my first div, eh Options

[vonbetch]

yeah ive done 1 other div layout before.. my last one was better then this one but im a total newbie sooo... lets see...

My Myspace
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oh yeah the bottom totally sucks cuz of the ad.. couldnt think of anything else so i just moved it. psh i suck but its okay.

[xTHExDUDEx]

A good first effort but there's a few things you should note, most of which have already been pointed out.

It's not centered, most people don't center myspace layouts, I think it looks unprofessional, especially considering how fast the average screen resolution is rising.

I don't care very much at all for the background image here, it's very messy and the image quality is low. I can appreciate that it's your second layout but maybe you should watch some photoshop training videos? search for "Lynda" training videos. And I agree, the pen is very overused here.

The comment box is in a weird place and has no styling, the submit button has no text or image.

The contrast of the white content and the black background is a bit off putting especially as it's not centered, changing the background colour to white and moving the navigation top center may look a lot neater.

Your page is longer than your content (you can scroll way past the ad). This isn't really a problem as you should move your ad down another 300/400 pixels anyway, so it's off screen on load.

There's not a lot of room for content and the scroll box you do have is rather hard to read.

Having said that, I do quite like your navigation bar, the links seperated by the symbols is quite quirky and the rollover colour is neutral and not too offensive on the eyes as people quite often do.

Keep it up, I'd like to see what you do next to see how you improve.