, so I expect the same. I don't take it personally, and I would hope others don't from me. I'm definitely a lot more of a developer than a designer though, so I may be posting stuff on this forum more often.



The colors and navigation have been a major problem thus far. I had them in that same blue as the border originally, but then you just didn't notice the navigation when you hit the page. I'm thinking of just doing a gradient thing with the blue, or maybe use different blues or something. But you're right, it needs to be a color that's already on the site.



These people are ultra-paranoid about anything even vaguely negative or critical about their museum. I originally had the design in black, but the marketing person didn't like it because she didn't want people construing that as a sign of death. The way they act, you'd think there were animal rights activists outside everyday.



It was suggested in a previous post that I move down the logo so that the text will fit without the scrollbar. Problem is, what if someone resizes, or changes the size of their text. Too many variables, so I may end up moving it to the left or right side, depending on what the client prefers.

Again, thanks to all of you for your comments.

-colin

So, I've changed it quite a bit and now seek some genuine, hard-faced criticism. (You know, slimey, really mean sort of stuff.)
http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/newweb/calendar/

I give the calendar because it took me like 3 days to get the damn thing to work right. However, I'm not overly satisfied with that particular color.
But, according to the powers-that-be, it is close to final, so I need some feedback. And of course, it would be very much appreciated.
Oh, and it was mentioned before, so I'll respond to it: ignore the current homepage and any content within. That was not me, and I detour the trainwreck that it has become.

Gracias en adelanto