Popular Post TONofmemories Posted September 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 You'd think, like most normal businesses, there'd be regular meetings about a project such as this, ticking off deliverables/action trackers before launching something as significant as a website supposedly capable of streaming games and by all accounts all sing and dancing. Surely to fuck we've got someone with genuine experience in launching a website to make sure there's no glitches/typos/outdated information prior to launch (clearly not). Maybe they'll launch it, sit back and wait for a roasting on here or twitter before fixing things. Retrospectively as they always do! I'm just about done with how much of a clowncar outfit we are. Even missing football during this pandemic doesn't really inspire me to go stand at a freezing cold cappielow (when permitted) tbh. SAD! 4 TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just remember, this is the first one they have shown unexpectedly without comment. There will be 3 or 4 more different ones before releasing the actual one which will be different again. Can't wait for the 'MYSTERY WEBSITE? – EXCITING NEWS!' new article: "It’s been one of the most-talked about items in our recent Club history and it gives us great pleasure to announce that the brand new Greenock Morton FC WEBSITE... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EanieMeany Posted September 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jamie_M said: Just remember, this is the first one they have shown unexpectedly without comment. There will be 3 or 4 more different ones before releasing the actual one which will be different again. Can't wait for the 'MYSTERY WEBSITE? – EXCITING NEWS!' new article: Kinda reminds me of Lionel Hutz' business card: "New Website? No, problems!" It looks rotten, the "shop" is particularly farcical having as it does two different versions of a strip to advertise a "crowdie" (whatever the fuck that is) without, as far as I can see, even containing a link anywhere on the entire site to where you can buy an actual strip. The less said about those t-shirts the better. Edited September 15, 2020 by EanieMeany 4 AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, EanieMeany said: It looks rotten, the "shop" is particularly farcical having as it does two different versions of a strip to advertise a "crowdie" (whatever the fuck that is) without, as far as I can see, even containing a link anywhere on the entire site to where you can buy one. The option is there to buy one by clicking on it on that very page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jamie_M Posted September 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 20 hours ago, EdinTon said: Kit launch hosted by Gherry and the ability to meet players? Club not know there's a pandemic on nah? Players pulled and replaced by Andy Ritchie as the club suddenly realise there is a pandemic on, there are restrictions, and we have a friendly the next day. https://www.gmfc.net/club-statement-3rd-kit-launch-day/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopBrennan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 New website, same old issues 2 You address me by my proper title, you little bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Did say the other day I was surprised by us having fan/player interaction, glad they’ve seen sense there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 I'd consider going, but the website says Friday 21st September. This Friday is the 18th so feck knows which year they are talking about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 So, so poor. It hurts 1 TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinTon Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sometimes you don't think we could get any more embarrassing... Then a new day comes along and Morton keep on Mortoning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRVMP Posted September 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 22 hours ago, EdinTon said: Kit launch hosted by Gherry and the ability to meet players? Club not know there's a pandemic on nah? 21 hours ago, TRVMP said: Presumably they have thought of that. If Smiths is open then they'll know distancing protocols. 1 hour ago, Jamie_M said: Players pulled and replaced by Andy Ritchie as the club suddenly realise there is a pandemic on, there are restrictions, and we have a friendly the next day. https://www.gmfc.net/club-statement-3rd-kit-launch-day/ Sorry. I made the mistake of presuming that Morton had thought somethings through. Won't happen again! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealTonKid Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 16 hours ago, TheGoon said: It looks worse. It’s like something from 2011. I have no idea what the point in it was. “They've rebadged it, you fool!” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I clicked yon big Morton Club Together banner on the site, got sent to this beauty: https://new.gmfc.net/sponsors I'm working on some sites right now that don't have a proper staging environment, so I know how hard a smooth transfer can be. All this stuff looks easy on the surface but it can be surprisingly challenging. But that's exactly why, as ToM says, you have a staged migration, with concrete deliverables, little checkpoints, go/no-go dates to ensure the disruption visible to the public is kept to a bare minimum. What you don't do is... in the build-up to your active season, when your core products (in our case, season tickets, match streaming, replica kits) are at their most sought-after and need to be pushed the hardest, when all eyes are on you ahead of the launch of your next big campaign (in our case, the competitive football season), when you've promised a new website... is half-assedly throw something online for hours, if not days at a time, full of incorrect information, placeholders, inconsistent information, with anything useful and more importantly profitable either hidden, outdated, or completely memory-holed. As I say, I know these things aren't necessarily easy. I know there are limitations that mean they might have to operate on the patient while he's awake, to use everyone's favorite migration metaphor. But that's exactly why you go in with a plan. If you don't want to have your customer-facing site looking like a dog's dinner, you need to be able to strip it down and rebuild it like an infantryman his rifle. If on the other hand you're poor wee Morton and you just don't really care if people buy match tickets, you put this online: https://www.gmfc.net/tickets-membership/ Which links to this: https://www.gmfctickets.co.uk/ And in case anyone wants to console themselves at being unable to buy tickets by instead getting a replica kit, they can follow the link to this: https://gmfc.net/shop/ And get themselves a fucking Crowdie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Partridge_Ton Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, TRVMP said: If you don't want to have your customer-facing site looking like a dog's dinner, you need to be able to strip it down and rebuild it like an infantryman his rifle. Minor repairs! Aye, that and killing! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 That's me website, Desert Storm! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 11 hours ago, EanieMeany said: Kinda reminds me of Lionel Hutz' business card: "New Website? No, problems!" It looks rotten, the "shop" is particularly farcical having as it does two different versions of a strip to advertise a "crowdie" (whatever the fuck that is) without, as far as I can see, even containing a link anywhere on the entire site to where you can buy an actual strip. The less said about those t-shirts the better. There is an actual 2nd shop page - https://www.gmfc.net/shop-gmfc/ Problem is, it's not linked to from anywhere on the site as the shop link goes to https://www.gmfc.net/shop/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Good grief. They appear to be wanting to fix these "Crowdies" to the seats at the front of the Cowshed to give the appearance of a crowd. Apparently in a position where a camera in the Cowshed wouldn't even be able to see them. That looks like a terrible idea. Then there's the damages for using the name "Crowdie" which I think may belong to a cheese manufacturer on Arran. "Any nation given the opportunity to regain its national sovereignty and which then rejects it is so far beneath contempt that it is hard to put words to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Alibi said: Good grief. They appear to be wanting to fix these "Crowdies" to the seats at the front of the Cowshed to give the appearance of a crowd. Apparently in a position where a camera in the Cowshed wouldn't even be able to see them. That looks like a terrible idea. Then there's the damages for using the name "Crowdie" which I think may belong to a cheese manufacturer on Arran. What camera in the cowshed? And the cheesemongers will have to sue every club the length of Britain that has sold 'crowdies'. We are actually late to that particular party and probably haven't sold any anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Pretty sure cardboard mutants don't impinge on the intellectual property of a fucking cheese. 1 1 MORTON - NEWCASTLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 15 hours ago, steveoath said: Pretty sure cardboard mutants don't impinge on the intellectual property of a fucking cheese. FFS. You don’t get the concept of humour obviously. "Any nation given the opportunity to regain its national sovereignty and which then rejects it is so far beneath contempt that it is hard to put words to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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