Hey guys, I was wondering if you knew of any new software out there to spruce up my website. I'm up to date on wow-slider and other programs, but i'm trying to think of ways to make my site more.. modern? It should be set for responsive design however has not been tested by me. I feel that it needs something to make it pop out there and possible blend in a little better with newer age websites.
Anyhow take a look..

http://www.fareastexpansion.com

Others may have some good ideas for you as to the 'popping'. I stick to technical bits.

If you want to make the site responsive, there are mainly two elements that need looking into.
First, there is the head image. Put it into a div that is sized a certain %age of the whole page width, and then let the image cover that width. Don't set any width or height in px.
Secondly the white sheet with the text. Let the sheet also be a percentage of the whole width. And the text size has to be set in em's, not pixels.
You also have to look at the menu. It is responsive all right, but when the viewport is narrowed down, the menu looks kind of squashed. Use the breakponts in the menu builder and set one at around 700px. Then make the menu cover 100% of the width from then on, so that it actually becomes a one-button dropdown.
Try that, and then we can see how far you get.

As I'm thinking along here, 'modern' has to do with clean surfaces, gradients (as page background or menu buttones (or both). Also the text could be formatted into two columns, and stick to one and the same font.
Don't know if the 'youngsters' here will agree, though...

Here's some inspiration...
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspirati … -websites/

@Inger I agree with you, I think that I could put that to use. I'm looking at the sites that paintbrush posted and I can see the one I would like my site to look like , "Wrath of the Lich King", but I doubt i'm that talented. I just started some courses on html 5 and css3 along with javascript so i'm going to take my time and do it right.
@paintbrush I would need your graphical talent to make my site pop paintbrush!!

Why not start with a read-made background?
http://www.desktopnexus.com/tag/epic/
Then you can concentrate on the page structure and add a few other graphic elements to finish it off.

It's got live graphics, like a smooth .gif for a background..
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/wrath/

It's amazing the things you can accomplish using .gif's now day's, but i'm not sure how to create a one of that size.
I'm hoping that a little more time in school will render a better faster website for me. Right now i'm learning how to alter css3, using javascript.. why one would do this.. I really don't know.

The animated .gif on that site isn't very large, it's only over one area of the background.
It's a nice effect.

Look up DOM scripting or OOP, you'll get an idea of just how useful JS with your CSS can be.

Where's the gif on that page? I see lots of Flash.

The Flash object is just one rectangle ( 345 x 543) overlayed above the background image. So it could be done with an animated .gif. It's a nice effect.