Sturg_Clan

Mmm! Where to start.
 
In ie8 the site is broken, the main content has been pushed downward under your left column, perhaps you should not set the page width as wide as I am having to scroll to see the whole site.
 
I would restrict your site to 950px wide and put all content in a wrapper div, also resize your header image to 950px wide.
 
you have a mixture of %widths and px, for just now I would stick to px.
 
HTH
 
Pat

This is due to the height you're assigning. Have a play around by reducing the amount of height you've given each DIV (left column, center, right column).

maybe you should replace another color instead of yellow..

The whole design with those repeating side images brings me back to the 90s without giving me a nostalgic retro feeling.
 
I'm kind of missing some wacky javascript madness and animated gif mayhem from your site. If you added that it would be bang on 90s.
 
I actually found a good implementation with your colour...http://www.nikonfestival.com/ and http://www.champagnewarehouse.com/
The key is structured content.

Not sure about off-putting but it's very much in your face when you open the page. Might not be to everyone's likening. But I understand about the branding - that's obviously very important.
 
I've look at the website in firefox, IE7 and Chrome. They load on all and look the same.... Only thing i noticed that in Chrome the "Submit Form" button is cut in half.
 
What is the problem you are having in IE?
 
Cheers
 
James (ps. good name by the way )

You could try looking at some design gallery's for ideas, play around with a better layout for the site and minimise the yellow. try looking at cssmania.com .
 
It doesn't have to be complicated, a simple top strip in yellow, may be a large image and then layout the text a bit more.

Hi Sturg_Clan,
 
Personally i'm not a lover of the colour... in my browser I have to scroll to the right to see the listed bullets down the side.. you need to try and fit it in a width of about 800 pixels as this would fit in most users screens.
 
Your bulk of text towards the end of the page could do with having some space so it dosn't hug the edge of the box.
 
I know I'm just being picky but in your image of the boy down the left - when the images end you can just see the top of his hair where it has been cropped? Also there is a little black dot in your header (above the "r").
 
I'm no way an expert but thought i'd pass on my opinion
 
I'm sure once you have made a couple of changes it will look a lot better.

There are two things which really need to change on this site in my opinion. One is the header text - is there any need for it to be an image? Rendering text as images is not very good practice and is usually only done when an unusual font or text effect is used. Your text has slightly distorted edges (see that weird pixellated edge around the letters). Secondly I do think the yellow is too overpowering. If the brand requires yellow, maybe you can use it as an accent rather than a background colour.
 
I would also look at the width of the page. The smallest resolution that's in regular use these days is 1024x768px so you'll find that most web designers who create fixed width sites tend to go for a width of 960px (or under 1000px - don't make the width 1024px because if the page is longer than the screen height, the scroll bar will mean the page no longer fits horizontally, and a horizontal scroll bar will appear.)
 
Good luck with it