This takes up all the room it needs to and i like the little “note” and such …it really is awesome.

The search bar at the bottom is cute, but it might not work; thinking about accessiblity. people would want to come to your site and search, not have to scroll down to search, and people that arent the brightest or are really impatient wouldnt look to scroll down to find the search bar. And accessibly, it just wouldnt work out in my opinion.

overall i give it a 9/10 … my 2 cents

The logo, the black and red ParticleTree in the left coloumn. Is it meant to be in the left coloumn or on the top bar? (im using mozilla/mac before you ask)

If it mimics the magazine then that’s fair :)

Jonathan, those are really great points and I was actually thinking the same thing about the links in the middle column. Definitely will make as much clickable as possible. As far as the emphasis on the cart changes, we do have plans for making the add to cart link change to also say “Added to Cart.” We also have some ajax stuff planned down the road, once everything is solidified. Also, that is a cool tool for checking contrast. I’ll try to find a more accesible green.

Zach thanks for clarifying your discontent. It definitely helps when I have something to latch on to that’s more specific than “trendwhorey” :) As far as the header goes, it mimics the style of the magazine and so I personally think it’s appropriate considering our brand and such. Is your random complaint about the logo (the tree and the house and the ladder) or the titled image?

I like the colours but it reminds me too much of the default wordpress theme. The header is bare and the logo feels randomly placed

My complaints are more on the usability side of things: when adding an item to the cart it’s not entirely evident with the action happening two columns away. My eye is focused on Spot A but the action is at Spot B.

Some stuff is clickable but it’s not ovious that it is. For example, your Around the Web stuff in the middle paragraph is black text but is clickable. The paragraph above it is black text but not clickable. On the home page, in the Also Featuring section, it turns out you can click on 5 of the 6 lines. Why just 5? Why can’t I click on Best of the Web?

My last niggle is the date on the New Site post. It’s light green on gray. Makes it very hard to read. Mind you, it’s not terribly important but just a thought. There’s a great tool for checking contrast. ;)

In any case I had commented on the fact that the content area felt a little cramped. I have looked at it again and noticed you widened it a bit. I must say it’s much better now. Nicely done guys.

Take care.