Author Topic: Sunsets new web site (Read 19911 times)

Peanut Butter · « **on:** June 26, 2008, 03:00:37 PM »

Hey folks after 2 months of racing Sunsets new web site is up. Have not looked at it I hope it is good.

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **on:** June 26, 2008, 03:00:37 PM »

skidder · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2008, 03:15:37 PM »

A good start.At least now theres something to build on. Still hard to read the points in black-white-black etc..Steve nice work.

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Hardcore Racing · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2008, 03:36:09 PM »

A big yuck to 1024 x 768 and a big yuck to PDF results. Otherwise nice to see something is started.

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2008, 03:36:09 PM »

Hardcore Racing · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2008, 03:38:47 PM »

Oh and forgot.. that one almost slipped by me.

We have a new logo of a fat horny devil holding a pitchfork on a unicycle now? I thought I seen that on the pace car the other day.

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username · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:04:56 PM »

it's nice to see something is underway and thanks deb for the up to date points...

i'm a little dissapointed at the fact that a brand new website which is suppose to be better than the old one has all of the same things moved around with less of them containing information so i'm bummed with that...and it's "Schedule" for christ's sake have someone proof read things it's laughable we look in-bred to have official stuff not spelled right on your business website and people will be more apt to trust you with their investment of advertising dollars because they will think you have your sh*t together. that's my advice to sunset....have standards for what you publish to represent yourself when what you are publishing is supposed to be your greatest tool to attracting revenue in fans and competitors and advertisers...

oh well....see if the new ownership pays attention to detail in the coming weeks.....

hooray for the new site lol....let's see how the first month goes and where we are then...

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Thayne · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:35:49 PM »

I am disappointed it is soo ugly as well....I figured it wld be nicer...BUT like was said above, let's give her a month..

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Slammer · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2008, 04:57:04 PM »

Well at least it is there...
Personally not impressed, but I am a web designer and my standards for my own work are normally much higher than my customers expect, so don't slam me for my opinion. At best what was done is 4 hours worth of work even for a rookie. Not knocking the guy but I hope Wes didn't pay much more than 3 or 4 hundred bucks for it.

At least it is done and the points will be posted as well the results it is sure a step in the right direction, and lots of pictures posted which is cool.

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SSWebguy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2008, 06:42:29 PM »

And before he starts on the driver pages for the other three classes he's gonna have to learn how the word "sponsor" is spelled. Yeah, I know, spelling doesn't seem to be taught in school these days but could you imagine if a flyer from Rogers came to your house with spelling mistakes like that? Username is right - for something that took a long time to produce it isn't much of an improvement.

And I don't know what server they're on now but it's slower 'n sh** to load...

Mark

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Silverstone · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:52:00 PM »

I think that the reason that Steve went with pdf was to make it easy to update, so the track and him use the same format, and work does not have to be done twice over. I can tell you that designing the site from scratch, updating all of the drivers with photos, and sponsors etc took allot more than "4 or 5 hours" and the reason that all that info is not posted yet is because he only got all of the info he needed last night! Very sorry that not everyone is pleased but I can guarantee that he will update it weekly as soon as he has the info from the track.

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Slammer · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:47:33 PM »

Here is a scaled down logo for the top left corner silverstone, maybe you could e-mail it to him he used the full size image and let the frame scale it thats why it is all distorted and fuzzy looking.

I do know it is a lot of work I am not trying to belittle the guy, what is up there now IS only 4 or 5 hours worth of work and I am sure he would agree, the work he has ahead of him, updating profiles etc is going to take some time. I am sure it will be updated like Tom's is regularly and thats awesome, that in itself is a huge improvement over the last couple of years.
We just expected a little more eye candy with all the hype about the NEW site.
Here are two sites I just finished both "one off designs" very simple and clean and all original designs by me.
I do know how much time it takes, I work 12 hour days with cars and do this in my spare time just for fun.
Criticise them if you like you wont hurt my feelings, but I do have a little insight into the amount of work it takes.
http://www.carcone.com and http://www.logels.com
I am proud to tell people I race at Sunset as I am sure most people in here take a lot of pride in their home tracks, I just want to see a site and content that reflects the atmosphere at the track and attitude of the Staff and the drivers at SS they deserve it, spelling errors, distorted graphics, and things that provoke browser errors on the site are unacceptable IMO.
If the majority of people could care less and are happy with substandard work so be it.

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Fourfun5 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 26, 2008, 10:15:32 PM »

I don't want to add to the complaints but if you click on the Four Fun points you get the Road Runner points. However, if you click on the Road Runner points you do get the Road Runner points.

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3-Wide · « **Reply #11 on:** June 26, 2008, 11:19:40 PM »

I don't think it looks very good, but as long as it gets updated regularly then it's better then the old one

and btw...the new logo sucks..lol

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jcrashm2 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 26, 2008, 11:34:40 PM »

Pretty plain...and ya poor spelling on a professional site isnt going to leave a good impression.

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ministock19 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2008, 12:11:52 AM »

What is a "shedule"? Is that the same as a schedule?

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Thayne · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2008, 12:23:25 AM »

i spose it is Mini

And Matt I love the Carcone site...very clean, information is easily discerned...only thing I wld suggest is the newsletter sign up be at the bottom...but that is just preference.

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