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[EasternGirl]

Very nice Joe...great pics!

[BUSHSNAKE]

Ive been playing around with ideas for a while and i think i got it to were i like it, the plan was that, play around till i git it figured out and then go official. Tell me what you think. check out bushsnake.yolasite.com

[Light of Dae]

I like it. If I may though.. Personally I would combine your 'Collection' and 'Pictures of Species' pages... Put the common name in the small gap between the scientific name n picture. I'd also make the thumbnails bigger or make a slideshow type deal that when you click on a thumbnail it brings up the full size image but then instead of having to close that window to see the rest, make it so you can click a 'next' button and it will bring up the next full size image with the scientific name n common name. Just a few suggestions you can take em or leave em Just what I would do personally.. but it ain't my site. If you are going to be selling babies n such you should make an 'available list' similar to what I described above .. but with babies available lol.

I took web design in school, enjoyed it.

Its off to a good start though

[BUSHSNAKE]

thanks for the suggestions, i did have the collection pics and species pics combined, maybe ill go back to that, and ill add an available section. Thanks for the feedback!

[chris-uk]

I'd keep the photos and collection list on separate pages, but I'd link the name of each snake in the collection to the relevant point on the photo page.
Just a few tips from me:
- If you want to get ranked higher in search engines you're going to need more text, so I'd flesh out the collection page to include a brief description of each species you collect. Consider the keywords that you'd want your site to be found with if someone used them in a Google search, then make sure you use those words several times on the page. It's been a few years since I've had to do search engine optimisation, but back then Google would ignore (or at best rank much lower) any pages that didn't have a reasonable amount of text, I think it was around 200 words. So you don't need War and Peace, but you do need text. This will be particularly important on your "Available" page.
- If there's a logic to the photo page (I'm sure there is with some pics being 2 to a line and others being on their own line) I'd add sub-titles to the page. It will serve two purposes, firstly to help visitors understand the order, secondly to help search engines to rank your page.
- Cap up the titles. In my opinion (and it is slightly subjective) using all lowercase for headings looks less professional.
- Consider editing the main photos to give them rounded corners.
- Do you have any options in the Yola site building software to control how often search engines re-index your pages? Worth setting the main pages to a default, but reducing the interval for the "Available" page if you can.
- I'd consider buying a domain and using that, I know that I tend to take a website more seriously if it's got a registered domain rather than a free domain, and you'd be able to use the same domain for your email as well. Surprisingly, bushsnake.com is still available.

I like the white on black and the clean lines. With a little more text (i.e. the "available" section you're adding, and adding content the "about me" section) it's a good looking, functional site.
Good work Joe. Shout when you want more opinions.

[BUSHSNAKE]

thanks, the feedback is very helpful, i will soon buy the domain soon now that ive "played around" Thanks Again!

[ssssnakeluvr]

GoDaddy.com is a good one to get your domain and webspace thru. I have used them for a few years. then you just have to get your web building software. I use Xara.... it's a what you see is what you get type...don't need to know html. they have templates or you can just use a blank page and go from there. you can get the software for about 40 bucks. theres a link to them on my website =) give me a holler if you have any questions

[BUSHSNAKE]

i sure will Don, Thanks