Here's a layout concept I came up with - what do you think?

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Critique and suggestions are encouraged!
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Lazurane

Ooooh, yes, it's very nice!

I knew it was going to be good since you posted a topic about it, but it's better than I thought. It's sleek and very Mac-like - I only can imagine that's what inspired you so much (and you're going to have to tell me what font you used for the navbar and for "the hit list"- @_o) The footer is also fantastic.

I have several suggestions for improvement, though. First of all, I don't like the drop-down menus much, the fonts and colours aren't right. Maybe also use a smaller font size, and probably more spacing.

Next, the paragraph under the "Welcome" header is indented, but not the text under "updates". This somehow looks wrong, misaligned. Try repositioning it. Also, mixing uppercase and lowercase in the headings is a bit clumsy, so just stick with one (I suggest you just lowercase the "Welcome").

The login button is also a little strange, maybe because of the color. Try darkening it more, it could look better if it doesn't stick out so much.

That's about everything I spotted that might need improving. I'm very impressed with it, and with your prowess :D

lec out.

I like the mix of serif and sans-serif fonts. The colours are also very CLEAN-looking, which automatically pushes up my likelihood of revisiting your site.

I agree about the login button.

Maybe you could italicize the subject of the 'latest' things (e.g. Review, Tutorial).

That's it. I really like the layout!