The MENU, on the teaparty11.com splash, on the right, is a much welcomed addition. Tech first, artsy fartsy LAST.
The MENU must be on each page, or you strand the user. Or the pledge widget needs to be ... where that menu was ...
Make the menu as small, and utilitarian as you can ... using the most legible font. THEN ... get artsy.
Spend the time creating the code to include the menu on each page, write your sub first ... then get artsy.
You are an excellent layout, formatting developer ... but the inclusion of the menu on every page, along with the widget is crucial.
When the user thinks to themselves ... I gotta check the rest of this out before I put mah money in der ...
Then they go to one of the pages on the menu and WHAM, you GOT them ... on that page ... they gotta have that widget right there, to capitalize on that emotional response.
NAVIGATION first, (Netscape Navigator), tech next, (MS Explorer), social last (Chrome) ... then art.