Can you improve this???

SkintG

Alreet Savers,

Ive got lumbered with setting up a website for our cricket team which I have done using some free google software, It is very rough at the moment and only a couple of days old. There isn't too much content to go on as I want to keep it easy to run, I have two probs:

it looks a bit poor, can anyone offer some constructive criticism on how to make it look better

And

it doesn't show up when I search for Chorley St. James on a google search, can anyone explain why.

Take a butchers

www.chorleystjames.co.cc



Cheers chaps

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Google search positions rely a lot on links on other websites. There you get another Chorley St James CC site. Seems little point having two sites.

totalsolutions

Add some colour, green maybe and some interesting images about cricket, pick up a mag. is it all white on the front page? Why does clicking on the Chorley Shield bring up another image?

eranu_2

Get into frames,,make the colour of all frames white. Thats a simple,seemless start.

kwikbreaks

Google doesn't index sites immediately and that one isn't indexed at all....

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=site%3Achorleystjames.co.cc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&fp=6a341388ca6949bb

You can tell google it exists by entering the url at http://www.google.co.uk/addurl/ although that is no guarantee that it will be indexed.

.cc is a very obscure TLD and will like as not never rank highly in the uk because it is the national TLD for the Cocos Islands

To make it look halfway decent have a hunt around for some templates.

Finally - you are not supposed to publish links for your own sites here

SkintG

Thanks a lot for your tips guys, like I said I am a bit of a newbie to all of this and you have helped loads, I will definately be dropping you a PM Howzat.

Just one question, how will I know if I am indexed?


Thanks everyone

scragend

grahawk wrote: »

Google search positions rely a lot on links on other websites. There you get another Chorley St James CC site. Seems little point having two sites.

The other site is the Play-Cricket site, which all clubs have/are supposed to have. It is run by the ECB.

I don't like Play-Cricket at all, I find it far too restrictive and inflexible. The good thing about it is that it links in to leagues/other clubs so it can be useful in a way, but a lot of people think it's the be all and end all, which it isn't.

We have our own site which I have developed piecemeal over the last ten years and put God knows how many hours into. I know bog all about web site design - I'm still using Dreamweaver 1.2 (released in 1998!) and only basic HTML. It's simple, but it's up to date and it works.

Advice for the St. James' site? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! Have a look at other clubs' sites and get some ideas from how they look. It's what I did.

Another way which might be your better bet is what howzat suggests, to go down the Pitchero route. They launched for cricket clubs this year, and previously did rugby clubs (and maybe football as well?). It's a kind of a Facebook for clubs - you can have members of the site who can post and discuss things etc. Pitchero doesn't need any kind of web design experience at all, everything is there and you just need to put the content in.

BikerEd

How many different types, sizes and colours of font do you use on the site? Cut it right down as it is very distracting. Use smaller fonts where you currently have large ones and you'll fit more on the browser screen without having to scroll.

Think about who you are writing your site for. Existing players? Potential new players? General public? Competing teams? Journalists wanting to write about you? Visitors to your ground? All of the above? When you know who you are writing for you can ensure that you have the right info on the right number of pages.

SkintG

Thanks for the tips guys, I have definately taken some on board especially re the fonts and colours.

At the moment the site is just for existing players and anyone who is interested. In the future as we hope to grow the site will have a more official feel to attract new players etc.

Thanks again for the feedback!!!

danny1978uk

Hi, Have you tried having a look at Pitchero? (www.pitchero.co.uk i have set up a website for our Rugby club on their www.burtonwoodbridgerlfc.co.uk and it has worked a treat,

Everything is their for you to start with you can add everything that you need such as stats, pics, Video's and team selection and best of all it's free!

I simply put a site up on there bought the domain and put a forward on the domain name to the site.

it's worked a treat and i and the club are very happy with it.

danny1978uk

scragend wrote: »

The other site is the Play-Cricket site, which all clubs have/are supposed to have. It is run by the ECB.

I don't like Play-Cricket at all, I find it far too restrictive and inflexible. The good thing about it is that it links in to leagues/other clubs so it can be useful in a way, but a lot of people think it's the be all and end all, which it isn't.

We have our own site which I have developed piecemeal over the last ten years and put God knows how many hours into. I know bog all about web site design - I'm still using Dreamweaver 1.2 (released in 1998!) and only basic HTML. It's simple, but it's up to date and it works.

Advice for the St. James' site? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! Have a look at other clubs' sites and get some ideas from how they look. It's what I did.

Another way which might be your better bet is what howzat suggests, to go down the Pitchero route. They launched for cricket clubs this year, and previously did rugby clubs (and maybe football as well?). It's a kind of a Facebook for clubs - you can have members of the site who can post and discuss things etc. Pitchero doesn't need any kind of web design experience at all, everything is there and you just need to put the content in.

Sorry, got carried away writing about Pitchero and didn't notice someone had already mentioned it.