At a Hang Up

[PennylessZ28]

I'm trying to come up with something newer for my site.

So I've been working on a new style with tweaks and stuff. So I'll say that this is a work in progress and missing a lot of unfinished elements, this style is really testing a lot of new ideas.

http://www.hrfbody.com/?styleid=27

I liked where I was going, but then I started hitting a road block and I think somewhere I blurred something to much or watered it down.

For the most part I have been working on the css for the front page, haven't dug deeper yet.

Input?

Two ideas I am happy with are my top logon and user bar, i use it on my current theme and my members find it invaluable.

Here are some examples of logged in header and PM notification:





I'm also experimenting with using CSS to indicate when a message is new, I have used css and background image for when there is a new thread rather than the normal status icons.




But, still something just doesn't feel right. Any pointers?