Critique my website please :)

[interpim]

Hiya everyone, wanted to post to ask for opinions and possibly a few critiques from you guys here of a recently created website of mine.

http://camelot.interpim.com/

any advice and criticism(constructive) is appreciated, thanks.

[althalus]

wrong section, but i'm sure it'll be moved sooner or later :)

i see you're using Wordpress, so saying you made the website is maybe a bit heavy, but I'll have a little go at your skin, none the less ;)

first thing that struck me is that the site is too dark. overall it's black, with a hint of orange here and there. don't get me wrong, black and orange works very well together, but there's too much black imo. maybe add a banner of some sort, rather than just having your title? (not sure how costumisable wordpress is, although I'd hack it, if i were to use it).

hmm guess there's not much more to say. your skin could need some touching up. it's simple, but not in a bad way. just need to break out of the dark, so to speak.. :)

[Pegasus]

It can be a bit awkward, but WordPress is customizable. I use it for my blog and have an image up top instead of text.

Peg

[interpim]

yes it was very different on that site before, but yahoo webhosting just implemented wordpress and I thought I would give it a shot... I did notice when I would try to change anything with the template that the site would wig out on me... basically I had to restore it all from my backups.

I would like to create my own theme, but haven't delved into the code enough yet to figure out exactly what I need to change etc. to make the site a bit more to my liking, I just downloaded one of the themes from a website to get it up quickly.

[alienfish]

I really like the layout of the site and the colours.

Although I don't believe it's too dark, that's personal opinion and I tend to prefer darker sites.

However, it took me quite a while to realise it was about a game (Dark Age of Camelot), I feel that it would benefit having some kind of opening text to explain the site a little, and it's topics.

Good work

[A2JC4life]

I don't find the darkness of the site to be an issue overall. However, I *do* find the small red text (including the subtitle) to be very difficult to read against the black background. The larger red type (of the title) is thick enough to stand out, and the yellow headers and light grey (main) text are light enough to stand out. But that red type could use some more contrast.

Be blessed!
~Rachel R. <><
http://www.homeworksbest.net

[erisco]

I don't find the darkness of the site to be an issue overall. However, I *do* find the small red text (including the subtitle) to be very difficult to read against the black background. The larger red type (of the title) is thick enough to stand out, and the yellow headers and light grey (main) text are light enough to stand out. But that red type could use some more contrast.

Be blessed!
~Rachel R. <><
http://www.homeworksbest.net

Agreed entirely. Also, instead of DAoC for your title, why not just put "Dark Age of Camelot"?