Quote Originally Posted by Asylum Steve
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I've never understood the theory that a web site needs to be consistent.....

So, it's important that parts of my web site are easy to get to, easy to navigate, and easy to understand. I DON'T want to put up road blocks for potential customers.
you have answered it yourself why a web site needs to be consistent: consistency improves the ease of navigation and improves how quickly a visitor understands how to get around your site. so instead of spending time figuring -out your navigation or being distracted by a grossly changing theme, they can spend time viewing the content (photos). when i visit a site, i don't want tasked with figuring-out how to navigate or find things. just get me to the content--- that's why i visited the site.

(note: i'm an cranky ex- web developer. can you tell?? LOL)