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The new Official Site
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There I was wondering why the Official Site was down this afternoon, then up pops the 'New' Official Site. Tell me if I'm out on a limb here guys, but it looks as they got their inspiration from a certain independent Everton site. I guess it's kudos to to Michael, Lyndon and Colm then. Who said the club never listen ;)
Mark Wynne, Posted 07/08/2008 at 19:01:33
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A revamped site is like having a new signing :0)
it looks horrific, like one of those awful premiumtv sites that diddy clubs have. very amateurish. the actual content/intentions are good, but very poor execution by whomever the graphic designer was.
I agree with James. A step forward for them but still below par in design and usability.
I quite like the revamped site actually. It seems clear and a lot quicker to navigate.
Also, just booked my tickets online for the Pompey match and finally it’s exactly how it should be, picking exactly the seats you want. A major improvement - well done!!! Just a pity for us exiled non-season ticket holders it’s not very easy to get two seats together without restricted views. If only we had a 50,000 seater unobstructed view stadium....
Also, nice to see it up and running without a "test page" to say we’d signed Riquelme ;-)
Also, just booked my tickets online for the Pompey match and finally it’s exactly how it should be, picking exactly the seats you want. A major improvement - well done!!! Just a pity for us exiled non-season ticket holders it’s not very easy to get two seats together without restricted views. If only we had a 50,000 seater unobstructed view stadium....
Also, nice to see it up and running without a "test page" to say we’d signed Riquelme ;-)
Well its a hell of a lot better than the last one! I think Toffeeweb is a much more tastefully designed site however.
I’m not bothered about building a new site if the only news is bad news! How about building a bloody stadium and buying some players.
The new OS will never give us better news than reality. Its being presented much better now.
Does the fab new site mean that I can now purchase official Everton merchandising? Will the online megastore start quoting more than just "size S and XXXXXXXL only available"??
Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate. - Mr. KVL 741Y
It’s crap.
Are you joking? The new site is WAY BETTER than the old one - I’ve been on a few other Premier League sites recently and I was thinking how much better they are than ours. Now ours is similar to theirs and a helluva lot better than previously.
I work in the industry and from having a quick look round, I’d say its well designed, easier to navigate than it was and on the whole a really good site - some people will never be happy.
I work in the industry and from having a quick look round, I’d say its well designed, easier to navigate than it was and on the whole a really good site - some people will never be happy.
Visual design element i think looks shite. Looks like i'ts been done by someone who has just started off in the business.
much more welcoming and now a pleasureto navigate.
Love the design. No need for Flash Sight like Chelsea.
Love the design. No need for Flash Sight like Chelsea.
Agreed the new site is much better.
Hate the new away kit though!!!
Noticed also on the list of transfers out that there is no mention of Fernandes loan ending. Does this mean something?
Hate the new away kit though!!!
Noticed also on the list of transfers out that there is no mention of Fernandes loan ending. Does this mean something?
It seems that nothing EFC do is right! The topic was the new OS site and still people moan about new signings bla bla bla. We all know that there’s a number of issues that we find more important at the moment but please if you want to discuss new signings (or lack of!) then post a topic, but dont just jump at any chance you have to lambast the club at every opportunity. One persons taste is different to anothers but its not exactly something to ramble on about. The peoples club?....very divided people at the moment. Give it a rest and lets try to find something to get behind and support....oh I know...the TEAM!!!!!!!!
Who gives a flyin fuck.... 9 days to go and all the club has to shout about is a new look web site... Big Fuckin deal!!
Apologies for being worried about the new stadium and lack of signings. Yippeee, we have a new website, yippeee - I’m off to the pub to celebrate.
The completion of the new site is a big deal Nelly, now the club can switch their focus to the preliminaries of signing a new player...
When Bill crowed to SSN to "Watch this space" who knew he meant his awesome new website design. What a shrewd manipulator of the media. I?m sure that I will forget his 2nd failed stadium attempt, the manager not signing a deal, the CEO resigning and ah what was it??? Oh yes...
NO NEW SIGNINGS!!!!!
NO NEW SIGNINGS!!!!!
Terrible grid, gaudy colours, lack of heirachy, not valid, html is a mess, typography is woefuland there’s plenty of garbage and unnecessary code and http requests.
Are we a club on the ball?
Couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery...
Are we a club on the ball?
Couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery...
Brian, you’re right... it’s amazing... well done bill and the team!
Taking my sarcastic hat off though,
"The online email offers up to 5gb of storage and scope for attachments of up to 25mb on emails"
"YourEverton is free to sign up to and gives supporters the opportunity to form their own friendship groups, enabling them to chat, blog, upload images, create content for fan galleries and submit their own match reports"
That aint bad!
"The online email offers up to 5gb of storage and scope for attachments of up to 25mb on emails"
"YourEverton is free to sign up to and gives supporters the opportunity to form their own friendship groups, enabling them to chat, blog, upload images, create content for fan galleries and submit their own match reports"
That aint bad!
WOW !!!!!!
A new look OS!!!!!
And here I am thinking our club is in trouble.We are defo on the up now ; )
A new look OS!!!!!
And here I am thinking our club is in trouble.We are defo on the up now ; )
Its obviously better than before but still not good enough. There’s some naive design going on there. The typography and coding is shocking. I hope the club or designers are reading this because why oh why do they insist on having 25 fucking banners on every page...it’s ridiculous and smacks of desperation.
For a well designed premiership site check out.
http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/
For a well designed premiership site check out.
http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/
Phil Neville is listed as a midfielder on the new site, god no!
What a load of shite!
Any who reads the fucking thing is thick as fuck - I wonder why you still cant give a ’thumbs up’ to some stories - like ... here ya go..
Stadium Called In - BIG FUCKING THUMBS UP!
New website design - BIG THUMB UP YA ARSE!
Any who reads the fucking thing is thick as fuck - I wonder why you still cant give a ’thumbs up’ to some stories - like ... here ya go..
Stadium Called In - BIG FUCKING THUMBS UP!
New website design - BIG THUMB UP YA ARSE!
What a load of shite!
Any who reads the fucking thing is thick as fuck - I wonder why you still cant give a ’thumbs up’ to some stories - like ... here ya go..
Stadium Called In - BIG FUCKING THUMBS UP!
New website design - BIG THUMB UP YA ARSE!
Any who reads the fucking thing is thick as fuck - I wonder why you still cant give a ’thumbs up’ to some stories - like ... here ya go..
Stadium Called In - BIG FUCKING THUMBS UP!
New website design - BIG THUMB UP YA ARSE!
crap
What I don’t understand about websites is why should it need to take longer to load than necessary. The most important element is the content, which in this case is mostly text. Or bullshit.
If this is an effort to turn us away from Toffeeweb .....Forget it !
Hold the CTRL key, roll your mouse wheel, and just make the site the size you prefer if its all too big and glossy for you :)
Anyone else struggling with the registration for your everton?
I registered for e-tickets. Wrote my number and password down and then promptly lost the bit of paper. So nothing new there then.
Tried to log in but it says that if you have forgotten your password just enter your number and they’ll send a reminder.
But I have forgotten both. E-mailed them three days ago - guess what? Zilch.
If they don’t get a move on that’s seventy quid they have lost just for the first two home games.
Tried to log in but it says that if you have forgotten your password just enter your number and they’ll send a reminder.
But I have forgotten both. E-mailed them three days ago - guess what? Zilch.
If they don’t get a move on that’s seventy quid they have lost just for the first two home games.
Perry Umbown, mate i couldn’t have said that better even if i want too. Youv’e just made my morning mr.
it’s nice to see the website is still using that Everton picture with the lights.
big thumbs up to the Goverment.
p.s. i like the comments at the bottom of some stories. Some people are dilusional and just like sucking up the club so there name appears on the website.
go everton ??? ffs
it’s nice to see the website is still using that Everton picture with the lights.
big thumbs up to the Goverment.
p.s. i like the comments at the bottom of some stories. Some people are dilusional and just like sucking up the club so there name appears on the website.
go everton ??? ffs
just like the kit and VDM....Toss! Unlike VDM its looks very cheap.
Why oh why cant the club just get one thing right. Why the need to change what imo was once of the better club sites.
Tell you what, lets go back to hte old fashioned newspaper style evertonian magazine from the mid/late 90’s
Why oh why cant the club just get one thing right. Why the need to change what imo was once of the better club sites.
Tell you what, lets go back to hte old fashioned newspaper style evertonian magazine from the mid/late 90’s
Is it just me, or does the OS bear a remarkable similarity to www.westcoasteagles.com.au or any other website by a club in the Australian Football League (which are all done by the same company) or even adelaideunited.com.au. I know good design ideas are often mimicked but I can’t see too much on the OS that’s original or innovative in terms of layout.
Its like Facebook! Can someone Poke BK!!
not bothered, hardly ever go on it anyway
Oooh, that Portsmouth page is lovely.
As for the new site, much better in terms of being able to navigate but too much shit scattered everywhere.
Well at least it provided 5 mins respite from the duldrums that has been this pre-season...
As for the new site, much better in terms of being able to navigate but too much shit scattered everywhere.
Well at least it provided 5 mins respite from the duldrums that has been this pre-season...
Are you gone mental it looks nothing like Toffeeweb.
I like it seems to be working ok too.
I like it seems to be working ok too.
It?s better then toffeeweb!
Don?t you designers know how difficult it is for dyslexic fans to read black text on a white background?
Don?t you designers know how difficult it is for dyslexic fans to read black text on a white background?
I think it’s pretty decent. I think there are very few decent club websites out there - aesthetically they always seem to be an overcrowded jumble. I work as a web designer, and I think that the actual code is solid. Most particularly it’s genuinely accessible - i.e. for cross browser, readable by people using screen readers etc, and certainly ticks the boxes of the more formal accessibility guidelines.
Not sure who does Everton’s web stuff but they do seem to have a better idea of general web design and coding good practice than other club equivalents, regardless of what you think of the design. Liverpool’s site is a case in point of the other alternative - using obsolete layout coding, inaccessible to anyone browsing in a non-traditional way, etc.
Mind you, the best official site related to Everton is the academy site - www.evertonway.com - which is not only a very nice design but also a really worthwhile initiative and outreach that should get a bit more profile I think.
Not sure who does Everton’s web stuff but they do seem to have a better idea of general web design and coding good practice than other club equivalents, regardless of what you think of the design. Liverpool’s site is a case in point of the other alternative - using obsolete layout coding, inaccessible to anyone browsing in a non-traditional way, etc.
Mind you, the best official site related to Everton is the academy site - www.evertonway.com - which is not only a very nice design but also a really worthwhile initiative and outreach that should get a bit more profile I think.
I can?t believe people are actually complaining. The Everton website looks nothing like ToffeeWeb. The website designers Everton have and use are first class and have won many awards for their efforts. The site is revolutionary in terms of its offerings and is very easy to use. It is bright, futuristic and workable. You just cant please some people sometimes...
I cannot believe there is once again nothing for the huge contingent of gay & lesbian fans of the club. Once again a missed opportunity passes us by. It’s so sad in this day and age :( shame, shame on you.
Are you ready?
This is the title of an article on the new official home page...
That is rich, to which I ask is Everton FC ready....???
The cheek!!!
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