Decker Herefords Rebuild

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HerefordGuy

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Sturgeon, MO
So I need to rebuild the website.  My wife is taking a few years off from teaching, and will be returning her MacBook to the elementary school.  The website is currently built using Apple's iWeb software.  Here is the old site: http://www.deckerherefordranch.com/Decker_Herefords/Home_.html

So, since I will no longer have iWeb, I need a site in html that I can load using an ftp site.  (iWeb uses iDisk to publish to the web)  I started the rebuild today.  I started by downloading a free template, after doing some google searching for one I liked.
http://www.freelayouts.com/templates/Corporate-Office?preview=true

I then tried to match the theme of the old website by using some of the same colors and fonts.  I used a combination of Kompozer, Dreamweaver, and text editors (TextEdit and nano) to alter the CSS and HTML files.  Here is were I am at so far.
http://web.missouri.edu/~jed42d/decker_herefords.html

I still have a long way to go. 

The headers should be in Rosewood or CoffeeTin font.  How many people actually get the Rosewood/CoffeeTin font on their machines???  It is a really nice, but the headers show up as Arial on my Windows machine.

Suggestions are always welcomed.
 

bigdogcattle

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Your site look pretty good. It validates fine. Here is a good site to get a good view of what your site looks like in different web browsers: http://browsershots.org/http://web.missouri.edu/~jed42d/decker_herefords.html


I realize this site is not finished, but I just wanted to point out that there are a lot of mistakes with the SEO of the site. For instance:

Code:
<meta name="keywords" content="" />

  
<meta name="description" content="" />

I would make sure you have added some content here. Let me know if you need any help with your SEO...

Overall the site looks good...

Thanks
Jamie
http://bigdogcattle.com
 

HerefordGuy

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Sturgeon, MO
The Decker Herefords website rebuild is now online.

http://www.deckerherefordranch.com/

Let me know what you think.  It still has a long way to go, only two pages are finished.  I would be particularly interested if anyone has XHTML or SEO suggestions.  Also, I am looking for a commonly available western fonts to list in the CSS format page in addition to CoffeeTin and Rose Wood Std.

Jamie, how is the SEO for the home, original art, and sires pages?

Also, a big thanks to Jason for all of his help!!!
 
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