^^^Thanks for the input...Here are some reasons why I didnt do some of what you suggested.
I got my site done through livebooks with a student discount that heavily brought down the price. The bad part about that is that it cost like $75 just to make that email link clickable....Other thing is, I can't add a contact form, its not a part of their package for the students....Lastly, I didnt add an image to the splash because I dont have a lot of images to begin with, so I wanted them all to be fresh...I may do that when I have more stuff to put on the site.
It's a pretty basic layout, but its just to make me look more official than having a myspace or something. I'm still a student so having a super professional site isnt necessary yet.