HoosierCat Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 New bengals.com on Sunday according to...what else...bengals.com.Be interesting to see. I know lots of people have been clamouring for a better site, more videos, audio, graphics, etc. As a guy still chugging along on ye olde 56k dial-up, tho, I've always been happy with a simple site. Oh, well...time marches on...guess it's about time for me to upgrade the rotary dial in the basement, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Well I for one am looking forward to the upgrade. It's been long overdue, and with this "New Era" of the Bengals underway, why not a new version of the website to accompany it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 yep hopefully its not just a minor upgrade and instead its a huge overhaul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat Bengal Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 New bengals.com on Sunday according to...what else...bengals.com.Be interesting to see. I know lots of people have been clamouring for a better site, more videos, audio, graphics, etc. As a guy still chugging along on ye olde 56k dial-up, tho, I've always been happy with a simple site. Oh, well...time marches on...guess it's about time for me to upgrade the rotary dial in the basement, too! Still living Analog I see...(even though I have a dial-up too! )It's about time bengals.com stepped up to the Digital way of life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 I don't care if it's in the old DOS mode, I just want the best articles Hobson routinely puts out that's leaps and bounds better than any NFL team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 i dont think anyones gonna argue that hobson is a good editor and the best part about the site is the articles. The problem is its ghetto as hell and needs a major makeover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brew Man Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 i dont think anyones gonna argue that hobson is a good editor and the best part about the site is the articles. The problem is its ghetto as hell and needs a major makeover. Agreed, its an eyesore in comparison with other team sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 I e-mailed them and asked about a site redesign around 10 months ago, and was told it was in the works. Sure took a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 perfect timing for our first home game at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 i dont think anyones gonna argue that hobson is a good editor and the best part about the site is the articles. The problem is its ghetto as hell and needs a major makeover.Agreed, its an eyesore in comparison with other team sites. Call me Fred Flintsone, but I like the current site. It is easy to ready and easy to find stuff on it as well. I don't like the sites with stuff flying in from all sides and three columns with a whole bunch of boxes, etc. all over it. Hopefully it will more content related than just a bunch of special effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishbengal Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 My PC runs on steam power and I don't know if it ould cope with too much hi-tech, high fallooting, space age gimmickery.....a bit like myself. I like the current Bengals.com site, it suits me, but I appreciate that things must evolve, develop and improve - just like the team - so I'm keen to see what the new site is like. (It'll still be second best to Bengalszone though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevnz Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Well it's live at 11:30 PM est. It's okay.I did like the old site, but it so needed to be done over it wasn't funny.The new site has lot's of new features and I look forward to checking them out. As a web professional I'm not gonna be satisfied unless they let me do it...But I do like the fact that a new window doesn't pop up every bloody time I click a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B24 Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Looks 1000 times better. The one thing that it still has that I hate is the popup poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 It's fine. The graphics along the right side are hideous, though.Doesn't really matter to me...as long as it has the same content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 the biggest difference is that it doesn't look ghetto anymore, it definitely looks more up to date. it's not the greatest website i've ever seen, but it's an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jditty47 Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 it looks f**kin good. im very happy about it. im drunk right now so ill check it out more tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBENGALFAN Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 WHO DEY !! the relaunch of the Bengals official web site is AWESOME BABY !!!! to steal the verbage from Dick Vitale.. It's AWESOME BABY !!!!.. I suggest you all check it out and e-mail the webmaster there and tell him/her so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevnz Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 The one thing that it still has that I hate is the popup poll.Simple....Don't use IE...I almost forgot what popups were. Mozilla is the king of BrowsersThe graphics along the right side are hideous, though.Really? I think there are too many of them but I think they look pretty good. But then I'm hopeless with graphics so what do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 I think its ok, there was so much they could have done, and for the most part its almost like they took the right side of the page and shoved it to the left. I've noticed a couple of bugs for them to work out, but I think I'll get used to it and like it better than the old site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBax Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 It looks a LOT better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat Bengal Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 LoL at the ghetto comments....I think it does look pretty good....a bit compact, it looked like they were trying to fit everything in a certain area....the right side of the screen looks unused....I think they should utilize the entire screen, but that's just me.Other than that, I like it! :player: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted September 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 That's it? I guess I'm going against the grain here, but my first reaction is, ick. At least the old design had the virtue of simplicity. Now it looks like a page of classified ads -- boxes, banners, logos, oh my! I think I'll be bookmarking the press page instead of the home page. Loads faster, looks better. Just MHO, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 The one thing that it still has that I hate is the popup poll.Simple....Don't use IE...I almost forgot what popups were. Mozilla is the king of BrowsersThe graphics along the right side are hideous, though.Really? I think there are too many of them but I think they look pretty good. But then I'm hopeless with graphics so what do I know? Well, as for the right side...they designed the site to work with lower resolutions. I'm guessing if you use 800x600 that it wouldn't look as bad. Although, I haven't tried it so I could be wrong about that. I personally think they should have kept the centered look, and kept the left and right side an orange gradient, rather than filling it with an obscene amount of repetitive logos.The B at the top looks awful too. I'm not sure where they got that graphic, but it's way too pixely and rough-looking.But whatever...just minor complaints from a graphic-oriented computer nerd. Overall, it's a large improvement, and the content is the same, so I'm happy with it. Plus, the old site didn't appear correctly when using firefox, and that seems to be fixed with this one (although the Bengals Nation section still works with IE only).Anywho...thumbs up from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiotter Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 thumbs up here to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 I LIKE it! I still see a couple little bugs, but only with the Raven's icons. Nothing I can't live with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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