having problems with my index page.

hi can any on help me with this problem?
i want to custom my index.php page like I want it but it breaks my footer. I want the same effect that is on this site http://abduzeedo.com/ for my site. so the HTML is 100% but as soon as I convert to my wordpress it does not work. so here is my HTML for the post.
<!–==========POST_START==========–>
<div id=”main” class=”container_12″>
<div class=”grid_8 content”>
<div class=”grid_8 post_img alpha omega”> <img src=”images/Post_img/post1.jpg” alt=”The Horse Anatomy Part 1″/>
<h2 class=”title”>The Horse Anatomy Part 1</h2>
<div class=”aux”>
<div class=”date”>February 11, 2010</div>
<div class=”links”>
<ul class=”links inline”>
<li class=”blog_usernames_blog first”>Bernadette’s Blog
<li class=”comment_comments”>10 comments
<li class=”read_more”>Read more

</div>
<div class=”clear”></div>
</div>
<!–============END=============–>This is only for one post and it works 100% NOW FOR THE index.php code
<?php get_header(); ?>
<!–==========POST_START==========–>

<div id=”main” class=”container_12″>
<div class=”grid_8 content”>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”grid_8 post_img alpha omega”> <img src=”images/Post_img/post1.jpg” alt=”The Horse Anatomy Part 1″/>
<h2 class=”title”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<div class=”aux”>
<div class=”date”>
<?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>
</div>
<div class=”links”>
<ul class=”links inline”>
<li class=”blog_usernames_blog first”> <?php the_author() ?>
<li class=”comment_comments”>
<?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?>

<li class=”read_more last”>
<?php (‘Read More’); ?>

</div>
<div class=”clear”></div>
</div>
<div class=”post_content”>
<p>
<?php the_content(”);?>
</p>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”>
<?php next_posts_link(‘« Older Entries’) ?>
</div>
<div class=”alignright”>
<?php previous_posts_link(‘Newer Entries »’) ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<p class=”center”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.</p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!–==========POST_END==========–>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Now can any one help me please my email is louis_botha@hotmail.com
Thank every one