Because of a server crash, we recently had our entire website vanish into cyber-space!! This forced me to do a COMPLETE overhaul from the ground up!! I'm still working on little pieces of it, but for the most part, it is ready to go.

http://www.semperfiboxers.com

I would appreciate your taking a look and giving any feedback. We have some new photos, even one video at this point with more coming.

We have a new page with links to articles that we written for various publications over the last few years.

We have nothing but puppies on the Misc Photos page.

Our Rising Stars page has our new puppy, Willie and some puppy photos of her.

We also have a link to our Boxer greeting cars.

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Mike

Looks good...I must say though that I was a little put off by a gun on the main page. Coming from Canada, it's a bit strange...but it's just my opinion...don't want to make you mad. I found the yellow lettering a bit hard to read...but it looked pretty good.

Sorry about the crash! Hope it works better for you this time!

Jessica

I'm not real keen on the background either, though I understand where you're coming from as you are Semper Fi Boxers. Still, if you are marketing to an international audience, it might be something to consider...

The yellow lettering is very difficult to read on the home page when it is directly over the background. It's fine when it's on the green/red fade. The shadowing on the Obedience page ("some of our obedience class graduates") makes it difficult to read. The shadowing on the Whelping Box page also makes reading difficult. I'd be cautious about using shadowed text, in general.

It might be helpful to people viewing your site to describe briefly the different performance areas. So if someone clicks on Tracking, not only do they see the picture, but they also get an idea of what is going on in the pics.

Just my opinion, of course...

I did like your old site - pity it went kapoof!

I too have trouble with the yellow, though yellow could be alright, but it kind of clashes for me on that background because its not consistenly one colour.
Its full of info, which it always has been, love the puppies and the article page was a great inclusion!
I too like the idea of perhaps detailing each practice you train and work with for those who are unfamiliar.
I don't mind what your background is, thats what you do and thats all linked with your title etc, but the others maybe right with others being offended / put off etc from it - you can never please everyone ! I do like the red/green fade and yellow writing combo, but again just not on that background. There seems to be too much going on for my eyes, a little chaotic? is that the right word?

If you still want to incorperate that image you've used as your background, maybe you could use that at the background for the 'about us page' and change your colour for writing etc to make it a little easier to read, and then with all the other pages find another idea to use - either another image that is representing you and your work, but just not so 'busy' or choose colours that are similar to the original to incorperate with the other pages so it doens't look disjointed?

I am no expert on web page design, but as an art teacher I am a visual thinker and am easily affected by things that I see - if that makes sense (we have a shop here that is bright pumpkin orange inside and I cannot handle sitting inside it let alone just walking into it ).

Hope this has hepled some? If not - then promise to update us on Willie, gosh what a DOLL!!!!