There has been a bit of an email thread on the site redesign, so I'll just summarize here...
The site now has a landing page (make sure you are logged out and open http://star-tides.net) for anonymous users and a home page for those who are logged in. The question is - What is the best combo of text and graphics to make the most impact? The purpose of the landing page is to act as an intro/teaser that is less imposing than our standard home page. So, we really need to apply the 80/20 rule on this effort (probably closer to 90/10). That is to say, what is the top stuff we want to present to someone who is:
