>Here's a link to something I started a few months ago:
>http://www.carrionfields.com/welcome/welcome.html. It's new,
>and incomplete, but I think it represents one way we might
>modify our page layout and content to help new players want to
>connect, and once they do, to create a character. I'm open
>for suggestions on what this should look like.
>
>TASK: Determine the best content layout for getting new
>players to connect to the game.

First thing I noticed was that the content was a block of text (made my eyes glaze over) perhaps bullets would be better?

Second, the navigator for such a welcome page should be better laid out... Back, Forward, Home(back to welcome page) should be arranged horizontally like

Back

Home

Forward

instead of how they are done now... Of course the table should be set up so there is more space and whatnot, but you get the gist of it. I'm no web designer, but it should only take a few minutes of googling to get some spiffy looking navigation going.