Hello, All
I've been working on a couple of web styles and was wondering which to go with. I'm not done by far with either one so I'm wanting to drop one of them and concentrate on just one style for now. I'm currently putting together a Flash intro for both sites. Be gentle ;o)!!

http://www.williamsportal.com/

or

http://www.williamsportal.com/test.html

the star bursting affect is pretty cool, but like charles g said, it isn't clear. if you can make them burst out farther, so there is more space in between, then i would definately go with that design. you also might want to make the sqaures a little bigger so they are easier to click on. and finally, for people that are easily confused, i'd put something that said "click to continue" or something like that. cause some people might be waiting for something to happen. i know i looked at it for a few seconds without doing anything cause i thought it was a flash intro, then i realized it wasn't. and finally, my friend said center it. overall, pretty cool though.

-Brian