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UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« on: September 10, 2009, 11:55:41 AM »
Ted put this together and it's up on a test server right now.

Post up what you think!

http://134.129.143.110/undcycling/
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2009, 11:59:24 AM »
not too many comments though

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 12:16:38 PM »
between 3 and 5
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2009, 12:23:45 PM »
Under contact info we need a link to the message board because we run into similar issues as with our website regarding siouxcycling@gmail... Also, ditch collegiate and make it UND Cycling Club for consistency.

Under rides we need a link to the message board and instead of "contact UNDCC" we need a link to the board. ie we don't need a bunch of new people emailing to find info when they can just goto the board... that was its purpose.

For links we need to have a link to our conference website nc-cycling.com (I think) as well as USAC, perhaps even the facebook group.

I also think we should have an about with some sort of info about the differences between the club and the team, we don't want to sound elitist but there is a distinction and people should understand they can hang out OR race.

Ted this site looks awesome... again if you need any writeups or anything I'm happy to oblige. Those are just my opinions about the work... you can change it at your discretion. The only thing super necessary is big links to the message board and little links to gmail.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2009, 01:26:21 PM »
I agree with Dave. Couple big things are the message board link, USAC link, and nc-cycling link. Other than that it looks awesome.
The minimum number of bikes one should own is three.  The correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned.  This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2009, 02:58:58 PM »
I think the text could be larger in general.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2009, 04:37:35 PM »
On the welcome page I can't really read the black text with that background pic. but on all the other pages it looks sweet!
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2009, 10:45:02 PM »
a write up on distinction between team and racing would be sweet, I'll update my changes on bk's server tomorrow and let y'all take another look.

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2009, 11:13:05 PM »
You mean a writeup distinguishing club and team... I'll wait to see ur changes and then move on it from there.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2009, 03:45:30 PM »
New version up.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2009, 05:08:14 PM »
Site looks tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

3. things.
1. Typo in the 1st paragraph "bicyclist" should be pluralized.
2. I know its on the front page, but on the contact page could we get a link to the message board.
3. Does anyone have access to [email protected]... send me a PM with the deets on that one.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2009, 07:30:07 PM »
I agree, looks tight.  I like the picture of Dave:  totally in the zone.  Just a couple of grammar notes (if anyone cares).  I'd put a comma instead of a period in "Club and Team.  A group of"   or else the second sentence is incomplete.  Also I"d take out the comma in "website, and pictures". 
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2009, 11:31:46 AM »
Under Rides link, in the first sentence, the "Campus Dakota" is not in green, so unless you point your mouse on it you will not know it's a link.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2009, 05:25:45 PM »
sweet, marked and noted

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2009, 09:31:00 AM »
Maplelag is one word (Photos)
Larry Martin is the name you're looking for (someone who was there know who the official was?)

Green text and green links is a little confusing.

Page titles are inconsistent with capitalization.

Are we charging membership now?  I know you took that off the old page, but it doesn't fit with what we've been doing.  Heck, we had trouble just getting $1 out of people last year for membership.

I would put links on the contact page on a separate page with our sponsors when we get them (currently SBS).

People who have not sent Tcb03c a photo for the profile page should do so along with your best/most current finishes and something about yourself (doesn't have to be serious).
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2009, 09:04:14 PM »
email [email protected] with your picture name and related info

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2009, 06:47:06 AM »
Yar!  Yost told me to take a look.  Nice work Ted.

Keep me posted on the membership dues though.  If we're charging now, I'll be down for $10, but I don't want to be the only one who's gotta dish out to hang with this crew.

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2009, 08:49:13 AM »
I highly anticipate that we will not be charging. And nate... if we were just going to charge u, it'd be more than $10 cuz ur weird.
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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2009, 09:45:45 PM »
I think the text could be larger in general.
yeah,.....my eyes are bad

(P.S. why can't a girl be on the first page? it might help our membership if other guys see a chick on the page, and the chicks won't feel so intimidated- just food for thought..... and I think I'm special too i guess)

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Re: UND Cycling Website - your comments needed
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2009, 10:04:13 AM »
This is a valid point.
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