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30 March 2016 1569 comments
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Youโ€™re looking at the new Fantasy Football Scout.

After around 18-months of design, re-design, wireframing, coding and testing we are very proud to reveal the fresh new look.

Iโ€™d like to extend a huge thanks to Will for his initial design and Dougal and Ed for building the new site, plus PureOlivia for his new version of the Season Ticker.

In addition, Iโ€™d like to thank for the following (in no particular order) for their help testing the site over the last few weeks:

Jonty, TorresMagic, Spencer, D1sable, Andy, Evs, Beavis, Doolittle, Kavali, Bowstring the Trout, Green Windmill, Balders, Sarjaent, Ryan, Kings of Lyon, Rakkhi.

You wonโ€™t be surprised to know that the new site is now fully compatible with mobile and tablet โ€“ itโ€™s a fully responsive design that will adapt to your screen resolution accordingly.

If youโ€™re accessing on mobile or tablet in portrait mode you will see a different version to desktop, allowing you to read articles and join discussions far more easily and effectively.

The mobile and tablet versions have viewing options which are available via a series of buttons under the top featured story on the homepage.

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Use these buttons to view Recent Comments, the Twitter feed and the regular sidebar elements โ€“ including a new version of the Season Ticker. Weโ€™ve tried to ensure that mobile and tablet users have the same tools available as those on desktop – have a play and get acquainted.

If you view the site on table in landscape mode, you will shift to the small desktop version โ€“ if this is not the case, try updating your device.

Myself, Jonty and the moderation team are going to be about today to answer as many of your queries and issues. Iโ€™ve added a short FAQ below to hopefully address any immediate questions.

Why have we made this change?

We had to move FFS to be more friendly on mobile devices. Just over a year ago Google started penalising sites in search results should they fail to be mobile compatible. While we chose not to rush out a quick fix to address this, we knew we had to accelerate work on a new site to overcome this issue. Hopefully weโ€™ve now made the site far more accessible for those using mobile and tablet devices, in addition to improving the site for desktop users – we hope.

How can I report a bug or issue?

Weโ€™ve done some pretty extensive testing of the new site but, inevitably, there will be bugs weโ€™ve missed across some devices and browsers. If you think youโ€™ve found an issue, please report this in the comments or, ideally, via email.

Mail us at support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk .

Please include as much detail as possible, including your device, your browser and your browser version. A screenshot would also be useful if youโ€™re sending us your issue via email.

Can I give feedback on the new site?

Of course. Please use the support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk address to mail us with any feedback or ideas or the comment threads to offer your views.

Weโ€™re aware that such a big change can be jarring and that we will all need time to get used to the new site.

Please be patient with us while we iron out any creases and fix any issues that remain.

Why hasnโ€™t the members area changed?

Weโ€™ve decided to apply the new look to just the main site for now. Over the summer we will consider applying the design to the members area to also make this more friendly on mobile and tablet.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Played around for abit now and the site seems decent, good effort lads. The ticker changes are awesome, villa permanently deleted. giggity

  2. Prøphet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Lovely stuff! Looking forward to posting more nonsense and my useless opinions ๐Ÿ˜€

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      *rolls back site*

      1. Prøphet
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        *Not sure if it would help*

        NEW and IMPROVED useless opinions let me add.

  3. The Wise Owl
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    It's OK everyone, I've upgraded my RAM to 128MB on my BBC Micro and can see the site perfectly.

  4. Clump
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Daft question: Which is the current article?

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Top article has the Latest Article label on it. The top article is always the latest.

      1. Clump
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        Ta.
        Daft question number 2: What is the quickest way to refresh the current article?

        1. COW
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          F5

          1. Clump
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 1 day ago

            Can't find the f5 button on my tablet ๐Ÿ™‚

            1. COW
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 1 day ago

              Should be in between the F4 and F6 button.

              Guess just hit the refresh button next to the address bar?

              1. Clump
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 1 day ago

                That's what its for. ๐Ÿ™‚

        2. Irish Madridista โญ
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Click any of the comments' permalinks.

  5. โ€‹
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    LateRiser's going to be devastated, the comment counter is broke on the new site ๐Ÿ˜€

    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Comment counter? Did someone come up with an add-on to make it easier to hit the top of the page?!

        1. GreenWindmill
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Good GOD! I've always thought people got a bit weird about being top of the page but I didn't know it went this far! ๐Ÿ˜†

          1. โ€‹
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 day ago

            Better than being bottomed ๐Ÿ˜›

            1. andy85wsm
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 1 day ago

              GWM has already installed it ๐Ÿ˜‰

            2. GreenWindmill
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 1 day ago

              I can sincerely say that's never worried me!

              1. โ€‹
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 1 day ago

                ๐Ÿ˜›

                But all that time put into an RMT gone as you get no replies!

                *Goes to find Portsmouth Bubblejet's definition of bottomed!*

                1. GreenWindmill
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  10 years, 1 day ago

                  I guess it's not an issue for me as I so rarely post a new comment that I really expect any feedback on - almost never RMT, etc. so page position is a minor thing ๐Ÿ™‚

        2. Irish Madridista โญ
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Wow... ๐Ÿ˜›

        3. andy85wsm
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Jeez!

      1. โ€‹
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        Scandalous I know. It was the DZ's best kept secret.

        1. Huh. I managed without ... ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜†

          1. Hooky
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 1 day ago

            That abacus comes in handy ๐Ÿ˜‰

  6. Cradders
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Repost
    How does this look for a GW33 WC team??

    Robles, Schmeichel
    Smalling, Monreal, Ake, Reid, Sakho
    Ozil, Payet, Mahrez, Coutinho, Lanzini
    Lukaku, Aguero, Welbz

    1. liiusions
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      You're relying a lot on West Ham, who are away to the leaders and then home to a Watford team who are strong at the back. I'd try get another Man U defender in there seeing how good their 2 fixtures are in 34

  7. Kings of Lyon โ˜…
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Has anyone noticed how sexy the "J" looks? ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Jes

    2. John t penguin
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      is this just a nickname for me

  8. Latchmere Wave Machine
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    This is nice

  9. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Valencia have sacked Gary Neville

    1. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Have they?? There goes my bet on them to be relegated at 40/1

      1. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        breaking news aye

  10. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    I'm lost. Where am I.

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Earth.

    2. Irish Madridista โญ
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Fiso.co.uk ๐Ÿ™‚

    3. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      In the Library with the candlestick

    4. JK - Cønt โญ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      TotalFPL

    5. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      totalfpl

    6. Kings of Lyon โ˜…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Did you know that instead of looking up at the sky, you're actually gazing down into the infinite cosmic abyss, with only gravity holding you to the surface of the earth ๐Ÿ˜‰

      1. Irish Madridista โญ
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        How do you know it's "down"?

        1. Kings of Lyon โ˜…
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Very good point.

      2. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        *takes another bong hit*

  11. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    OMG

  12. JK - Cønt โญ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Something new that I like

    you can click on someone' profile to stalk, I mean track their comments, and the recent comments box is still there so you can keep up with the flow of the boards. ๐Ÿ˜€

    1. Kings of Lyon โ˜…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I dont like the stalking ๐Ÿ™

  13. Taribo West on a free
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    CHANGE!

    1. Taribo West on a free
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Revolution!

  14. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

  15. walkman666
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Well done, thank you! I will be donating as a member again for sure!

  16. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    @IM - you got that youtube link of the guy who gets dumped and goes to the gym extra

      1. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        cheers mate ๐Ÿ™

        1. Irish Madridista โญ
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Y'alright bud?

  17. โ˜…Kunthemanโ˜…
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Really threw me off. I kinda like the new design, but missing the old one too. Maybe it looks a little odd on mobile. Ill get used to it

  18. Jimjam
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Finalising my GW33 WC:

    Cech, Ruddy
    Bellerin, Sakho, Rojo, Reid, ???
    Ozil, Payet, Firmino, Mahrez, ???
    Aguero, Kane, Lukaku

    For the final two spots:

    1)
    A) Clichy (good fixtures, and a DGW, but questions over rotation and City's ability to keep CS without Kompany)
    B) keep Fuchs (no DGW, but very consistent for me, BP magnet, Leicester motivated to the end of the season).

    2)
    Y) Lennon/Bolasie (both have a DGW, but have blanks in GW35 I would have to plan for, and questions over rotation/form respectively)
    Z) keep Alli (no DGW, but very consistent, works well with Kane, and Spurs will be motivated pressing Leicester for the title).

    Currently on BZ but that doesn't feel very adventurous given the DGWs...

    Any input very gratefully received!

    1. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      B
      And have you thought about Milner if he's affordable?

  19. Sid07
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Can't figure out where to find sort thing ppl r talking about in ticker... I am selecting team nothing appears can sort gw but.....

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      It's on the Members ticker only. Sorry Sid.

      1. Sid07
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        Okay next season than...

  20. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Is there a big blank, white banner at the top of the page for anyone else, or is it just me? Or is it because I have adblocker on?

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      It's likely that.

    2. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Probably adblocker, although I thought we'd worked around that.

      Can you mail me a shot with your browser version so I can be sure?

      support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah sure, will mail now

        1. Reedy
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Surely it's better to see white spaces than ads though?

          1. Bubz
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 1 day ago

            True yeah. But some websites can adapt to people using adblocker so there isn't unsightly blank spaces everywhere where ads should be

            1. Reedy
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 1 day ago

              Ah cool, I didn't know that.

              1. โ€‹
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 1 day ago

                One of my favourite ones is 7amkickoff who have this under their ad space

                http://imgur.com/Jlnh8nn

                1. Reedy
                  • 15 Years
                  10 years, 1 day ago

                  Haha. Well I'd sooner do that than enable ads.

            2. andy85wsm
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 1 day ago

              That's quite interesting. So now sites have to provide workarounds so people blocking ads from their sites are happy? ๐Ÿ™‚

              I'm talking in general - not having a pop at you or anything. Find it quite funny that sites are doing this.

    3. AdBlocker

    4. Elijah's Wood
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Its the same on mine with adblock on, but you only see it when you scroll to the top of the page

    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I should have really done that as a top post as an example ๐Ÿ˜›

    2. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I still can't get over this - it's hilarious!

    3. โ€‹
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Jafooli, get this troublemaker!

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      No numbers, just top and bottom?

      1. โ€‹
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        numbers to the left for me

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Just realised I have to go in landscape mode on the desktop which isn't ideal. Works well otherwise.

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 day ago

          Number above the post like Top Post would probably be an improvement perhaps.

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            10 years, 1 day ago

            Sorted now.

    5. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Can't view the numbers on a tilted screen.

      Also can't believe that I made a fake URL for this 30 min ago, and it actually existed

  21. ZombieEaten
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Awesome redesign! Love it. Only question is where should we post now? Seems there are different conversations on each page.

    1. Kavali
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Last post is at the top of the homepage

      1. Kavali
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        *last article

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Same place as you always did - latest article ๐Ÿ™‚

  22. Papaoutai
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    S.O.S ๐Ÿ™‚ What do you think of my current WC team, 1.2 ITB

    Robles / Darlow

    Gabriel / PVA / Sakho / Cresswell / Darmian

    Mahrez / Özil / Payet / Firmino / Bolasie

    Lukaku / Agüero / Kane

    1. S.Agueroooooo
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I may have the same front 8

      MY BACK LINE most likely:
      Cech, Robles,
      Bellerin, Rojo, Sakho, Janmaat/ ogbonna, Simpson

  23. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Who's getting Darlow?

    1. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I'm avoiding Newcastle like the plague tbh

    2. Papaoutai
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I am. With Robles. Cheap as chips.

    3. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      In terms of the Newcastle defence, I can only really see Janmaat as being worthy of investment.

      Plus bear in mind that Darlow has liv (a) in GW35 - not the greatest of fixtures!

    4. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      o/

  24. JAC THE CAT
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Can I get some more detailed info on the rotation part of the ticker?

  25. Individual
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Been using for a little while now!

    Miss the hover on the ticker on the main site showing you past game history, but I guess that's fixable by going to the members' area (though it's weird seeing the old design already - kind of like when you see a cached image of facebook with a Wall!)

    Apart from that, all pretty sound guys ๐Ÿ™‚

  26. Elijah's Wood
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 day ago

    Will there be a scoutcast this week? Or has it been postponed until next GW?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      It's been postponed unfortunately. A lot of work still being done on the site.

    2. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 19 Years
      10 years, 1 day ago

      Sorry Swede. Been a pretty tough day so I had to skip this week. Definitely back next week.

      1. Elijah's Wood
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        No worries both, look forward to it as always.

        I quite like the site, big change but it wont be long until we forget what it used to look like

  27. Jay_
      10 years, 1 day ago

      I've just come on the iPad, great on here ๐Ÿ™‚ however on my S7 mobile it's very confusing and doesn't show the times of recent comments

      1. Mark
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 19 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah, we need to get timestamps on. We will sort that.

        What else is confusing on the mobile? Any chance of getting me a screenie? support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

        1. Jay_
            10 years, 1 day ago

            It's just the timescale that my really Mark, navigating through the comments on different articles I didn't know where I was. Just having a proper gander on the iPad now, seems great

      2. Bøss โญ
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 day ago

        I've taken my 2nd hit to bring in a playing keeper, however now I'm thinking it might be worth just wildcarding early to wipe out the hits and this would also allow me to triple captain Lukaku for his double in GW33.

        This basically means I'll have double Arsenal defense this week (home to Watford, not bad) and Mata at home to Everton (instead of Siggy away to Stoke). Worthwhile?