Welcome to the new look website!

Submitted by Tom Knapp on Tue, 29/09/2009 - 16:46

We have relaunched the website for the new season to provide a richer experience.

You can create user accounts in order to interact with the site via the forums or by leaving comments. The news feed will be regularly updated so keep checking back.

Comments

New website

Submitted by Peter Wilkinson (not verified) on Wed, 30/09/2009 - 13:52.

Well done Tom for revamping website.

I hope members, junior members & prospective members contribute to the website. The more we use it the better it will become.

Peter Wilkinson

Well done Tom

Submitted by thegrimdales on Wed, 07/10/2009 - 08:21.

I agree with Peter. Great new site well done. Have you written it from scratch or used a template?

A few questions:

  1. Will we be able to see match results and league tables?
  2. What is going to happen about posting results from matches? Do you want the team captain to post results or can individuals post them informally?
  3. Do you need any help in running the website?

Regards

Stephen

Thanks Stephen

Submitted by Tom Knapp on Wed, 07/10/2009 - 15:23.

Thanks Stephen. I'm glad you found the site. Keep spreading the word.
I built the site using Drupal, which has lots of functionality already and thousands of bolt on modules to use.
The idea for the site is that it's a resource for the club and the league (and others who want to contribute). People can be assigned as editors so that when viewing fixtures they get an edit tab at the top of the page. There will be the option to enter the match results which will then display to all users when they view a fixture. I'm also planning to add another block to one of the side columns to show recent results as a table, linking to a full page of all results.
I intend to set up a league table shortly that will be built dynamically from all the results (but that does mean receiving and entering the results from all the matches in the league). Alternatively this could be set up as a static table on the Craven League page but it would only get updated infrequently.
I thought it would be good to keep the number of people who are assigned as editors to a minimum so that results can be properly verified before being posted. Anyone can, however, add comments or contribute to the forums.
I hope people will keep making suggestions and writing content so that the site keeps growing.
Tom