http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4396/template8pn.jpg It was made by me and my friend. Sorry about the "Don't rip" all over it.
the tutorial part was done ok but some stuff is aligned weird. the background which is the part u made is ok but good luck getting that to repeat. u can do it but users are going to have to load a huge background image.
1. Like Dark_Rider said it's going to be hard to make the background look like 1 image instead of it being copied over and over. Also the background is to ..uhm dont know how to say this... noisy it takes the attentiion away from the site itself. You could try to make the BG a dark or light shade of grey and make the banner something like the BG 2. You forgot a Home button in the navbar 3. The Latest News text could be a bit smaller and it isnt centered. Thats all Good luck
its a bit tutorial like... try to make something thats diffrent from all the other stuff... take a look at www.monster-templates.com for inspiration...
a nice start but work on your text its too big, work on placement of content box's navagation, just a bit too dark for me