asrafi: 2010

Thanks for the great comments!

Looking through the results of our user survey, when asked what you like best about Web Teams you gave some great replies. A selection of them are below:

What do you like best about Web Teams?

"The fact you can archive the site and look back on stats from previous seasons is very handy. Keeps the memories online and alive."

"The ease of using and updating the website and the way the statistics are displayed make it very enjoyable to use. Also the fantasy stats give players an added incentive and provide great banter in the changing room."

"The instant generation of stats that would take ages for me to work out myself. They are priceless for my match previews on my website."

"So easy to use, and it creates a professional detailed site with mimimum web knowledge needed on my part."

"Easy to use and maintain, no adverts, no clutter which is great."

"How factual it is and how flexible it is to use. The lads love keeping tabs on my updates."

"The professionalism, its run very well, plus the price is good value. plus the appearance, plus the fact that thier are no adverts plus the fact all the tables etc are automatically updated"

"The way with minimum effort I can create a professional looking website that also serves as an essential tool for the Manager in terms of statistics."

"Fantastic service that the players all look forward to reading every week. Fantasy Statistics and match reports are the favourites."

"Don't have a favorite part as think the whole site is excellent."

"It's easy to use and does exactly what you want which is information for the lads and stats plus i can do stupid write ups for them to read too."

"The whole service has added an extra edge to the club as a whole. its not just about a sunday anymore, bagot can be 'looked at' within a click of a button 24/7"

"A fantastic service, which we have never used before until now, very informative and easy to use. We will be renewing our subscription every year!"

And when we asked, how likely would you be to recommend WebTeams to a friend, where 1 is not very likely and 10 was very likely - the average mark was 9.4!!!

So thanks once again for the great feedback.

We did of course ask what we need to better and what you two things you disliked most. The answers to these questions will form the basis of the enhancements we will make to the site over the next few months.

I'll post on the blog about this "hit list of improvements" in a week or two.

Please complete our Customer Survey 2010

Every April we ask those with Web Teams sites for their feedback.

This feedback shapes how we enhance the Web Teams service and is extremely valuable.

To take part in the 2010 survey please logon into your site admin area and click on the main news item at the top of the page.

In the 2009 survey you told us you wanted:

More space for your reports and match reports
A simpler format for the league table
An "opt out" of the fantasty stats
The ability to hide players who leave your club through the season
The ability to add pictures of the manager, tea lady, programme seller
To be able to change the order of the site links

So we did all of the items above.

We wait now to see what your feedback will be this year. Stay tuned to this blog to find out.

Stats from Previous Seasons

WebTeams user Ben emailed in asking if it's possible for player stats from previous seasons to be added to a WebTeams site.

At a basic level it is possible to add any additional information to a player in the description field.

However, once you use WebTeams for a second season you'll notice that the stats from the previous seasons are not lost - but your site gets richer in terms of data each season.

The screenshot below shows a player profile page showing stats from this season and the previous season.

Web Teams into its Third Decade!

Happy New Year to everyone.

We are very proud to now take Web Teams into its third decade.

We started in the "90's", grew through the "noughties" and are now happy to look forward to the "tens" (or "teenies"?).

Web Teams trial site in 1999.

Web Teams looking great on your Mobile

I've been playing about on my Ipod Touch looking at Web Teams and have made a few adjustments to the low graphics page.

The font size is now bigger so it is more readable in both portrait and landscape mode...

Ipod 01

Of course, the normal site is fine when you zoom in and out in normal mode on an Iphone/Ipod too...

Ipod 03

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from Web Teams

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to everyone visiting Web Teams. We wish your team all the very best for 2010!!!

Stand Out Fixture

Dan from Tipton Town emailed in suggesting that the list of fixtures should have their own page.

We had a think about this and agreed.

So...

There is a new menu option on the left hand side of the page:

The latest fixture is displayed in your main news area of your homepage:

Clicking on either of the links will take you to the fixtures page:

Get the most out of Web Teams

The Web Teams blog has been going for a little while now and we have posted more than 50 articles.

This is our main method of communicating to all of you that run Web Teams sites.

For those of you that aren't that familiar with blogs, you may wish to read the tips below. They will help you get the most of Web Teams.

1. Searching
To find blog posts of interest to you simply type in a search term and click to search.

For example, try "mobile" for stories on how to get Web Teams on your mobile phone:
Search the blog

2. Labels
Two the right of the blog you can click on a topic that interests you. You will see all posts about that topic.

For example, click "new development" to read all of the posts on recent developments to Web Teams:
Filter the blog

3. Posts you may have missed
Here are a pick of 4 or 5 of our many blog posts...

Improvements to your Home Page - read about little changes we make to the site to keep on improving the service.
Google Map on your Site - embed the fabulous Google Maps tool within your site.
Customer Survey 08/09 - Results - read about what our thousands of users think of us.
Another Fund Raising Case Study - find out how you can easily make your website make money for your team.
Go Go Web Teams Gadget! - you like Windows Vista or Google gadgets? - download the Web Teams Gadget for your site.

4. Get the blog content elsewhere
You can add the Google Web Teams Blog gadget to your Google home page:

You can get the Web Teams Blog content within your RSS reader of choice:

5. Comment on the blog posts

If you have an opinion on any blog post - let us have your feedback - it only takes 10 seconds to add a comment and you can share your thoughts with the rest of the Web Teams community.

Web Teams Continues NonLeagueZone.com Support

Web Teams have continued their support to the popular non-league football forum NonLeagueZone.com.

A team of six or seven dedicated non league football fans run this super community with almost 10,000 members!

Stephen from Web Teams used to be a bit of a contributor to the Northern League section of this site back in the late 1990s when involved with teams such as North Shields, Prudhoe Town and Dunston Fed.

Over the last year or two Web Teams helps with the running costs of this site and are delighted to continue to do so for the 2009/10 football season. In return, Web teams gets a banner advert at the top.

If your team or league is involved in the UK non-league pyramid and you want a discussion forum that is part of a wider community - please go to NonLeagueZone.com and get in touch with one of the moderators.

Web Teams Goes Video Crazy!

Just over a year ago we allowed YouTube videos to be added to your Web Teams match reports and news items.

http://webteams.blogspot.com/2008/06/post-your-videos-on-web-teams.html

Flicking through many Web Teams team sites over the weekend, I noticed that loads of sites now do this.

All digital cameras have video functionality these days and it seems many of you take video clips on the side lines, upload them to YouTube and then embed them in your Web Teams sites. Some of you even make nicely edited movies with background sound tracks and titles (presumably using Windows Movie Maker).

Flicking through the first 15 or 16 sites I came across I found the following 4 videos...

St. James AFC

http://www.webteams.co.uk/NewsItems.aspx?team=stjamesafc#id10