SCB Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Just looking at one clubs website and i had a mini heart attack. It was terrible. Why do speedway clubs continue to put out substandard websites? And even more worryingly it seems they pay for them some times. Club would be better with no website than some of the crap some clubs have. So who has the best and worst websites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbiter Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Birmingham What, both at once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TesarRacing Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Newcastle Speedway is the best in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbiter Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 What, both at once? Anything Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) One of the best: Sunderland Speedway - Defunct Track. http://www.sunderlandspeedway.co.uk Dantodans Speedway History Site is excellent too. :approve: http://www.newcastle...ayhistory.co.uk Edited January 8, 2013 by The White Knight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) The Eastbourne official site is not great and since the revamp doesn't load properly on my phone, tries to refresh the twitter feed but just blanks out the screen! Edited January 8, 2013 by MrB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Rhy House used to be awful but I see it is being revamped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Just looking at one clubs website and i had a mini heart attack. It was terrible. Why do speedway clubs continue to put out substandard websites? And even more worryingly it seems they pay for them some times. Club would be better with no website than some of the crap some clubs have. Because I suspect like many things within the speedway world, it seems to be another example of speedway jobs for speedway mates. Many of the official sites seem to have be done by the same person using the same naff CMS system with gharish colours. Sorry, I know the guy behind them is part of the forum, but I am afraid the feedback is valid, the sites are nearly all dated back to the 90s, the types of sites common in the days of old netscape broswers, who remembers netscape broswer? From the official BSPA site, to the Pratson's, to many of the official speedway sites, they are all mirror sites using the same CMS format with naff colours. And before anyone accuses me of being negative for the sake of it and tell me to do better, which is the standard response on here, I can do better, I come from a web design background myself. The thing is with speedway, the racing might be crap sometimes, but you can capture some amazing still action shots, and video clips which would really help create some great visually fantastic websites. Some of the modern CMS systems (and I don't mean Wordpress) are very powerful, and can help create brilliant websites, but the skill of a good web designer is to create sites which look individual, not some standard template. Edited January 8, 2013 by TheReturn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBee Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Some are shocking! I often judge companies (outside of Speedway) by their websites and if they look that poor I'm very easily put off. Some Speedway websites remind me of small children who have just discovered Word Art and try to use all the different types haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Some Speedway websites remind me of small children who have just discovered Word Art and try to use all the different types haha! So you've seen http://www.kentspeed...ebdesign.co.uk/ as well then? :s Seriously, iframes? They died 10 years ago! All that space on a page wasted and the actually "content" squashed into a tiny box. Edited January 8, 2013 by SCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbiter Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I see a lot of sites are under redesigning atm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I see a lot of sites are under redesigning atm Mmmmmmm - Pie and Pipe. Very curious Watson....................................................... :blink: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBee Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 So you've seen http://www.kentspeed...ebdesign.co.uk/ as well then? :s Seriously, iframes? They died 10 years ago! All that space on a page wasted and the actually "content" squashed into a tiny box. No I hadn't haha! I'm sure I did a better site for school projects using html I suddenly want to book time off work to attend though! You don't have to look far to see why this sport will never step into the modern day or grow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Ridley Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Surely the kent website is under construction and until we see the finished product is there we should wait instead of picking faults Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) Surely the kent website is under construction and until we see the finished product is there we should wait instead of picking faults It does look like a holding page yes, not a very good one, but a holding page non-the-less. However, even a holding page should work within mobile devices these days, it should be functional and it isn't, so criticism appropriate. Like the earlier poster said, iframes, not the way to go. Edited January 14, 2013 by TheReturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikko Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just found these comments about our temporary website. As with all comments good, bad or indifferent, we appreciate the time that people take to post. This was a holding page, and one that served its purpose. On Thursday we launch our new website, along with the team name, logo, first rider and team manager. but more importantly for this topic As well as the full website there will be a mobile site specifically designed for android and iphones so you can keep up to date with news, fixtures etc on the move. Regards Nikko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCookie Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 All of the madweb, or whatever they were called, sites are pretty terrible. The bspa one and similar are slightly better. The best has to be the Edinburgh and Newcastle ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Presumably the http://www.kentkings.co.uk/ website gives away the new team nickname ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 All of the madweb, or whatever they were called, sites are pretty terrible. The bspa one and similar are slightly better. The best has to be the Edinburgh and Newcastle ones. Obviously you have an axe to grind. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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