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30 March 2016 1569 comments
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You’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.

I’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, I’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 won’t be surprised to know that the new site is now fully compatible with mobile and tablet – it’s a fully responsive design that will adapt to your screen resolution accordingly.

If you’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 – including a new version of the Season Ticker. We’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 – 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. I’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 we’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?

We’ve done some pretty extensive testing of the new site but, inevitably, there will be bugs we’ve missed across some devices and browsers. If you think you’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 you’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.

We’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 hasn’t the members area changed?

We’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. No Scoutcast Tonight 🙁
    J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Apologies but tonight's Scoutcast has been cancelled. Making the new site look lovely has taken priority.

    Provisionally the next one will take place next Wed (Apr 6)

    1. Every Dog Has Its Day
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      It looks beautiful! 😉

    2. liiusions
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      The one week we need it the most 🙂

    3. Bezzer
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Bad news for us on GW32 WC

      Great job though guys

    4. Aseel
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I gotta say the website looks beautiful now! Well done guys!

  2. andy85wsm
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    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    We're up and running! 🙂

  3. Every Dog Has Its Day
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    This is dope! 🙂

    Great job!

  4. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Boooom. Shiny and new

    1. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Works much better on the phone

  5. mad_beer ✅
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Looks good. It's wide! 🙂

    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Should work so much better for mobile/tablet users too 🙂

    2. oghash
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      That's what the wife said to me when she first met me.

  6. Mark-O
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wow new interface. Using on mobile but no timestamp for comments? Looking good so far!

    1. deathorglory
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah timestamp would be good.

      Loving the new look so far. Good job everyone.

  7. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Phone friendly. Niiiiice

  8. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hurray!

  9. Kun Tozser
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Where's the ticker on mobile?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Home page.

      1. Kun Tozser
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Not for me

  10. Eden Hazardous
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Urghhh....do not like the comment section but the home page looks lovely 🙂

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Jafooli deal with the trouble maker 😉

  11. Holy See
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    😯

  12. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hmmm. Still some glitches ... 🙂

    1. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Looks nice

      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Then email them to Mark 🙂

    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Proving once again that grumpy old men do not like change 😉 . http://imgur.com/gallery/91sn32Q

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        That's me! 😀

    3. Holy See
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I can remember the last couple of big site alterations. Hated them, hate this one, as I'm a miserable old git very set in my ways! *grumbles* 😛

  13. iCon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Like it all, except now my grav doesn't fit in the little circle on top right beside my account #grrrr

  14. Daniel Exeter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Blimey

  15. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Got excited thinking scout picks for GW32 came in early.

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Darlow the chief enabler?

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        That seems to be the consensus . Apparently the other keeper has only played 11 times for Crawley

  16. Irish Madridista ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Can someone point me towards the members only chat area and the "Recommended Template Transfers for Dummies" section?

    Can't seem to find them with the new update..

    Also... Why is the "POST" button on the right hand side now? 😯

    1. mad_beer ✅
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      It helps confuse the old folks.

  17. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Bloody change... i hate it

    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Used to be good..

    2. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Boo, hiss!

  18. Kavali
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    And we are on! 🙂

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Site looks all fancy

    Will take some time getting used to, I quite liked the old site if I am being perfectly honest

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      will there an option to edit posts? 😀

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Probably not.

      2. andy85wsm
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        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Never!

        1. Chenku╰☆╮
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Will there be a dislike button?

          1. Chenku╰☆╮
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            Wait I can't see time posted either. Like 2 mins ago doesn't show now.

    2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      The old, old one was better 🙂

  20. Sjaugen
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Mobile phone posting.
    Looks great, abit green.

  21. Kings of Lyon ★
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Looks brilliant 🙂

  22. Sp0rting
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I leave you lot for 5 minutes and you go and redecorate the place.

    It looks awful.....you vandals.!

    I'm telling Mark!!

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      😆 Sorry - kicked the bucket. Couldn't help it. 😉

  23. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Right. I have cleared my cache, etc., and it is loading very slowly for me again. Is this likely to continue, or is it temporary?

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      We've got some major issues with servers. We're trying to tweak configs and look for a short term solution.

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        OK. Thanks, Mark. 🙂

      2. hiawatha
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        wohoo mark, good joob

  24. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Blocks of white everywhere

    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I wish I'd kept my screenshots when testing of the white space - if you compare it to old style (at least on Desktop) there's actually a bit less white space. But for whatever reason it's more noticeable now.

      1. mad_beer ✅
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        My 27" monitor disagrees. A lovely sea of white. It's a good excuse to wear sunglasses at work. 😎

      2. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        After a few weeks everyone will be used to it, so all good 🙂 i certainly will use the site on my mobile alot more as I guess that's what it's been aimed for?

        1. andy85wsm
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          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          It's not aimed to convert everyone to mobile/tablet but more to make it a better experience for those that are using those devices as before it wasn't great.

          As for a few weeks everyone will be used to it - I expect that to be true for the majority.

          I remember changes made to Facebook/Twitter - I couldn't even tell you what they used to look like!

      3. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        It is much better than the test version i reckon. When replies to comments come flooding in then we'll hardly notice the white 🙂

      4. Kun Tozser
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I think the problem is if you only have a thin browser open (or a smaller screen) half the screen is white when you scroll past the poll. The inside class has a width of calc(100% - 385px), so a window width of less than 800px is very white

  25. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it 🙁 🙁 🙁

    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Mobile/tablet users might not agree 🙂

      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Am not a mobile/tablet user so obviously I think it's crap - turkey's don't vote for Christmas.

        1. andy85wsm
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Yeah I gathered that 🙂

          Was just providing an answer to the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" post. It wasn't broken but certainly not perfect.

    2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I guess that's the point. It was broke... at least for mobile/tablet users from what i can gather

    3. 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Unfortunately I guess it was "broke" if they were being penalised by Google.

    4. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      It was broke though '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. '

      The FFS product is now compatable and visualy beautiful on smartphone and tablet 🙂

      Give it two weeks and youll be trying to rememebr what the old site looked like 😉

  26. Ayew Serious
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I'm so confused

    1. mad_beer ✅
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      It doesn't take much.

  27. Eden Hazardous
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Just minimized the page to 90%

    Looks BRILLIANT! Great work guys! 🙂

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Laptop?

      1. Eden Hazardous
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Yep

  28. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    My team could do with a re-design, wireframing, coding and testing...