making it searchable

[zoranb]

What is the best way i can make a website to be easily searchable from Google. Note that the site is mainly built (in DreamWeaver) with the use of pics and theres very little use of text. Text only appears in the footer of each html page. Of course theres text in the site but its been turned into raster pics through photoshop because the use of standard fonts was not good looking designwise and a more "appropriate" font for the circumastances should be used.
So now that theres not text on site, is there someway to make it show when searching in Google?

[Charles]

A page that's all pictures? Well you'll need to change that, not on the surface but underneath. And you'll need to stop using Dreamweaver.

So start over again but this time without any images. Get all your content properly marked up—headings as headings, lists as lists, emphasized as emphasized. And make certain that it validates (http://validator.w3.org/). Don't worry a bit about layout at this stage.

Once you have that you ought to post the URL so we can double check your work.

Then, and only then, lay the presentation on top. This is done mostly with CSS and the good folks over on that forum will help you with that. For the images you have two approaches available. One is to use the IMG element but keeping the replaced text as the value of the "alt" attribute. This method is tried and true but it limits what you can do with the mark up. The other method is to use CSS backgrounds. Search around at http://www.csszengarden.com/ for some examples.

[zoranb]

Thanx Charles for your intresting points, heres the site i was telling you about www.80011XALIA.gr/Demo tell me your view on it, mostly the mistakes and how can they be overcome!

[Charles]

See my comments above. You need to start with a page that works well in Lynx.

[zoranb]

I saw your comments and thanx, but i have no idea what u mean or where to begin. how can i start without images and in the site im talking about what are the headings or lists or the emphasised?
As for the validating procedure i have no idea what to alter/fix, im not aware of any html, css or any code in general. All i know is to design in DreamWeaver, i know that what im saying really sucks but thats all my knowledge at the moment...
help!

[Charles]

That's understandable, you've been using Dreamweaver, and I'm afraid there is no simple answer. You'll need to learn HTML or hire someone who already has.

[zoranb]

So the layout can be exactly the same and all the work needed will be done behind the layout, like u said? Or must i make changes to the layout so that it validates and everything?

[Charles]

Check out http://www.csszengarden.com/ . Yes you can keep your layout, you just need to do it differently.