SA_78
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Post by SA_78 on Aug 15, 2008 5:35:23 GMT
Is it the club that runs the official website? It is still lacking updates and I noticed that under player profiles, none of our new members of the squad are even on there and it has not been updated since the end of last season.
What exactly is the difficulty in updating the web-site, we are now a Premier League team??!!
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Post by Oatcake Andy on Aug 15, 2008 5:40:49 GMT
I've been wondering who actually runs the web site too. The lack of updates is embarrassing. In this day and age there really should be no excuse. My guess is that the admin side of things have taken a back seat with everyone focused on bringing in all the players we need  |
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SA_78
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Post by SA_78 on Aug 15, 2008 5:44:09 GMT
Andy,
I suspect that you are right. Can't quite believe that the season starts tomorrow, and can't believe even more that we will be on Match of the Day!!!
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Post by Oatcake Andy on Aug 15, 2008 5:47:05 GMT
I'm already feeling the excitement  My old man was over last weekend and he was so looking forward to seeing the team playing on MOTD too. He doesn't have Sky so hasn't seen them play for a long time (he's an exile like myself). |
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SA_78
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Post by SA_78 on Aug 15, 2008 5:53:49 GMT
I was fortunate to move back to Staffordshire this year in time for the Premier League (not that I knew that was going to happen!!)
My Dad is in Canterbury and he has got his season ticket, long commute though!!
Where are you based?
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Post by Oatcake Andy on Aug 15, 2008 5:57:28 GMT
Ripley in Derbyshire so only an hours drive away Been living abroad for a few years and then constant trips abroad with work meant little chance to get to see the lads play. Timing to be back in good old Blighty on a permanent basis couldn't have been better  |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 15, 2008 6:18:18 GMT
Back to the original question. It is Premium TV (or whatever they now call themselves) who update the squad list for some strange reason. Obviously they are waiting until we have a settled squad - or they have forgotten - take your pick.
Quite why that area of the site cannot be updated by Stoke is a mystery but the previous webmaster (who has now left the club) used to moan about it a lot.
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Post by Oatcake Andy on Aug 15, 2008 6:23:12 GMT
Did they replace the previous webmaster? If not maybe that could be the issue? TBH I'd have thought in this day and age the webmaster would not be responsible for updating the content; that would be the responsibility of the PR dept. The webmaster should really be responsible for the structure of the web site and providing the tools for updating the web site. When I was webmaster for the Derby CAMRA website that was how I worked it and that was on a non-existant budget.
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Post by Winge on Aug 15, 2008 7:53:20 GMT
Why don't the club listen to whatthe fines want??? An updated website would be most welcomed as we have not had one for years!!
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Post by Winge on Aug 15, 2008 7:54:50 GMT
Sorry typo. Why don't the club listen to what the fans want. An updated would be most welcomed by all, as we have not had one for years. Come on Stoke, were in the Premiership so whay don't we have a Premiership website?? Take a look at other Premiership clubs sites and they are up to date hourly!!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 15, 2008 8:39:01 GMT
The guy I used to speak to a lot was Ian Bayley who was a decent bloke and got the chop in the night of the long knives a year or so back. He had plenty of good ideas for the site - most of which he was not allowed to implement.
A big problem is that the contract with Premium TV (or whatever it is called this year) means that the club has to have the Premium TV format and that the club can only add to and update certain parts of the site. Even so - a lot of the problems with the site content are NOT down to Premium TV.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 15, 2008 8:51:00 GMT
True TB. Ian Bayley (who I mentioned above) was/is a reporter.
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Post by Linx on Aug 15, 2008 9:01:56 GMT
Well, could Premium TV employ someone to proof-read what goes on there? The number of spelling and punctuation errors are embarrassing. It's not an informal medium like a message board, it's an important part of the club's image. All it seems to say at the moment is that the people at Stoke City are illiterate.
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Post by icelandpotter on Aug 15, 2008 10:43:14 GMT
I know that there are at least TWO people who's full time job it is to run the website. I also suspect they are paid very lowly.
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Post by mamathestriker on Aug 15, 2008 10:44:43 GMT
The official website is poor, very poor!  |
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Post by msfit on Aug 15, 2008 10:46:05 GMT
I know that there are at least TWO people who's full time job it is to run the website. I also suspect they are paid very lowly. Very quiet days for these two then. Maybe I should pop over and fire them up a bit.  |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 15, 2008 10:50:37 GMT
I suggested several times that the club could use a fan as a proof reader if they were too tight to pay anyone - obviously this was when we were in the Championship. I even suggested myself if they couldn't find anyone better qualified. They didn't take up the suggestion. What amazes me is that they can't even be bothered to spell check the stories before they put them out.
I email the club with any major mistakes I spot - although the lack of interest (or thanks) at their end means I don't bother as much as I used to. Ian Bayley at least seemed to appreciate it - the present lot don't care.
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Post by mamathestriker on Aug 15, 2008 10:54:50 GMT
Not very PR friendly are they, which is their job!
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Post by markscfc72 on Aug 17, 2008 11:34:17 GMT
Is it the club that runs the official website? It is still lacking updates and I noticed that under player profiles, none of our new members of the squad are even on there and it has not been updated since the end of last season. What exactly is the difficulty in updating the web-site, we are now a Premier League team??!! they have now updated the squad profiles including new signings they still havent got it 100% right though 25. Abdoulaye Faye (on loan from Newcastle)  |
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Post by Vodkab1ock on Aug 17, 2008 12:05:21 GMT
stoke employ 2 people to run the website every other club has 5-10 people. Sadly this is another of scholes messes.
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Post by serpico on Aug 17, 2008 18:18:13 GMT
Official site HQ  |
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Post by rogermurdoch1 on Aug 17, 2008 22:10:44 GMT
We are all wasting our time, sadly. I happen to know a famous Stoke fan who owns a successful web design and tec company and offered its services to improve the site only a few days ago, they didn't even get a reply, not even a thanks but no thanks.
Sums up our PR!
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Post by One-Two on Aug 17, 2008 22:28:00 GMT
just been on the villa site and it doesn't seem bad at all. good player profiles and updated pretty well
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My old man was over last weekend and he was so looking forward to seeing the team playing on MOTD too. He doesn't have Sky so hasn't seen them play for a long time (he's an exile like myself).
