North Ballarat's new site is really good. Good to see another club depart from the footyvic template! A quick rating of all the sites -
Bendigo - Looks busy but not much there
Box Hill - Not just biased, my favorite site. Clean set-out, and more to come. Loving the presidents speaches.
Casey - Such a confusing site, Not a bad presentation, what's with the chicken thing or something?
Coburg - Not too bad for a "template" site. Keep it fairly up to date.
Frankston - Not much here. Needs to streamline.
North Ball - Much better now. Interesting to see how it's maintained.
Northern Bull - Another really good site. Great history, old footy cards, 2nd best vfl site.
Port Melb- Reverted TO the "template", and cut and pasted a fair bit of stuff. A club like port needs a better site.
Sandy- Not too bad for a "template". Obviously more interested in winning premierships!
Tassie- Just a page on the AFLTasmania website.
Werribee - Thin. (I'm getting bored)
Willy - Probably the best "template" site, lots of info and little biddies.
Well, that took longer than i thought! What does everyone else think?
(Don't look at my boxhillfc.vox.com, haven't touched it in a couple of months! NO TIME!)
Brands, I apologise for not giving you the above information regarding the club song myself.
The template sites are a bit annoying and I do agree that the new Box Hill website is great.
Old topic but one I want to discuss again.
I'll admit I've dropped off looking at most club websites recently, many are too hard to navigate or never updated enough.
Who are the leaders in terms of good club websites? What features should clubs make sure are on there?
My old hobby horse!
Let's go through them -
bendigo - been under construction for the past 6 months, nothing special. Hang on, completely re-jigging it, looks quite essendon-ish, but more appealing none the less
box hill - great lay-out, easy to get around, but many sections have had nothing done since new site about a year ago. K.Height is still in the banner!
Casey - not too bad, still a bit confusing! Simplify, need quality, not quantity! Probably one of the best, why is it so hard for clubs to put up pics of each match! Latest pics are pre-season training and jumper pres!
Coburg - One of the better template ones, relatively up to date, no PICS again, especially when played on MCG! What other club in the land wound have pics a plenty of that. The've got one
Frankston - New site not too bad, Paul Kennedy's weekly write-up's good, up - to date info, better than their old one.
Nth Ball - the wheel is spinning, but the hampster is dead! Alright presentation, just nothing worth checking more than once.
Preston - find this one of the more interesting and up to date sites. REally delve into history. ANTZ PANTZ is great!
Port Melb - have just cut and paste everything from old site to new site.
Sandy - tired site, latest pics are from round 6 last year! Solid history section though
Tassie- ? a bit of something, but just an TASAFL page really
Werribee- Finally, one of the better sites i feel, a lot of this due to up to date gallery, featuring heaps on t.henderson's 100th, ground works and pre-match functions. Not heaps of info, a players column or something would be good.
Willy - Probably the best for up-to-date info, delving into the club, and just all-round interest. Heaps of info, nice banner, making best of template site. Have links to youtube, interviews with players and such!
This site romps it in though for the best, because it's interactive, informative, people can post their own pics into gallerey, historic video and up-to-date stuff, teams, results, really, what the comp needs!
STANGA wrote:box hill - great lay-out, easy to get around, but many sections have had nothing done since new site about a year ago. K.Height is still in the banner!
Casey - not too bad, still a bit confusing! Simplify, need quality, not quantity! Probably one of the best, why is it so hard for clubs to put up pics of each match! Latest pics are pre-season training and jumper pres!
I don't see the difference between how confusing Caseys is compared to Box Hill?
Have just had a chance to check them all out and surely by far Casey's is the best.
It looks like it gets updated atleast once or twice a week and looking through the history they have always posted their sides and match reviews.
Bendigo's pretty old and plain.
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I've gotten in contact with a couple of official figures down there, which has helped...the stuff I've been given will make its debut when the stats for those seasons are done...my records from 2002-03 aren't fit for consumption yet, because they come from Friday and Monday newspapers only, but everything else is official VFL..as for the photos, the biggest problem has been apathy from the north of the state over the last couple of years, which has caused the quantity of photos from the Examiner to fall, and the Mercury never did much in that regard anyway...as a result, a bit of theft from News Ltd, but all with watermarks...at some stage, those you beaut Stanga photos from Tassie's infamous win at City Oval in 2007 will appear once I resume putting 2007 scores up...best shots of mud you'll ever see...!
And thanks Taswegian...
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