Comments on: SEO Advice – Stratford Heights Church of God http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mr. Polite http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-47591 Mr. Polite Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:28:53 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/10/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/#comment-47591 I want to submit my site for review, but the link doesn't seem to be working. I want to submit my site for review, but the link doesn’t seem to be working.

]]> By: SEO Ranter http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-47547 SEO Ranter Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:02 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/10/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/#comment-47547 The leftnav is something out of the nineties - it doesn't even cut 2000. Why not try something a bit shinier; izea have the extreme of shiny on their site, where it works. The leftnav is something out of the nineties – it doesn’t even cut 2000. Why not try something a bit shinier; izea have the extreme of shiny on their site, where it works.

]]> By: DotNetYuppie http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-47522 DotNetYuppie Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:21:01 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/04/10/seo-advice-stratford-heights-church-of-god/#comment-47522 From a design standpoint, the website is on the threshold between being an 'acceptable' website and being a 'great' website. Maybe you could make the navigation a little more attractive? Use some color, rather than two shades of gray with black text? Gradient backgrounds, :hover border-left, or icons would also be a great way to add some flair and really make the navigation pop out. The overall typography/font selection might be improved to increase readability and attractiveness. Have you considered increasing the line-height a little? It looks like you're using a serif font everywhere except for the navigation links -- it's getting more and more popular to move away from Times New Roman and toward a sans-serif font (Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, etc.) If I were you, I would consider keeping my heading tags (H1, H2, etc.) with the current serif font, but switching out the content text to a sans-serif font. I would definitely add some CSS magic dust to the calendar -- a little color and tweaking would make it pop out a lot more. I can tell you've got a lot of potential, and as it is, the site is looking good, but you just need to add a little jazz to make it look _great_. From a design standpoint, the website is on the threshold between being an ‘acceptable’ website and being a ‘great’ website.

Maybe you could make the navigation a little more attractive? Use some color, rather than two shades of gray with black text? Gradient backgrounds, :hover border-left, or icons would also be a great way to add some flair and really make the navigation pop out.

The overall typography/font selection might be improved to increase readability and attractiveness. Have you considered increasing the line-height a little? It looks like you’re using a serif font everywhere except for the navigation links — it’s getting more and more popular to move away from Times New Roman and toward a sans-serif font (Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, etc.) If I were you, I would consider keeping my heading tags (H1, H2, etc.) with the current serif font, but switching out the content text to a sans-serif font.

I would definitely add some CSS magic dust to the calendar — a little color and tweaking would make it pop out a lot more.

I can tell you’ve got a lot of potential, and as it is, the site is looking good, but you just need to add a little jazz to make it look _great_.

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