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[Nerd2]

I am a nerd in real life and have been stunned with the update to the web site a few days into training camp. The timing is bizarre: most professional websites update during off-peak meaning either during the off-season or in that lull between the draft and training camp. Not only did they do it during a time that fans are likely to be checking the site but they do it badly, leaving many broken links and other issues. I am cataloging them here in the hope that someone connected with an org can get this to the proper people.

1) The website seems to run on UTC time. This means that on the main page where you have the scores, it turns over from today to the next day at about 7PM PDT. This means I need to scroll left just to see the games that haven't even started yet.
2) On that same scores page, the score frames span the entire page so that the left scroll button covers up half of the first score. It needs to be resized so that there is a gap between score and edge.
3) The box score page seems to be completely misdesigned to not resize horizontally based on one's browser dimensions. The font is too big and the rest of the information simply goes off the right side of the page. It also does not present a horizontal scroll bar so it is impossible to view it. I have had to reduce the font size in order to fit it all onto one page
4) The box score totals are incorrect for the second team. The variables are repeating the sum of the stats of the first team on the display.
5) Clearly they decided to change the DNS so that "www.wnba.com/storm" becomes "storm.wnba.com". But many of the links continue to point to that old format and the redirect points it back to the main page.
6) Resizing the main page will move the "tickets" frame on top of the scores frame. Because the right side needs to have that prominent link to the nba.com and d-league instead

Anyone see anything else?

[tfan]

One thing I don't like when web pages get re-vamped by new companies is that they will move things around and not put redirects to the new pages, breaking search results and inbound links (like Wikipedia references). The people doing the WNBA site changed the locations of the playerfile pages without putting re-directs to the new page. Google should catch up, if they do keep playerfiles for retired players, but for now, if I search for "Becky Hammon playerfile" it gives me:

http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/becky_hammon/

That page no longer exists.

The new player pages have been moved under the "player" directory and a dash used instead of an underscore:

http://www.wnba.com/player/sue-bird/

But as of now, there is no page for

http://www.wnba.com/player/becky-hammon

If they decide to not keep any playerfile data for players who were retired as of 2015, then that will be a bigger complaint.

[Richyyy]

[root_thing]

[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

In the boxscores, on IE 11 windows 8, I cannot scroll to get to the point totals for each player.

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[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

Never mind it's my screen resolution.

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[sigur3]

You shouldn't have to change your screen resolution to see a freaking box score.

[icey23]

[Richyyy]

[kool-aide]

[NYL_WNBA_FAN]

[JohnyK]

[pilight]

They need to get some professional people running the website.

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[Luuuc]

[sigur3]

[Randy]

I also have an annoying complaint or question. - Where on my team's web page can I find a roster or even stats? I'd like to know how tall Ify and how old Ify is (not to mention the actual spelling of her name.) Can't find it.....Be glad to accept help on this.

[p_d_swanson]

[Queenie]

I can't detect a pattern either, p_d.

Not to mention that the player files are utterly useless. No transaction logs? No personal data? Seriously? And as someone else pointed out, seasonal numbers without a career total are half-useless.

Let's see if there's another data dump debacle, like that time all the international players got assigned degrees from Abilene Christian.

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[Queenie]

For example, Australia is a college now!

http://www.wnba.com/player/penny-taylor/

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[Randy]

Thanks p_d. I guess the problem I was having is using AOL to go to the Dream web page instead of Chrome. In AOL land the top line never shows up.

[Nerd2]

[pilight]

Isn't it customary to beta test a new website design before it goes live?

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[Randy]

[Nerd2]

[Nerd2]

Another item: checking the roster page no longer gives me how many years' experience they have in a nice table. I'd have to visit each player's individual page for that.