FalseCourage wrote:
First off, I applaud you with your efforts in reinvigorating your site and making it accessible to the majority of users that are not on broadband or DSL.
I couldn't agree more. However, I don't wish to detract from any of the work done, that background image does no favours at all for your site, in my opinion it would look much cleaner and neater if the background where either a solid colour or more of a subdued image. I find myself looking at the page with my eyes having a very hard time actually focusing on what they should really be focusing on: the sites content, which is excellent.
And to comment further on some of the technologies FalseCourage is talking about, if you wish to delve further, the combination of CSS and XHTML can produce a suprisingly succinct, clean and concise document. Which one of your main aims for the site will benefit from as the file sizes are kept low with a combination of the aformentioned technologies. There is a learning curve to encounter though, once you're past that you'll see the light so to speak.