Hi, It would be great if you could tell me what kind of web improvement are you looking for - is it the creatives used in the template, structure or placement of content, or the entire layout? It would help me a lot to offer you a solution asap, as I have good experience in doing so. Looking forward to your reply.
I like the blue as well - it is a very fresh colour. The first design did have a cluttered feel to it, yet the second one, just many more text links, looks too much like a directory. I would suggest not losing all of the icons, as they work well for navigation. Hope that helps, tasty
the best way to design it is like an upside down pyramid... put your "heaviest" things at the top.... and get rid of all the penguins.