Catholic Guilt Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site. GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCBoston Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] The sad thing is, the site was redone just recently. Somehow, they managed to make it worse than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] They must be doing something right when people are complaining about the website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 And the damn thing takes forever to load and I have a full t-1 at work! /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Brady Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 They must be doing something right when people are complaining about the website 537221[/snapback] If that was the only thing wrong with the bills .............never mind......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] I tried to buy tickets off the site and gave up. Not just for a game but a mini-pack. I lost trust in the thing and ended up at Tickets in Tops. Grrrrrrrrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] The league actually took over the team sites during the lock out and continue to run them. All the team sites look exactly the same with the exception of the logo. They all blow equally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Yep - it's official. Hockey season has begun for this Bills fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovey1961 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 EVERY BODY NOW! OH! AH! SABRES ON THE WARPATH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] I know it's not the "official" site but have you checked out sabresreport.com, which you can access right through this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 EVERY BODY NOW! OH! AH! SABRES ON THE WARPATH! 537493[/snapback] Don't you mean "Ooh Ah! Sabres on the Warpath!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 When it check out the latest news on the team and found I could order a Rick Jeanerette CD for Christmas. Fill out the form and wait 15 minutes - nothing. To make matters worse the website main area doesn't come up (done in Flash?). I am just amazed a professional sports team has a horrible site.GO SABRES!!! BUT PLEASE REDO YOUR SITE!!!!! 537215[/snapback] Yeah, it's Flash. Flash is one of those things that can really add to a site if used sparingly, but when it replaces the standard navigation structure, sucks. I don't mind it on entertainment sites so much as I do on information sites (perhaps you want to bookmark something and return again later?). I'm not much of a Korn fan, but their site is a great example of what not to do... www.korn.com. -Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 and before the lockout, their site was rated one of the top sites of all pro teams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 UGHHHHH! I just visted the site using Firefox and only the graphics show up. This frustrates me to no end. DEAR BUFFALO SABRES - I DESIGN WEBSITES FOR A LIVING. PLEASE CONTACT ME - I"LL EVEN GIVE YOU A DISCOUNTED RATE. THANK YOU FRUSTRATED SCBUFBILLSFAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agilen Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 The league actually took over the team sites during the lock out and continue to run them. All the team sites look exactly the same with the exception of the logo. They all blow equally. 537252[/snapback] Thats not true...the Sabres site is quite a bit different from all the other teams, and I believe it was designed by a WNY company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 UGHHHHH! I just visted the site using Firefox and only the graphics show up. This frustrates me to no end. DEAR BUFFALO SABRES - I DESIGN WEBSITES FOR A LIVING. PLEASE CONTACT ME - I"LL EVEN GIVE YOU A DISCOUNTED RATE. THANK YOU FRUSTRATED SCBUFBILLSFAN 616635[/snapback] Of course, if you use ALL CAPS, they'll just see you as some screaming idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeG Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 i posted a similar thread a while ago.... I agree, it's horrible and it may be the worst on the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 Of course, if you use ALL CAPS, they'll just see you as some screaming idiot. 616690[/snapback] I gotta get their attention somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 That website is beyond horrible. I spoke with the VP of Marketing the day the website went up. I gave him my expert anaylsis and the entire organization acted as if I kidnapped their children. I was frank and told them that the website is possibly the worst sports website I've ever seen and that it doesn't serve its audience at all. You can't get easy access to news, articles, recaps, etc. They said they spent some ridiculous amount of man-hours and $30,000 designing that site. To which I said I would have done better in 10 minutes. They kept going back to the fact that they wanted to be different than everyone else. They honestly believe that website is great. Here's what the official site should be... http://www.afterfivemedia.com/clients/sabres/ It's only 20% done but it might be more functional than the official one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 That website is beyond horrible. I spoke with the VP of Marketing the day the website went up. I gave him my expert anaylsis and the entire organization acted as if I kidnapped their children. I was frank and told them that the website is possibly the worst sports website I've ever seen and that it doesn't serve its audience at all. You can't get easy access to news, articles, recaps, etc. They said they spent some ridiculous amount of man-hours and $30,000 designing that site. To which I said I would have done better in 10 minutes. They kept going back to the fact that they wanted to be different than everyone else. They honestly believe that website is great. Here's what the official site should be... http://www.afterfivemedia.com/clients/sabres/ It's only 20% done but it might be more functional than the official one. 616864[/snapback] That's a hell of a lot better than what they have...at least it's clean and straightforward. Actually an organization should be spending a hell of a lot more than $30,000 on their website. That's actually too little to do the usability research for the site...which it's pretty clear they haven't done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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