Please provide Design & Development feedback on my site. .. really appreciated.

[rufryder]

Hi all,
I am in real need of your feedback. I am in the process of doing a complete redesign of my site, hostMYparty.com. Can someone please assist me with valuable feedback on what are the key areas that need extra attention from SEO & visitors aspect? I know in Mozilla, the top navigation bars isn't that friendly. How about other areas? Does it require more links on other pages and content or the way it is is fine?

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I had posted this in the past and didn't get much feedback, therefore I am trying it again.

 

[GeneCosta]

The navbar on the left takes some getting used to, but I like the idea at least. All things considered, it's very good. I looked around and the main problem I had was the white space. In my opinion, there's too much of it. As a guest who stumbled onto your site, I would have stayed longer if there was some background for the content, separate from the white space.

 

[WhiteWebServices]

The code is bloated. Changing from a table-based layout to CSS positioning would be a good idea. Among other things, it would be dramatically reduce file size, and might (depending on who you listen to) have SEO benefits.

 

[themangothree]

I know you said in Mozilla it isn't user friendly but I'm assuming clicking on the links in the drop down menu would act similar in other browsers where you have to click the words. For drop downs it is best to make it so you can click the block and it acts as the link, instead of having to hover onto the word itself.
I'm not sure why you have two navigation bars, why not just stick with the left navigation that is listed and just separate it into themes of parties. And possibly you can put two options to show a list by themes or in alphabetical order

Also larger text is also nicer. You have no idea who is coming and the size of the text you have is really small. Maybe 1-2 sizes larger around 12px is usually best.