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[onecoolc]

Please take everything in this message as a matter of opinion and constructive criticism, I don't mean to insult in any way.

I very much like your background, navigation bar, and top header. Keeping them the way they are sounds good to me.

Zholl is right, the site is rather busy, It's hard to tell where to look first.

I believe it's rather unnecessary to have two rolls of moving pictures, and that you could probably remove one of them.

The font you've used for the sticky notes is busy and hard to read. I would suggest going with Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman for the majority of your text. I know they're boring, but they are also tried and true.

The pirate ship/island banner seems unnecessary and repetitive. If you could put "Waipaho High School Engineers Club and Robotics Team" in the other banner I believe it would simplify your lay out greatly.

I do like the sticky note idea, and it makes it obvious they are important tidbits of information. If you could move those to the top of the page (perhaps instead of the ship/island banner?) it would call attention to them without making them appear randomly placed.

I believe the scrolling box of text should be the focal point of the page, as that is where the majority of your information is, so that should be the largest item. I would suggest making it reach from one side of the page to the other underneath the stick notes, as this would make it an obvious point to start.

As backwards as this is going to sound, Less is More.
Go for minimalist and less flashy. Keep pictures and graphics, but in moderation. Fewer animated objects makes the page easier to read, less distracting, and faster loading.

More in the world of clutter removal-
*I do not understand the point of the swirling orange thing in the center of the home page? It seems kind of distracting.
*the floating bubbles and twirling stars on the officers page seem out of place. Again, a different text would be better suited. The one you used for the title is very hard to read.
*the different color scheme on the Micro Robots page looks weird, either link to a page that is COMPLETELY different (minus the purple-and-gray thing you've got going on, which I like) or have the page mesh better with it's surroundings.
*I believe the animated background on the Micro Robots page is not necessary, although that seems to be more a matter of preference
*The animated banner on the VEX page seems to serve no real purpose, if you were to create it as regular text I think you would be fine.
*The layout on the VEX page seems cluttered. If you could down-size the images and make the text the focal point of the page, as well as receive a little bit more text for content, I think it would do you a world of good.
*Again on the FRC page, I believe you would be best to conform to the gray-and-purple color scheme
*The large number of animated objects on the FRC page (including the discoing panda) is distracting

Again, please, please don't take any of this personally. I'm in my third year of Web Design studies, and I am merely dissecting your page with the object of helping you.


*Edited for some grammar fail, as I posted this yesterday with two minutes untill the end of the period.*