I have been working hard already this offseason to implement a new design for FanFooty. The results can be seen on the front page, as well as other parts of the "main site" - i.e. not the forum yet, that will come later. I just got done fighting with Wordpress, but SMF (the forum software) is a whole other beast to tame.
From next season, I will be posting player news, blog logs and chat logs in the FanFooty blog, for those of you who like to use such things with RSS/Atom feeds. Those resources have been obscured a bit up to now, they deserve more prominence. Not sure whether I will start writing longer blog pieces again, as that has tended to burn me out in the past... I have been trying to train myself to post smaller items, which I haven't got the knack of quite yet.
I will also be making more use of the FanFooty Facebook page in 2015 to post from the blog and cover breaking news, which I would encourage you to join... too much discussion of AFL news is barely enough!
There is a new FanFooty logo as well - not much different I know, mainly just a clean up and moving the FF from the original Impact font to the DIN font which is now standard for headlines across the site - it's the same font used on the MCG scoreboards.
I am also working on expanding FanFooty to other sports in 2015. Watch this space, especially in the next month or so for a particular summer sport.
One thing I would like to do is work more on pushing the great stuff that you guys do here on the forums onto the main site. Many of you do sterling jobs on player profiles, news linkage, lower league coverage, and other things that it would be great to see on the front page. If some of you want to have a think about which things you'd like to see merged with the main site, I'd love to hear some brainstorming in this thread. I will be watching it and responding.
I realise I had let the site go a bit stale this year, if not for a couple of years. New wife, new house, new baby... I had a lot of things going on this year, and still do, and it will only get more hectic. No one is more disappointed about that than me. I've managed to find some productivity just lately, however, and hopefully I can ride it to finish a bunch of projects I've had on the back burner for too long.
Thanks for reading this far! You guys are the best.
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sounds cool m0nty just don't forget team picker :P
Awesome m0nty :D :D :D.
As for the player profiles, reckon they deserve a spot in new blogs/actual player pages for that season (if not too much effort). Think it was a suggestion a few years back as well.
That and reckon quite a few guys on here could do a decent blog here and there for the main site. Can be casual writers who can add to the main site, upon your approval after you read their pieces. Certainly can add a bit more into others taking some load of yourself during the season while still putting out quality pieces for the blog!
Sounds great m0nty, can't wait to see it!
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Looks pretty good m0nty.
With the new home page of the site, you currently have "Latest Forum Posts" that links to the main index of the forum. Would you be able to change it so that "Fanfooty Forum" links there instead? Increases useability IMO.
Great stuff though :)
Good stuff m0nty, sounds exciting!
Front page looks great m0nty can`t wait to see all the other changes
Quote from: LF on October 09, 2014, 09:33:28 PM
Front page looks great m0nty can`t wait to see all the other changes
Quote from: Whippy on October 09, 2014, 09:30:45 PM
Looks pretty good m0nty.
With the new home page of the site, you currently have "Latest Forum Posts" that links to the main index of the forum. Would you be able to change it so that "Fanfooty Forum" links there instead? Increases useability IMO.
Great stuff though :)
This particular Wordpress theme does allow links on the widgets generated from RSS feeds, but not other ones, dangit.
Oh, and I forgot to mention there will be a new "matchcentre" page which will have the option to view chat and/or blog on the same live stats page.
Any estimate when team picker will be done? Like after trade period maybe?
Great work M0nty - looks great- trust can all go smoothly when converting all.
Can not wait to see the finished product and the new match centre
Quote from: Whipped on October 09, 2014, 09:39:33 PM
Any estimate when team picker will be done? Like after trade period maybe?
Correct. Once trade week is done, then we'll get rolling.
Oh, and I changed the default color scheme from grey to blue.
Like it m0nty. Particularly drawing attention to the forum and XV games from the main page. Loved your suggestion about using some of the forum users to contribute to the main page. We have some fantastic footy brains on here!
Layout looks perfect to view on mobile devices or tablets, but seems to position itself poorly on my iPad (huge strips of blue up each side and the actual page very small and needs to be zoomed into). Possibly just my device but thought I'd put it here in case anyone else finding the same thing
I figured out how to make the widget headings into links. 8)
Surely we won't have the team picker until after the drafts? No point in throwing up something half finished.
Quote from: Spinking on October 09, 2014, 09:48:37 PM
Like it m0nty. Particularly drawing attention to the forum and XV games from the main page. Loved your suggestion about using some of the forum users to contribute to the main page. We have some fantastic footy brains on here!
Layout looks perfect to view on mobile devices or tablets, but seems to position itself poorly on my iPad (huge strips of blue up each side and the actual page very small and needs to be zoomed into). Possibly just my device but thought I'd put it here in case anyone else finding the same thing
Yeah, one attraction of the new layout was how it was responsive to different device widths. Still needs some tweaking, evidently - I see the problem, caused by the ad boxes. Hmm. Thanks for the heads up.
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:49:00 PM
I figured out how to make the widget headings into links. 8)
Cheers :)
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
Surely we won't have the team picker until after the drafts? No point in throwing up something half finished.
Traditionally I have the Fanplanner up pre-drafts including a large pool of likely draftees, and make some educated guesses about the first round order to generate price premiums.
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
Surely we won't have the team picker until after the drafts? No point in throwing up something half finished.
We have had it prior to drafts before potential draftees are listed but no team yet
But then I pick Chris Cain and he doesn't get drafted. :'(
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:53:58 PM
But then I pick Chris Cain and he doesn't get drafted. :'(
So you pick somebody else lol
Oh, another thing I forgot to mention was the new half-darkened box next to the logo with forum links. Is there any other forum link you guys would like to see there?
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:53:58 PM
But then I pick Chris Cain and he doesn't get drafted. :'(
I know the feels.
I'm ready to pick Matt Panos but I'm worried. :(
Anywayyy, glad to see you around doing your thing m0nty. Trying my best to create some content here or there. If you ever need a guest blogger I'd be one to put my hand up.
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:58:50 PM
Oh, another thing I forgot to mention was the new half-darkened box next to the logo with forum links. Is there any other forum link you guys would like to see there?
Matchday Discussion forum and links to the SC and DTfantasy profiles would need2 links one for each comp
Quote from: Whipped on October 09, 2014, 10:03:09 PM
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:58:50 PM
Oh, another thing I forgot to mention was the new half-darkened box next to the logo with forum links. Is there any other forum link you guys would like to see there?
Matchday Discussion forum and links to the SC and DTfantasy profiles would need2 links one for each comp
Links to individual boards are in the dropdown. I was thinking more along the lines of personal favourite pages you keep going back to that aren't boards.
I should note that I will endeavour to include links to the Matchday forum threads for each game on the front page scoreboard thingy.
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 11:00:09 PM
I should note that I will endeavour to include links to the Matchday forum threads for each game on the front page scoreboard thingy.
That would be great especially for those wanting SC scores
Quote from: Torpedo10 on October 09, 2014, 09:34:51 PM
Quote from: LF on October 09, 2014, 09:33:28 PM
Front page looks great m0nty can`t wait to see all the other changes
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:52:19 PM
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
Surely we won't have the team picker until after the drafts? No point in throwing up something half finished.
Traditionally I have the Fanplanner up pre-drafts including a large pool of likely draftees, and make some educated guesses about the first round order to generate price premiums.
^ works pretty well.
Quote from: Whipped on October 09, 2014, 09:55:39 PM
Quote from: Mr.Craig on October 09, 2014, 09:53:58 PM
But then I pick Chris Cain and he doesn't get drafted. :'(
So you pick somebody else lol
nup, you're locked in with him and are stuck with an undrafted player.
but yeah m0nty, love the new layout.
I turned off the extra thing on the side that was screwing up the layout on tablets etc.
I'll have to get some help from the theme creators on how to fix it, I suspect.
Really nice m0nty.
Any luck with the copy and paste issue?
Go m0nty
Go Hawks
Go Gilbert
Go FF
Quote from: Ricochet on October 09, 2014, 11:25:26 PM
Really nice m0nty.
Any luck with the copy and paste issue?
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Just a little thing m0nty but should your copyright be updated to reflect the current year?
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:17:10 PM
I am also working on expanding FanFooty to other sports in 2015. Watch this space, especially in the next month or so for a particular summer sport.
I am assuming you are talking about Cricket. Any other sports?
Quote from: Mat0369 on October 10, 2014, 01:58:44 AM
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 09:17:10 PM
I am also working on expanding FanFooty to other sports in 2015. Watch this space, especially in the next month or so for a particular summer sport.
I am assuming you are talking about Cricket. Any other sports?
On the second question, yes.
Quote from: m0nty on October 09, 2014, 11:46:39 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on October 09, 2014, 11:25:26 PM
Really nice m0nty.
Any luck with the copy and paste issue?
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haha, ok thanks mate
Great work m0nty :)
Very nicely done Monty ;D
I am now going through the main site looking for bugs. Main bug seems to be text size - it's been too big on a lot of pages for a while, now it's too small. Working on it.
Also player stats pages mate. Sometimes when you go into their stats per year, the size of the table/font is all over the place
http://www.fanfooty.com.au/players/year.php?firstname=Tom&surname=Bellchambers&year=2014
is this page messed up for anybody else?
i'm trying to do his SC profile lol
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Quote from: Whipped on October 10, 2014, 11:49:33 AM
http://www.fanfooty.com.au/players/year.php?firstname=Tom&surname=Bellchambers&year=2014
is this page messed up for anybody else?
i'm trying to do his SC profile lol
Little bit, yeah :P
Yeah, turns out the CSS clashes on that one item (they both have "left" and "right" classes which do different things) so now I have to track down every mention of the classes in every page. #grumble
Ha ha when I opened it up thought I had opened AFL site by mistake , looks great ;)
Two issues since the new format (looks great by the way Monty).
1. I play Mr Football on chrome - games won't load.
2. I tried to use IE to play but I can't log in on the FanFooty front page with IE as there is no login button.
Am I missing something?
Edit: I worked out how to log on with IE, but games still don't generate.
Nice work m0nts, looking good ;)
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 10, 2014, 11:49:33 AM
http://www.fanfooty.com.au/players/year.php?firstname=Tom&surname=Bellchambers&year=2014
is this page messed up for anybody else?
i'm trying to do his SC profile lol
Maybe it's a sign... Stay away from Bellchambers ;)
Spent the day messing with the aquarium so didnt manage to get on yesterday and missed the reveal. :(
Looks great havent messed with it much it will take me twice as long as everyone else, well almost Dudge will take a while haha.
Nice work m0nty, well done i like it.
Should see an increase in FTP users aswell with that nice mention. Well done and worth the wait!
IE8 at work doenst like it as it requires a restart everytime i open the front page. Oh well, looks like i cant go via the front page at work anymore
Quote from: tabs on October 10, 2014, 04:50:38 PM
IE8 at work doenst like it as it requires a restart everytime i open the front page. Oh well, looks like i cant go via the front page at work anymore
Haha, they can try but they wont stop ya Tabs. ;)
Quote from: Grazz on October 10, 2014, 04:59:49 PM
Quote from: tabs on October 10, 2014, 04:50:38 PM
IE8 at work doenst like it as it requires a restart everytime i open the front page. Oh well, looks like i cant go via the front page at work anymore
Haha, they can trey but they wont stop ya Tabs. ;)
just cant go in via the home page, until m0ntyupdates the chat and then i will have to bring my laptop in
Front page looks ok but you can get rid of all those Hawks photos. They make it look tacky :P
On a serious note, will the drop down lists get updated so that we can see them properly??
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You might need to do a shift reload, the CSS didn't load properly.
Monty, what's going on with Mr Football?
I don't know too much about it but seems pretty cool.
Quote from: Vinny on October 11, 2014, 11:37:28 AM
Monty, what's going on with Mr Football?
I don't know too much about it but seems pretty cool.
I am hoping I can get to it some time this offseason. Other things in the way beforehand.
Yeah fair enough.
Quote from: m0nty on October 11, 2014, 11:50:35 AM
Quote from: Vinny on October 11, 2014, 11:37:28 AM
Monty, what's going on with Mr Football?
I don't know too much about it but seems pretty cool.
I am hoping I can get to it some time this offseason. Other things in the way beforehand.
good to hear was just coming to ask the same question
great work m0nty place looks fantastic ;)
Quote from: m0nty on October 11, 2014, 11:34:31 AM
You might need to do a shift reload, the CSS didn't load properly.
Yep looks good now
Did whoever it was that won that fanfooty hat a few years ago ever receive it?
I think that's the number 1 burning question on everyone's mind.
Quote from: Nails on October 11, 2014, 05:17:06 PM
Did whoever it was that won that fanfooty hat a few years ago ever receive it?
I think that's the number 1 burning question on everyone's mind.
I wouldn't mind wearing FanFooty gear if I was given some :P.
Not sure if its been mentioned, but when I go to a players page, then click on the link to their stats and fantasy scores for the games they played that season, all the results are now squashed together and extremely difficult to navigate
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on October 11, 2014, 11:15:00 PM
Not sure if its been mentioned, but when I go to a players page, then click on the link to their stats and fantasy scores for the games they played that season, all the results are now squashed together and extremely difficult to navigate
Fixed that one, thanks.
Quote from: m0nty on October 12, 2014, 01:39:06 AM
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on October 11, 2014, 11:15:00 PM
Not sure if its been mentioned, but when I go to a players page, then click on the link to their stats and fantasy scores for the games they played that season, all the results are now squashed together and extremely difficult to navigate
Fixed that one, thanks.
Can I assume that MrFootball is low on priority at the moment?
Quote from: danoz on October 14, 2014, 01:46:43 PM
Can I assume that MrFootball is low on priority at the moment?
I will get to it some time this summer.
Do not know whether this is Firefox related or not but when you hover over the tabs at the top the boards are hard to read being superimposed over the Hawks premiership team.
Also how do you log in to tools due to issues my log on is different to FF and have not been able to get in there.
Quote from: m0nty on October 14, 2014, 03:13:15 PM
Quote from: danoz on October 14, 2014, 01:46:43 PM
Can I assume that MrFootball is low on priority at the moment?
I will get to it some time this summer.
I appreciate all your work M0nty, however...
WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY (not so) SPARE TIME NOW??!!
Will be one of the first to buy your game when it floats mate. Love it.
when viewing a players profile we used to be able to search for another player on that page but the box seems to have vanished on profile pages :-\
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 15, 2014, 03:06:57 PM
when viewing a players profile we used to be able to search for another player on that page but the box seems to have vanished on profile pages :-\
It's still there, at top right on the black menu bar. There's a "Search" box for the blog and a "Player" box to search for player names as before.
oh found it hard to see in the black
Love the new front page m0nty. An active blog dominating the front page adds a whole new dimension to the site. Good job ;)
Quote from: Nails on October 11, 2014, 05:17:06 PM
Did whoever it was that won that fanfooty hat a few years ago ever receive it?
I think that's the number 1 burning question on everyone's mind.
Quote from: Nails on October 18, 2014, 10:59:55 PM
Quote from: Nails on October 11, 2014, 05:17:06 PM
Did whoever it was that won that fanfooty hat a few years ago ever receive it?
I think that's the number 1 burning question on everyone's mind.
Thought I'd continue this as a week after :P.
By the way, from an anonymous user, they mentioned that the front page looks a bit cluttered with everything on there and alot going on. Given some may like it, some may not, can't please everybody :P.
Reckon it looks good, as you say HP cant please them all.
It's a complex site with a lot of things in it, of course the front page has to link to them all.
As for the cap, it's currently looking down at me from the bookcase in the study. So I guess I didn't send it out.
Quote from: m0nty on October 26, 2014, 10:46:39 AM
It's a complex site with a lot of things in it, of course the front page has to link to them all.
As for the cap, it's currently looking down at me from the bookcase in the study. So I guess I didn't send it out.
LOL
Who won it and what for again, ive forgotten lol.
Would be good if a few of these could be handed out for various reasons, often thought about having a T-shirt made up.
"Fan Footy #1 Fantasy site in the land" on the front with "Let us help you with your Fantasy" on the back. :P
Quote from: Grazz on October 26, 2014, 10:52:38 AM
Who won it and what for again, ive forgotten lol.
I honestly can't remember either hahahaha. Was a competition of some kind or was it with the point systems we use to have going?
Quote from: Hellopplz on October 26, 2014, 12:16:17 PM
Quote from: Grazz on October 26, 2014, 10:52:38 AM
Who won it and what for again, ive forgotten lol.
I honestly can't remember either hahahaha. Was a competition of some kind or was it with the point systems we use to have going?
Don't think there ever was a winner announced to be honest.
Watch out, any of us could receive a cap in the mail soon.
It was for answering a survey on the FF front page IIRC.
Answer survey - winner picked at random kinda dealio
http://www.fanfooty.com.au/blog/2014/10/29/2015-projected-fantasy-afl-positional-changes/
love the work m0nty.
Nice one
think Giles and Ceglar are a good chance to be R/F but
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on October 29, 2014, 10:49:15 PM
Nice one
think Giles and Ceglar are a good chance to be R/F but
Giles should be imo, not so sure about Ceglar.
Thought HBennell might get fwd status :(
I reckon Giles will get the F dpp.
another is Hanley losing def status
Yes Ric there are a number of omissions that we all think may be there so we wait with breath. until announced.
Zorko is another Brisbane left out and obviously if Taylor is forward onlyo so should Zorko.
Do not think Mayes should be mid only and with return of Berger martin should retain R/F as well but a little hard to argue that one atm.
Remember this is m0nty's educated opinion at the moment and there will always be cause for argument.
Well obviously Ringo. Doesn't mean we can't point them out to m0nty to maybe reconsider and look further into
Of course Rico as I just did with my post before the comment.
Bontempelli and Hrovat mid/fwd
Picken mid/def
Cordy ruck/fwd