My wife Denise and I are starting a campaign to try to get respect and recognition for caravanners at www.bobanddenise.co.uk. We recently launched our site but as you will see from the guestbook some people don't seem to be taking it seriously. Do you think this is the fault of the design??

No.

I'm in the UK and trust me - the whole subject of caravanning isn't taken seriously by non-caravanners in this country. And when I read some of your content I have to say (personal opinion) I can see why.

Assuming that this IS a serious site and not a spoof - it truly is hard to tell - the bit about a 'go slow day over the spring bank holiday' will win you no friends whatsoever. That is why you are not being taken seriously - or one good example of it.

Most of the coherent comments in the guestbook are about the 'go slow' on the M25. They are critical of it. How on earth do you figure that this 'proves your point' about all non-caravanners. Should they be happy you're going to do this? That's obviously what you expect, though in reality you will just wind them up even more. I mean, what on earth is it that ALL non-caravanners do to ALL caravanners that warrants such behaviour at one of the busiest times of the year on the busiest road in the UK? And you want them to be happy?

I think you should also try really hard to understand that some of those guestbook posts against what you are planning are sensibly written by sensible people. They're not all examples of 'what you have to put up with', yet even the aggressive ones are simply saying the same thing, albeit less diplomatically.

The site looks fine. You need to set a background colour on the main page area (it is non-white on a non-while browser background).

The entire problem (attracting negative comments) is with the content not the design. If it is a spoof, then kudos to you. Very funny ;)

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the layout was nice and neat, but the orange text was a little difficult on the eyes. I would suggest a darker shade to stand out on the gray.