Nice site...I like the clean colors fonts, large text...very web 2.0 /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Maybe a bit LONG on vertical content on the home page but still nice.

WOW. I'd do a better footer, more 2.0 style.

I know the position you're in - you want your site to be great and you have no frame of reference. I have a lot of criticisms/suggestions and I'm not going to pull any punches.

By far the worst thing about this site is the lack of proper flow. You get ten seconds for a new user, who has hit your page from a search engine or link, to decide whether to keep reading or hit the back button. Ten seconds of looking at this page leaves me confused and not wanting to spend more time finding further confusions.

(There was a guy asking for criticism a few threads down -- the site had its problems but it is an outstanding example of good eye flow.
http://devotion.seedoftruth.net/ )

The human eye basically describes a capital "F" (sometimes a bit like a "T" depending on layout) when it looks at a website. It goes left to right across the top, then down the left or center, reading headers. The human brain is looking for information in the following order and it wants it in ten seconds:

1. What is this web site about? I'm looking at it and I really can't tell. The copy is a bunch of meaningless generalities. Maybe try a rhetorical question? E.g. "Are you the webmaster for a Christian website? "Digital Ministry" will give you x, y, and z".

So, the conclusion of these two facts is that the general info has to come first in the "F". Resist having anything in front of it. That page-wide quote across the top is a disaster. You have already exhausted about 50% of the new reader's patience and he knows almost nothing about the webpage.

After the branding, which is fine, this initial explanation appears: "Educating, Enabling, and Equipping people for digital ministry…" This description is less than zero -- it takes up space without supplying any concrete information. What is "digital ministry"? Generalities like "educating, enabling and equipping" are worthless. Do you provide PHP scripts? Links to free Christian graphics? Offer SEO hints? What?

2. How is it organized? The second thing the new viewer wants in his ten seconds is to see where to go to get services x,y, and z.

The visual organization is poor. A full width quote in small type across the top. Horizontal navigation crammed up into the header by a huge inappropriate block of a flower with irrelevant text, right where the reader expects something meaty. And then, suddenly the look completely changes to the opposite extreme. Monochrome, all text, and spaced way too far apart.

As for sizing, a fixed 1024 width is very inconsiderate of people with smaller monitors, and also, some people line up windows at less than full width. Either go fluid or 800px fixed. It's too wide even for a fixed 1024, as you push the edge of the screen -- at least go width: 95%. But there is no reason you could not easily fit what you have into a 770px width.

Well, I hope I've been some help. God Bless.

Your search window is not labeled. The name could be done larger. Not sure I care for the location of the scripture across the top. It looks more like a blog than a business.

I like it. Very Web 2.0 as stated already.

Mason does offer some very good insight.

Nice site. I like the colors and the font style. They compliment each other well.