One of the most perturbing aspects of Homebrewzone.com is the title in the upper left hand corner. It is just not quite big enough to emphasize that that is the name of the site and kind of leaves a flat taste in the mouth.
Also, the lack of a heading for the links on the left hand side of the page is also very frustrating. It confuses the reader, half of the links take you to a Google site, and the other half take you to other parts of the site. There definitely needs to be some form of a heading there.
The Glossary is one place where the lack of pictures is very frustrating. With more pictures inserted next to the definitions, a person would be better equipped to understand each item.
I do feel that the brew your own beer section is fairly well organized. Redish, at one point, does say to stay away from more than two headings, and I believe there are three headings on this page. But, I feel it works. It has the necessary information printed in bold and it stands out well compared to the rest of the text. One of the more redeeming qualities of the long paragraphs of instruction on this page is the fact that the important parts are highlighted.
Hi Cory,
Great idea to increase the presence of the web site title on the home page. Also I like your idea of creating a heading on the left nav bar to distinguish between Google links and site links. That seems important for the home page (the google links seem to disappear after the home page). Your A-Z idea for the glossary is excellent as well. I look forward to seeing some of these changes in your revision!