Getting there

[Hub]

Well I finally found a couple of days to look into CSS, having got a book on it as a Christmas present.

This was the design I originally came up with using traditional tables:

http://www.hub-uk.com/hub2/

and this is what I have come up with using CSS:

http://www.hub-uk.com/hub2/index-css.html

It looks well in IE and is more or less there in Firefox although there are one or two things annoying me in Firefox. For example, in my numbered list a zero appears to the left of the first item – bizarre!

[jpmitchell]

Looks good to me. Very well done for just messing around with it.

[masonbarge]

I just wanted to say that IMO the visual design of your website is EXCELLENT. Not just beautiful and professional, but very appropriate to the subject matter. The one thing you might want to reconsider is the vivid pea green of the right column box on the home page, which isn't an "appetizing" color.

Sorry, I'm just not advanced enough to help with your problem. I did watch the load times and css was a tiny bit faster, although your tables version was by all means satisfactory.

[Hub]

Originally Posted by masonbarge

I just wanted to say that IMO the visual design of your website is EXCELLENT. Not just beautiful and professional, but very appropriate to the subject matter. The one thing you might want to reconsider is the vivid pea green of the right column box on the home page, which isn't an "appetizing" color.

Thank you for you kind comments. I just have to edit 3,284 pages now and I will be there!

Pea green? I thought it was a very appropriate olive green!

[masonbarge]

I meant on the main index page, not the page you linked which has a nice shade of green.

[Hub]

Originally Posted by masonbarge

I meant on the main index page, not the page you linked which has a nice shade of green.

I am confused. Can you post the URLs pointing out which is which (colour wise) and I will have a look.

(I'm Welsh so I couldn't resist adding the sheep).

[masonbarge]

http://www.hub-uk.com/

[Hub]

Now I am with you. That is the old site design which this new design is to replace. Just need to find five minutes to do it!

[masonbarge]

Ahh, I see. Yes, your olive/tan colors are very handsome.

Two things. First, the top of the page is so attractive with all the red to red/orange accent colors. You need to expand the palette lower down the page to include more in this accent color.

Second and very minor, an optical illusion makes the left padding in the left box look larger than the left padding in the main box. The text lines might be a tad long.

The colon after "Note:" is inconsistant IMO.

What method did you use for your round corners? They look great.