www.healing-prayer.net

mib · #1 (**permalink**) 07-14-2006, 11:12 PM

Dear friends,

Please review my site www.healing-prayer.net

Being an amateur to SEO I would appreciate any of your suggestions and corrections to increase site's visibility and friendliness to SE and visitors.

Thanks to all who take their efforts and time to support this forum.

Michael.

Webnauts · #2 (**permalink**) 07-15-2006, 03:30 AM

Lets go step by step, beginning with the head of your document.

First get rid of the below from all your pages:

<meta NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="7 days">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright © 2006 Healing-Prayer.net">
<meta name="rating" content="General">
<META NAME="ABSTRACT" CONTENT="Divine Healing as Divine Science of Healing through Prayer">
<META NAME="AREA" CONTENT="Spirituality and Health, Religion and Spirituality">

Then replace your <html> tag with this <html lang="en-US">

If you did that, let me know, and we will go for the next step. OK? :)

Webnauts · #3 (**permalink**) 07-15-2006, 10:20 PM

Next step. Clean up your markup (code). Here is an excellent free tool which you can download here http://www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/ which can help you best.

When you done that, let me know, and we can go on with the next steps. OK?

snowflakegirl · #4 (**permalink**) 07-16-2006, 11:46 PM

Try this validator http://validator.w3.org/

It's free and I find it extremely helpful.

Webnauts · #5 (**permalink**) 07-16-2006, 11:59 PM

You can also check the validation tools on my site.

mib · #6 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 01:16 AM

Thank you for those exellent sites. But any of those Validators tell me what kind of warnings I have in my code and where they are.

Also my .css file has some errors. Would you mind to check it please and tell me what I need to correct there?

Thank you kindly.

Michael.

Webnauts · #7 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 01:28 AM

Michael here are you CSS errors:

Lines 2 and 10: The ",; font-size" property is not a recognized style property. You mispelled there.

mib · #8 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 02:51 AM

Thank you. I've corrected css file. Should I correct all warnings also there and all other pages?
If yes, would you give me a hint how I can learn where they are please?

With much gratitude, Michael.

Webnauts · #9 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 03:10 AM

You CSS still had an error: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...A%2F%2Fwww.%2F
Here the CSS file corrected. Please make a backup of your own, before uploading to your server. Mistakes can happen. :)

About the warnings, no need to worry about. At least not now!

-----------------------------------------------------

.text, td, tr {
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #990000;
text-decoration: none;
}

.copyright {
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none;
}

.h1 {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 8.5pt;
color: #808080;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

.h2 {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 14pt;
color: #990000;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

.menu {
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 7.5pt;
color: #990000;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

.menu:hover {
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 7.5pt;
color: #0066cc;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

.menu2 {
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10pt;
color: #990000;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

.menu2:hover {
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10pt;
color: #0066cc;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
}

body {
background-color: #990000;
}

#maintable {
background-color: #fff;
border: 2px solid #ccc;
}

-----------------------------------------------------

And an advise: Don't use "pt" for the font sizes in your CSS or other documents. Try using "%" or "em".

Here is a table of font sizes that can help you out:

100% = 1.0em = 16px = 15pt
95% = 0.95em = 15px = 14pt
90% = 0.9em = 14px = 13pt
85% = 0.85em = 13px = 12pt
80% = 0.8em = 12px = 11pt
75% = 0.75em = 11px = 10pt
70% = 0.7em = 10px = 9pt
65% = 0.65em = 9px = 8pt

Update the font sizes in the above CSS file yourself please.

When everything done, let me know, so we can go to the next step.

mib · #10 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 04:03 AM

Soooo grateful for your clear instructions and I've done all what you've advised.

Looking forward to going forward under your guidance.

With many thanks, MIchael.

Webnauts · #11 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 04:15 AM

Michael, you have an error in your CSS again.

You edited:

.text, td, tr {
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva;
font-size: 100;
font-weight: normal;
color: #990000;
text-decoration: none;
}

Did you possibly want to use for the above red highlighted code this?

font-size: 100%;

Once you have updated the issue, click here http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...prayer.net.%2F before you post again, to make sure that your CSS validates.

Webnauts · #12 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 04:50 AM

Michael your robots.txt have an error. Update your robots.txt with these entries:

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

mib · #13 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 05:11 AM

It went through Css Validator.

Thank you for your great assistance.

Michael

Webnauts · #14 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 05:18 AM

Great so far. Are you done with the robots.txt too?

If yes, another issue. Can't you use a black font colour for your texts instead of red?

And if you are done, we must do some work with your hyperlinks.

There is still a lot coming. Are you still interested?

Webnauts · #15 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 05:37 AM

Hey Michael, I missed something. Please add in the header of your document this too after your keywords meta tag this:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">

And if you have repaired your robots.txt as I have advised you above, delete from your headers the following meta tags:

<meta name="robots" content="Index, follow">
<meta name="googlebot" content="Index, follow">

When you are done, let me know so we can go on.

mib · #16 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 05:45 AM

Yes. I am not only interested but I am so grateful for your unselfish great and professional assistance.
I would like that everyome in our forum to know this.

As I am a newbie I am not sure what I need to do with robot file at all. Also if you feel a black color fits more to the sight please suggest me that code and I'll change it in CSS file.

With much much gratitude for your great work.

Michael.

Webnauts · #17 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 05:58 AM

The code value for black is: #000;

And about the robots.txt issue, I have created it for you, and have send it as an attachement per email to your address given on your site.

Delete the one you have on the server, and add the one I have send you.

Be aware that we still have a long way to go though. But will not be difficult.

As a newbie you can be glad, while I am also a trainer. :)

You site will rule when we are done. You have my promise. And I do not provide such reviews to everybody. Just to avoid any misunderstandings.

Webnauts · #18 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 06:06 AM

Michael, I noticed too late that you are in Australia.

Therefore we have to update something.

Add in your header this <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> with <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-GB">

Sorry Buddy...

When you fixed everything I said above, let me know so we can go on.

Webnauts · #19 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 06:55 AM

I am sending you a file per email called .htaccess. Maybe the file name is invisible though. But don't mind.

Before you upload it on your server, you MUST consult your hosting provider, asking them if your hosting package supports that!!!

If the say yes, then upload it on your server.

If your provider ask you what the .htaccess file is for, tell them that is only "301 permanent redirect".

If they say that they do not support that, ask them if the can make that for you, redirecting the domain http://healing-prayer.net to http://www.healing-prayer.net

It will be a big deal for your Google PR. May be seen though in the google PR bar after the next Google PR update.

mib · #20 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 07:48 AM

I've e-mailed to you with some explanation that I did not receive your redirection file or am I wrong?

Thanks so much for robots file.

So many thanks,
Michael.

mib · #21 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006, 08:21 AM

Just let you know that I've deleted forced red color in the HTML Code and now all is in black except H1 heading. Should I change it as well?

Thanks.