Rev Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 The club should have its own bespoke official website, not use the off the peg, drag and paste format used by lots of other clubs. Might seem a small thing, but the site is not user friendly, bland and unique in no way whatsoever, on mobile at least. Tickets seem impossible to buy using a mobile now too, rather than just difficult as it was before. I used to think it must be a league obligation to use the same template, but Leeds have their own site, admittedly that's crap too but at least it's unique. Having a Web entrepreneur as an owner, I'm sure we could produce something much better for fans to enjoy, and personal to Derby County, that the owner himself would be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I think the owner of the clubs a bit handy with things on the Internet too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 1 minute ago, Boycie said: I think the owner of the clubs a bit handy with things on the Internet too? I think I covered that last paragraph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 2 minutes ago, reveldevil said: I think I covered that last paragraph? Oh, thought you meant Daveo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 5 minutes ago, Boycie said: Oh, thought you meant Daveo. Reading it back I see your point, if only a kind mod could edit 'we' to 'you', then delete everything after, I reckon it'd be ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Nobodies noticed, just carry on I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Harford Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Not 100% on this, but I think most clubs are tied into a contract for website provision with an official FL partner, I was having this discussion with a Southampton fan last year about it. I seem to remember only about 3 clubs not going with the FL partner. From memory I think contract runs until next year, maybe 2016 now. Also from memory almost 100% of fan comments were negative about the current state of club websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Harford Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yeah, through FLi (Football League Interactive) a company called SapienNitro deliver sites to the majoprity of FL clubs, http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/football_league_interactive_agrees_new_digital_deal Probably the best overview came from a Bristol City forum. Quote explained the background to the FLi contract. It began in 2001 with NTL, who splashed out cash aplenty to sign up 88 clubs across the Football League and non-league. NTL ran into money troubles a few years later and Premium TV took on the deal for the Football League. When Premium TV ran into money problems the League set up Football League interactive within their own company to takeover the payments to clubs, with the service and hosting provided by Premium TV, who became Perform Group. Perform Group lost the contract to host and provide the website service (less Player subscriptions) this summer, replaced by Sapient Nitro after a tender process. The current FLi deal for 86 clubs (two bought out, Portsmouth and Manchester City) runs until 2017. This chap also wrote a piece on it http://onefootinthegame.com/2012/09/12/the-awful-football-league-websites-were-forced-to-put-up-with/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 So we have to put up with that until 2017? I never bother with it, it's messy and difficult to read. I wanted to look at fixtures for instance and a Google search took me to the site but not the fixtures page. Look forward to 2017 then when i can use my clubs website again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 It's still better than the DET website... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValeRam Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Its a great point I never, ever visit it - its a complete mess , horribly clunky and , to boot, you even have to pay to look at half the stuff Its kind of ironic that two of the club's most important portals - the website and the shop - are so poor and user-unfriendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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