I like the first one (new) better. Its easier on the eyes and loads faster for me. The banner in the second (old) one makes me think of Christmas.
I like the second one, but I would probably consider scrapping the whole thing. Maybe my internet is just buggy, but they took forever to load.
Casted my vote for the new design. It puts a better emphasis on the content. On the other side, you need to do something about the background, because 750k is too much. I would edit background.jpg and set a compression factor of about 25, so the file will get to about 130k (without major quality loss) and will drastically reduce page loading delay!
i like both of the design, though i have to say i like old one better, but it would be better if there is no shadow maybe the bg dissolve to the background colour maybe a lighter blue.... congrats, phpfoxtemplate.com
These are both amazing - but I think i prefer the second one. The first one is good but the fixed background effect with transparent scrolling has been used many times. It also gives the effect of my computer running a little slow to process the scrolling. As for the overall design though - amazing - love the icons and the colors - good job man!