Hey everyone here is my first template EVER lol well anyways please rate. All from scratch and no tutorials
not bad for a first..try using a pixel font instead of ARIAL NARROW (i think thats it) .. get rid of the squiggly lines, the news/updates thing needs a lot of work.. whats that blue stuff?
Why do you have the SAMPLE text on it, I don't think anyone will rip it But seriously nice 'try' I think you can do better though, actually I KNOW you can do better, I think you spent like 30 mins and then posted it, you need to take time on your temps and do it step by step, like make the borders to your boxes first and then move onto the banner and finally navigation, and maybe do some stuff with the background if you got time.
Also, it helps to adjust the properties of your bevel, you can also get nice styles on the web to use, hell even some fonts are cool