soulieoldie Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 I have to agree it's dreadful. You could spend £500 quid on one and get a lot better than that. Let me know where you can get a website for £500, I wouldn't mind one for my business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 It is a template website, Charlton have the same and I suspect a number of other clubs, I don't think there is much that can be done as Leicester City will have a contract with whoever provides it, and it will be cheaper than a bespoke website, it is awful though and doesn't work well with mobile devices, you can add (foxes) player as well, that is a bag of shite and probably run by the same company. You are right - I've looked at a few of the "official websites" for a number of different clubs and they all have the same layout/format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 Merc A petition calling for the “slow†and “unusable†Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) website to be changed will be presented to the club today. The petition, started by season ticket-holder Richard Tullis, has attracted 274 signatures, some from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Sweden, America and Afghanistan. In addition, 168 comments were added to the petition. ​The petition, which has attracted 274 signatures, will be presented to LCFC today Fans complain the website, which is ultimately controlled by the Football League, is “slowâ€, “unusable on a mobile†and “very amateurâ€, and say it regularly freezes. Steve Branson, from Secret Harbour, Australia, commented: “Poor layout slow and not itouch friendly - could do better - should do betterâ€. Meanwhile Stuart Males from St Ives wrote: “As I live outside of Leicester I rely on the site for info. It now looks empty and disorganised. An update was due, but this is a step backwards.†Richard Beet, from Leicester, said: “Very slow and awfully developed. If not resolved soon, the club will risk losing an enormous amount of traffic from visiting LCFC users. “In my view - due to the information age we find ourselves encapsulated in, the club website should be at the forefront the owners' strategy. Very very bad business on their part.†The petition reads: "This petition is to try and have the current Leicester City Official website changed. "A club of Leicester’s stature should be better represented on the internet. The current website is very poorly designed and does not reflect the ethos of the Foxes." Mr Tullis is to meet with the LCFC Sport Liaison Officer Jim Donnelly today to hand over the petition, comments and a copy of an article about the complaints published last week by This is Leicestershire. To read the original article, click here. Mr Tullis will also hand over a copy of the 42 comments made on the This is Leicestershire article. In total, he will give Mr Donnelly a 60-page bundle of documents when he meets him at midday today in the club’s Fan Zone. Mr Tullis said he was happy the club had agreed to receive the petition. “It was quite easy to arrange the meeting,†he said. “It was done mainly through email. I forwarded my contact details to him and he called me. “I just hope that because it’s something people have signed that we get at least some feedback and hopefully some sort of change. “I don’t want it to be just handed over and chucked on a desk.†Asked whether the club had indicated whether the website would be altered, Mr Tullis said: “There’s been no firm answer but he said their media manager has been asking for things to be changed.†Mr Tullis said the problems seemed to have arisen in part because the Football League launched a number of new club sites on the same day. “I hear other sites are experiencing problems but we might be the only one doing something,†said Mr Tullis. “I’m happy today. It will interesting to hand it over.†LCFC Sport Liaison Officer Jim Donnelly said once he receives the petition it will be handed to the chief executive’s office next week. Asked what prompted him to meet with Mr Tullis, Mr Donnelly said: “I am the Sport Liaison Officer and I will meet any supporter at any time with any queryâ€. Fair play to the OP, didn't think anyone would listen, don't think much will get done about it, but it has at least raised the issue, if nobody complains then they won't do anything about it. There are 2 things to focus on, one is the quality of the website, which the club can only change if they pay for another provider, the other one is the content which is controlled by the club and is woefully lacking in quality and takes a long time for the website to be updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC FOX Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 It's only a website ffs who cares? I only use it to get away tickets sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonaldinho Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 It's only a website ffs who cares? I only use it to get away tickets sometimes Erm, I do? I use the website to listen to Foxes Player when at uni, to watch extended highlights of the games and to listen to interviews. At the moment I can't use the site at all through Internet Explorer or Google Chrome and it's pissing me off, especially as I paid £35 or so for Foxes Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmesefox Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 it's complete dogshit. It's as slow as Big wes Morgan, crashes more often than Maureen from driving school at a stock car derby, and has less content than a remidial kid's gcse paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC FOX Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 I can use Foxes player fine, Every other thing loads up for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 A petition brings nothing to the table other than the fact that some people don't like it, there's a surprise it would be the same whatever the design like the shirts. It would be more productive and I'm sure appreciated by the club to encourage people to contact the club and tell them exactly what they don't like and what's not working. Maybe ask people to list what's wrong and send that list to the club. This. Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 And yet you could see the point in writing that. Yes, and why not, may I ask? Get off your high horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 Yes, and why not, may I ask? Get off your high horse I'm not on a high horse, I am on a confused yet rather small elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 Petition to change the website ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerlcfc Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 dont like lay out want it changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyFromLE Posted 24 August 2012 Share Posted 24 August 2012 Admittedly it's not the best looking site. The least they should have done is made sure it was browser compatible, as well as making it viewable in different devices. But. I think a petition is a bit far in all honesty. All the FL clubs I think have the same template, and I can't see them rebuilding the site on the grounds that 250 odd people didn't like it enough to sign a petition. Hopefully they would at least correct the usability issues to make the site accessible to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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