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PON News: A vast revamp

Joe Jones

By Joe Jones

As many of you have realised, the Pride of Nottingham website has undergone a vast revamp. Not only has the layout completely changed, but its functions have also been improved. In this article, site webmaster Notts Joe discusses the changes made to PON.

So when you click on the site, it looks completely different. Why did you change it?

With the original PON page, that was effectively the first site I created for the purpose of supporting Notts. The old site had things about it which frustrated me, both as a member and as a webmaster. So I decided that using available options to me, would improve things, whilst the experience for everyone overall would be far better. The expertise I gained within a number of few years is very useful when it comes to this. It’s built on the same foundations as the original site – things like a forum, articles and so on – but this is so much more up to date, functional, attractive and just more of a pleasure as both admin and user.

What exactly is new compared to the old site?

 The homepage is totally new, it's more modern and stylish. If you prefer a more tradition view of articles, it's covered by adding /home/ to the main domain and I like that. The community section is clearer, features are far more obvious and the design is completely new. There are several features, such as the way members can find our content which is completely new – like the activity stream which replaces our former 'live centre'.

How is it better for visitors and fans?

With the improvements, it allows PON to make use of even better web principles and in turn this allows me to not only speed our server up but it enables us to offer much more. Overall, it gives us the foundation to move forward and better serve the Notts fan base. And on a personal level, I just feel that how clean and tidy it looks is far better than the old site and, combined with the speed increase, it makes for a much better experience for users and visitors of the site.

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Chris

The improvements have gone down very well, it's what I had hoped for and although there was great things about the old site - I think this really does make a huge difference.

If folks want to discuss this feature by all means do.

Anyone experiencing any problems etc - Please let me know Here

For site suggestions - This is where to add them | Here

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CliftonMagpie

I was pleased with the site before, it could be slow at times but overall it worked well. The new design is good, I had to get used to it but I think its a smart decision.

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Feral Fox

So far the new rollout has gone very well. I like the activity centre (which for me replaces the 'live' centre as I don't often get the chance to read the articles on a daily basis, more popping into the forums and seeing who has posted what.

Keep the improvement comments coming. I still think the site is a little slow loading compared to others though @notts-joe. There you go. A negative!

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10 minutes ago, hissingdwarf said:

So far the new rollout has gone very well. I like the activity centre (which for me replaces the 'live' centre as I don't often get the chance to read the articles on a daily basis, more popping into the forums and seeing who has posted what.

Keep the improvement comments coming. I still think the site is a little slow loading compared to others though @notts-joe. There you go. A negative!

I blame your location and connection. ;)

Though page speeds have increased and with a few more adjustments and improvements, I am sure it will lightening fast before we know it.

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upthepies

The update is good, speed is acceptable and I do like the layout.

I was not keen on the design at first, yet I believe Joe worked on this and improved it accordingly. PON will never please all but nobody can say it is not a great site, yet I do think some of the changes will help ease new people into the site.

Joe's answers show how passionate he is about the site.

Well done to all involved.

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