Website Redesign

[Em]

Well, if anyone remembers, I posted my website design on here a little while ago. I received some comments, and I've reworked it a bit. Feedback or comments would be great :]

For example: is it more or less appealing ? is the contrast stronger/weaker, are you confused when you look at the page, or is the purpose of the page instantly clear? Generally any comments would be helpful

New Verison
http://skywide.net/

Original
replaced with new version


Err also, i have a bit of a technical question if anyone wants to field an answer. Each post is contained in 3 divs, which hold the images (top/content/bottom) The divs load the info from an ID, but this creates errors when I validate the code. Any suggestions about how I could get around this ? I can't really think of an alternative to using div ID=""