[reviewed] www.stepheniansonline.com

**radarhunter** · 10-27-2006, 06:33 AM

Hi there

the username : test
the password : test

I would love to have some tips from the knowledgeable members of this site.

Waiting anxiously for your tips

Radar

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-30-2006, 12:08 AM

http://stepheniansonline.com

here is a live link.. I'll review as soon as I can

**radarhunter** · 10-30-2006, 12:10 AM

will wait for it anxiously

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 12:49 PM

alright.. I have a sec 4 a website review.
It'll be short and sweet, your welcome to ask any anything

with a quick look, I'm not sure your after an SEO review, or just a review about the site ? I offer SEO suggestions, your site looks very nice visually, so here is what I would Defiantly change to help Search Engine Optimization.

the flash is cool, but is invisible to search engine bots, plus it looks like the 4 "links" all go to the same spot..
Flash can be more search engine friendly, I just don't know much about it.. just look at you page without a flash player enabled.. that's how bots will see it
okay, your forum is hidden to guest,, same with bots.
okay, the rest is considering you let guest see something..lol
the cms looks okay, I'd add more songs in that player cuz I see 6 ? oh okay, I see there are 2 play list.. I would add a 100 songs in 5 different categories.. also can user listen to the music while posting ? if not try to find out how, I think it would be good.
the buttons here are a little messed up
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your stats are good, I would bring them up higher, lower the calendar.
add something that tells what this site is about ?
add some color to your usergroups
I'm not a big fan of the java menu that scrolls.. its your site though
the forums icons and the forum layout looks great
the postbit page loaded a bit slow for me, but it could be my connection. ( I'd kill that java menu ! )
you may check out the "better looking postbit" hack at vBh and I think vb.org has it too, you could snazz your postbit up pretty easily

that's all I have for now

Good luck with the site and ask me anything

**radarhunter** · 10-31-2006, 12:58 PM

could you please have a look at the main site also i added some flash work on it ???

www.stepheniansonline.com

Quote:

your site looks very nice visually

you means the forum of the main page ????

and about those buttons i tried my level best but no luck.

I once tried to install vbSEO but it kindda destroyed all of my data... So no chances this time.......

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 01:31 PM

yup, I seen your flash on the front, that's what I said is invisible to search engines, and the buttons don't work

and I was saying your whole overall site looks nice..

vbseo destroyed your data ? it shouldn't have, maybe you didn't install it correctly.. If you need a hand with that, let me know

-Brandon

btw, why are you hiding the forum ?

**radarhunter** · 12-10-2006, 05:07 AM

i am not hiding the forum

it`s just i needed some flash intro of the site. nothing else.

**Brandon Sheley** · 12-10-2006, 11:19 AM

ah, I don't like flash very much. Search engines don't see anything but I think the new developers are able to embed links in the flash.

btw, looks like you've been doing some work, you have a lighter style now.