From the Washington Capitals’ press release:
“The Washington Capitals re-launched the team’s official website, WashingtonCaps.com, today, Wednesday, June 13, becoming the 13th of the NHL’s 30 teams to transition to the new league-wide web design. The new-look, fan-friendly design will be seen on each of the team’s 30 sites before the beginning of training camp in September.”
“The league’s new template will make it easier for fans to scan through each of the team’s websites and locate information. Prior to the transition teams did not have a similar format and finding info from site to site could be challenging. Now fans can locate whatever they need — whether it is ticketing information or statistical records — in similar, easy-to-find locales no matter which team site they are perusing.”
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In my initial look at the new Caps site, I couldn’t find the blog list. I used that to go to my morning reading of your’s and a few other blogs. Is there a blog list somewhere on the new site?
The real question is what the heck happened when they switched the Caps Site over to the NHL server? The old website was much better. Do you guys still have a link somewhere on the new site?
You certainly need to get Ted to rattle someone up in Bettman-land to get back on the website if you don’t have a link. It’s crap if the Capitals can’t use their website to be as innovative as they have in the past by embracing the blogging community. Are all the team websites now the same? I don’t want to be reading about Crosby winning the MVP trophy or something like that on the Caps website.
Sorry not a big fan of the “template website” Takes away from the innovation. Ted can we start a rogue official Caps website?
The previous caps site was not bad actually. I can understand sort of the initial menus being somewhat standard but it would be nice to have some type of inovation allowed.
This website change was a league-wide mandate –¬†I don’t know the extent of the input the Caps had on the NHL’s design decisions, but eventually all 30 teams are switching.
I agree that the previous Caps’ site was pretty darned good by sports team standards. The new cookie-cutter look, while not horrible, is a step backwards in my opinion. However, it’s a step the Caps had to take per the NHL.
Feel free to vent to the NHL (or right here as comments), but I suggest that no one slam the Caps web staff, who are likely scrambling to clean up the inevitable glitches inherent in such a significant transition. Just my $.02 as a fellow techie.
Per the press release,
I second the motion by OrderedChaos concerning the Caps’ Web Staff. Anytime you go through a change, much less as massive a change as they just did, even the best planning will not keep you from breaking some things (links, stylesheets, etc.)
Once they get the kinks ironed out, switching themes/templates to the new colors (or colours) next week should be straight forward.
The league forced the teams to use the new format? If thats true its really stupid.
What ever happened to originality?
And just because Ted used to work at AOL doesnt make him an internet genius. I mean who uses AOL anyway.
at least it’s working, unlike the VS feed for the awards show.
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