New AFL site (suggestions, complaints and compliments)

[m0nty]

I agree with most of what Paul said, though on two points I do disagree:

- Use better code. PHP & MySQL. Don't use javascript. Unless the page loads (entire page) it won't work properly.

It doesn't really matter what the server code is, be it PHP or Rails or ASP or ColdFusion or whatever else, or what the database is, because with a high-traffic site like AFL.com.au all of the important pages should be cached as flat text files anyway.

I think you'll find that JavaScript is used heavily on global sports sites, not just for dropdown menus but for rotating headlines and pictures, and most importantly for live stats and scores features. All of the Flash stuff on AFL.com.au could be rendered with far less bandwidth and far more speed using JavaScript and CSS. JavaScript is perfectly fine to use on a Web page, especially if you include all the necessary functions in the headers.

- Forums: Try it. Feedback, discussion, input.

Forums are a big job with a lot of possible legal problems, and the AFL doesn't have the resources to handle it. I fully understand why they don't do it and I don't think they should. Not many other official sport sites do it.

 

[mollyfud]

Am I the only one that wants the Press Conferences back? Click here to vote on the Poll board: http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=315633
Molly

 

[Alphanumeric]

At least last year's format worked

Yeah it worked and had HTML stats, but I still wasn't happy with it.

My main issue with the site is that there is no interesting articals, and when there is it's 4 hours to late and I've read the news on FoxSports or RealFooty.

 

[anduril]

AFL.com is far and away the worst major sport site on the net....close the thing and start again

 

[Discover_Dave]

By far the worst sports website going around. x2 because I use a Macbook.
I watch the ASP surfing Tour live online and have no trouble, they even cross to their special comment guys in the water on the back of a jetski, and its bloody well streaming live video. Yet the AFL/Bigpond can't provide users (especially MAC users) with even the basics of reliable live text updates. The hawks game on Sunday arvo was an absolute disgrace, I had to get updates from the guys in the Forum here cause the AFL site died in the arse.

very, very poor. Out of Ten I give the AFL website minus 2. If i had a pc it might get a 4/5 out of 10 but thier treatment of mac users is a disgrace so i took 6 points off.

 

[Paul.]

I agree with most of what Paul said, though on two points I do disagree:



It doesn't really matter what the server code is, be it PHP or Rails or ASP or ColdFusion or whatever else, or what the database is, because with a high-traffic site like AFL.com.au all of the important pages should be cached as flat text files anyway.

I think you'll find that JavaScript is used heavily on global sports sites, not just for dropdown menus but for rotating headlines and pictures, and most importantly for live stats and scores features. All of the Flash stuff on AFL.com.au could be rendered with far less bandwidth and far more speed using JavaScript and CSS. JavaScript is perfectly fine to use on a Web page, especially if you include all the necessary functions in the headers.



Forums are a big job with a lot of possible legal problems, and the AFL doesn't have the resources to handle it. I fully understand why they don't do it and I don't think they should. Not many other official sport sites do it.

Duly noted. I said I couldn't code, and stand by that fact strongly .

 

[The Sultan]

whoever is running AFL.com.au check out crickinfo.com, why cant we have something like that during a game, live stats etc.

couldn't be that hard could it?

 

[Beckers]

Has anyone emailed a link of this thread to Vlad and Adrian Anderson.....they probably think the site is fantastic!

 

[mollyfud]

Has anyone emailed a link of this thread to Vlad and Adrian Anderson.....they probably think the site is fantastic!

Email Addresses?
Molly

 

[dont bowl there]

Has anyone emailed a link of this thread to Vlad and Adrian Anderson.....they probably think the site is fantastic!

To be fair to the AFL im sure they expected much more from the website. How could you not?

 

[Alphanumeric]

Has anyone emailed a link of this thread to Vlad and Adrian Anderson.....they probably think the site is fantastic!

Give me an email address and I'll send them the link and a covering letter explaining our outrage.

 

[Beckers]

Email Addresses?
Molly

Do you really need to be spoon fed?
Ok, i have not tested these (as i am at work!!) but email contact for the AFL shop is cpadmin@afl.com.au, so to get Vlad or Adrian, i suggest that you try the following addresses and which ever don't come back with a rejection are legitimate:

CEO@afl.com.au
operations@afl.com.au
aanderson@aflcom.au
adimitriou@afl.com.au
anderson_adrian@afl.com.au
anderson.adrian@aflcom.au
adrian.anderson@afl.com.au
adrian_anderson@afl.com.au
andrew_dimitriou@afl.com.au
dimitriou_andrew@afl.com.au
andrew.dimitriou@afl.com.au
dimitriou.andrew@afl.com.au


NOTE: i am not sure how to spell dimitriou!!!

 

[helsy3]

Server Error in '/' Application.
Server Too Busy
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code

Whats the point looking at the site if you can't even get on?

 

[Alphanumeric]

Do you really need to be spoon fed?
Ok, i have not tested these (as i am at work!!) but email contact for the AFL shop is cpadmin@afl.com.au, so to get Vlad or Adrian, i suggest that you try the following addresses and which ever don't come back with a rejection are legitimate:


NOTE: i am not sure how to spell dimitriou!!!

Awesome. I'll send them an email. Will also send this thread to SEN.

I need as many people to vote on this thread.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311527

 

[Footylover1]

Awesome. I'll send them an email. Will also send this thread to SEN.

I need as many people to vote on this thread.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311527

You know my opinion of the site lol

 

[red+black]

Is the site down again?

 

[gadj1976]

Is the site down again?

ahh, yup!

 

[red+black]

I guess 1 of those 40 odd companies that sldavey mentioned is working on the site.

Hey sldavey, can you just post "afl.com.au is crap" or at least "afl.com.au is not all it could be"? Or do you disagree?

What a joke

Just checked half a dozen other sports sites, they're all up. So why is afl.com.au down as often as it is?

To be honest, the difference between when afl.com.au is up and when it is down is marginal.

 

[Alphanumeric]

Is the site down again?

afl.com.au down??

No way! It cant be possible.

 

[red+black]

It's back up. As usual, it took forever to load the first time. So bloated that it paused my youtube tab until it fully loaded

 

[red+black]

Complaining about the site could become a full time job.

http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/Ladder/tabid/74/Default.aspx

sldavey, can you explain why the "Crows" are 5th and the "Saints" are 6th? Both have 2 wins, 1 loss, 8 points and a percentage of 113? Are the "Crows" higher because C comes before S?

 

[dont bowl there]

Complaining about the site could become a full time job.

http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/Ladder/tabid/74/Default.aspx

sldavey, can you explain why the "Crows" are 5th and the "Saints" are 6th? Both have 2 wins, 1 loss, 8 points and a percentage of 113? Are the "Crows" higher because C comes before S?

Crows have a % of 112.9, Saints is 112.6. They really shouldnt round the way they do, that is another flaw.

 

[Captain_Brown_7]

Complaining about the site could become a full time job.

http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/Ladder/tabid/74/Default.aspx

sldavey, can you explain why the "Crows" are 5th and the "Saints" are 6th? Both have 2 wins, 1 loss, 8 points and a percentage of 113? Are the "Crows" higher because C comes before S?

I think it is because the Crows have a higher score "FOR" than the Saints.

Now for the reason i came onto this thread..........

F**K the AFL site is sh*t

 

[red+black]

I think it is because the Crows have a higher score "FOR" than the Saints.

Or maybe it's because the Crows have a higher Points Against score.

Maybe it's because Crows has 5 letters while Saints has 6.

Or it's something to do with the stripes. Horizontal stripes > vertical stripes?

 

[Captain_Brown_7]

Dude, you're not helping!

Hahahahahaha


I thought i might add to the confusion that is the AFL website!