Parent was being too harsh. As a designer, I don't think it looks that bad. It's not amateurish in any serious way, and it avoids the current cliches, which is refreshing to see. To me it kind of looks like cool design from, say, 1997, and I don't mean this as a putdown (I liked 1997) -- the choice of colors and the 3D just give it that sort of feel. Probably not the worst of things; you're targeting "civilians", so your product doesn't need to be too design-forward. Your featured sites look pretty decent.
Seems like a cool product. I'm actually developing something kind of similar, intended mainly for online magazines and long-form blogs.
Yeah, The guy who did all of the current designs [ http://kkellydesign.com ] Is really over the 'copy apple' phenom among designers (apple is over it as well, but many didn't notice)
The point of the OP was that we have a good product FOR designers (and civilians), not that we have designs to show off. If there are designers interested in being design-forward, then have at it; it just happens that most of our customers are conservative mid-west businesses and organizations.
The idea is that you can easily go from your design to powerhouse website without lots of complicated work, and coding-language markup to worry about. Designers don't need that (but it's certainly available to those that want it).
