well that template is a "frankenstein" mixture from GoLive and Frontpage... I know exactly the idea you have for a website and I believe that you are correct: flat= faster loading time... but also that the site is some what corporate-looking... Just wanted you to see that I have the idea of what a flat site with appealing colors would look like... thanks. btw, if I could ask you for a favor? I'm not very good with colors and putting more than 2 colors together takes time for me... do you have any type of resources that are available that would show color schemes... or any ideas for me?? Also, I hope I'm not asking to much but do you still have that code for pre-loading images???