40% of the web uses 800x600 btw.

the number changes based on who you asked... i got that number off some webcounter awhile back, and just keep everything at 800x600 to keep everyone happy. :P

My Audience.
 

I thank everyone for the input. Sorry, but the site has been down (the person who is hosting fried his boards), so ive got a few days of work to do.

Anyways. I just wanted to explain who i'm selling this to. I am a firefighter at GTFD. I made them a website, this website made me a lot of money. As you can see, it is extremelly simple. it made me a total of $1200.00, and i get paid $50 an hour to update monthly. It took me only one day to build.

I have then since made websites for neighboring departments. I wanted to showcase my work with one site that provided links to some of my work, information about who i am, and how to get a hold of me. Nothing else. I sent snail-mail letters with my logo and some basic site rates, to fire chiefs near by, telling them to take a look at the website.

Once again, i appreciate input. However, I am not as worried about content or dimentions as much as i am worried about it appearing pleasing to the eye. Flash makes things like that simple, so i used flash. I use 1024x786, as do the customers that i am advertising to.

I do not mean to come across as satrical or arrogant, I just want everyone to understan where I'm coming from.

Have a great day. Hope to see some people at Kettering tommorow, ill be driving, Truck Town, 68. Have fun.

fixed it.
 

My friend whos hosting for me has it up and running again. Take a look.

The flash is rather useless. It's a nice effect and all, but a serious waste of time. Try duplicating it with JavaScript or DHTML, or make it static. Otherwise, the site is pretty nice..

Thanks Again.
 

Thanks all, i altered the flash on pages but the main, to make it a little easier on the eyes.

thanks again for all the comments.

Would it be possible to change the text inside of the white boxes? It's not a very good (if at all) color combination having a light color on a light background.

Still think the flash is SERIOUSLY annoying and useless. (You could duplicate it in css/html, or even just a table, and sure you'd lose the animation, but its not exactly mindboggling to begin with)

The two backgrounds are still sort of clashy. Either lighten up the dark blue or make the white greyer. The contrast between the background and the content backgrounds is sharper than the contrast between the content background and the content itself. Much too hard to read.

BTW: why are the little boxes so small?

I find flash also annoying, SVG is an open-standard that would allow you to keep the animations and flash type stuff...

And no res loss. :)