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Ladybug:
1: Centering it vertically, not horizontally.

And as for the content box, I have a feeling the background would be too busy for the semi-transparent black box with white text on top, maybe? Because if you take a look in the bottom left corner, the little copyright-note already makes things weird down there, and that's just a little piece of white. Text in the middle would be lots of (what looks like it would be white) text on top of white sheep, and that just seems like it would be awful to read, even with a semi-transparent background. But I might be wrong.

BlahBlah:
Simplicity is everything in web design. Pages shouldn't be cluttered.

mishy:
ooh! i wanna add my own two bits here...
i took an expensive, shitty 3-month course on web design and ended up with tuition debt, a useless certificate, no portfolio, and a strong understanding that i would never stop tweaking a site design and call it done. so no, the self-employed web designer thing was not my calling....

i did have some experiences that might help you. there is quite the market for non-profit organizations or hobby/interest sites of family relations, if you're willing to work for small fees.
http://rihretirees.com/index.asp is not my design, but a site i worked on previous to the current webmaster they went with. it's an alumni site for a hospital in my hometown, my mom was on the committee and got me involved. this is the kind of market you might be able to get work with. your fees would certainly undercut the local businesses' going rates, these people would be equally interested in training on how to use the site you create for them, and these are the kind of people that would be willing to have a site made by someone who is new to it. there's people willing to pay like $100 for their hobby group to have forums and a front page but wouldn't have a clue how to do it themselves. (these people might be equally willing to pay for "email how to" training and "beginner facebook". heh.)

so in my opinion:
a) work on those details.
b) market yourself to family and friends - someone will want a website for that niche demographic. (consider doing the first for free, or maybe you've already done that...)
c) once you've got a few websites under your belt, up and in use, you have a portfolio to market to the more lucrative potential customers. but don't underestimate the market of the elderly - the ones who want to be computer literate but aren't. yet.

ok, there's my weird two bits to this conversation. if you're still young, and this is funner than a real job to you, then listen to the advice of the professionals (on site design) but focus on the people that you're building sites for and what their needs are. :wink:

heh. i won't be mentioning my own site here until i get some content on it.... then y'all can critique it and tell me what-for.  :-P

jmrz:
I'm going to jump in here and mention that if you are going to use anyone's images that are not your own, make sure that you find out whether it is okay, and then make sure that you credit them properly. Just something I thought worthwhile mentioning considering I recognised that picture straight away and it's one of Elcapitan's who is a member of these boards.

Melodic:
Plus, the copyright logo is still in the picture. Ew.

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