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Oh wow. Very nice.

One thing.. The recent posts part. Could it be higher? I hate scrolling and on the iPad it is a bit too low. On the other hand, I don't know a lot about design. That's why I handle the coding bit at work and leave the layout design to those who can do it. 

I'm 100% behind this man. Of course some small things would probably be changed, but overall, aesthetically, it's fantastic.

Well, I'll tell you this. Although not being a designer but working and managing a lot of websites, I believe I have a decent taste and understanding of what looks good and what doesn't and how practical some design are against others. So every times someone says "I'm working on a new design", it scares the shit out of me because 90% of the times, it's completely moronic. (And I have to spend days and weeks to fix the stupidity of "designers").

BUT in this case, I'm impressed. It looks really great. Even more, quite awesome.

Doesn't hurt the eye and the brain thinking we'll lose what we have now.

If the widget on the right can remember their position (collapsed or not), I'll be a happy camper and you could put it up right now.

Looks like a winner to me.  Very easy on the eye and I think that the blue background really works.

When do you expect to move it to the production site ?

I checked the white by editing a screen cap in photoshop, and I totally loved it...but I prefer really bright, crisp looks...moreso than others...

Another thing that I think might make it better is the fade from black to blue below the header...it's too black in the new design.
On the current main page, it fades similarly from the sides, except the contrast isn't so intense...from a dark blue to the regular blue...something like that may work better.

In any case, these are all small tweaks...it's a well done design for sure...

-Rob

I'll take a look 

EDIT: Lighter dark to blue fade at top of menu - done.

The fade change is much better now...thanks!

-Rob(any chance we could toggle between blue/white backgrounds?)

BTW guys, as you can see the TV logo shadow is not right.  If any of you can change it, that would be great.   

The image (http://s255443338.websitehome.co.uk/ne/ … -right.png) needs to have the shadow removed, and if possible replaced with a darkness transparency layer (or whatever you call it).

How about a third tab, in the middle of the existing ones, called "Active On A Break" or such like, and move all the shows to that tab.?  Would that work for you.?

Really.?  I thought it was obvious?  What does anyone else think.?

Can't say I really mind. I wasn't looking a lot at the old one because there were only 10 or so and that number wasn't really representative of what I had on my "New Posts" link.

It's true that because they are so far at the bottom and even though I really like the color scheme, I wouldn't necessarily scroll down there and at first glance, they look more like footer links or sponsors, something like that and doesn't catch the eye as last forum posts until you look at them closely. More detached from the main stuff than from the footer.

Practically, a tab on the "Latest News" block to switch the content to "Last forum posts" might be an idea I would try. Since the latest news comes from the forum in part (or completly) and is an "Activity", something that changes a lot, it would make it more obvious to click it.

BUT... don't take my word for it. Like I said, I go to the forum to see new posts.