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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. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Seems to be running a lot smoother for me at the moment; not getting cut off as much...

    So now, how about a RMWCT 😉

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

      +1

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

    To add more detail to the Hot Topic - http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12997508

    - League name is "Going out with a bang"
    - There are no rules
    - You dont need to specify when youre playing your chips. Greasemonkey will help with that
    - Analysis will be performed after GW38
    - Entry to this league will close at 5pm on Monday 4th April
    - Updates on the league will be supplied via Jonty's Community Round-Up
    - ANYONE can join

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

      Even me ? 😯

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

        Well.... about that .... 😉

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

          Ah screw it I am going to set up my own league with blackjack and hookers 😉

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

            Ok ok ok, you can be in this league if I can be in yours 😉

          2. John t penguin
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            we talking the blackjack chews from the 80s?

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

        And me? 😯

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

    Do we HAVE to have "Fantasy Football Scout" frozen at the top of the page so that it scrolls down with you?

    Now I gotta keep even more of an eye over my shoulder in work 😛

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

      When you scroll up to the top of the page, logo jumps, pretty cool! 🙂

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

      Freezing the pane at the top is good as it allows you to select the members area ect without having to hit the home key. I reduce the window size if i dont want anyone to see what im looking at. The new site means it automatically fits to the window size 🙂

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

        Ah I agree that it's lovely to keep the top menu available at all times... But would have personally much preferred hitting the home button instead of always having the website's name plastered right above my tiny, tiny window in the far right hand corner of my screen...

        Or even a top menu with FFScout.. It's just so obvious what I'm looking at now, not that Mark + Co. will care about that 😛

  4. John t penguin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Can't seem to log in on work pc. Any advice. Bearing in mind I don't have any real control over the network

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

      All user have problems, be patient. Problems with server

    2. John t penguin
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      its ok I fixed it
      super IT dog

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

      Work blocked the site?

      1. John t penguin
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        if they have I am going littlest hobo

  5. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Why fix it it ain't broken.

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

      It's a big improvement for tablet and phone users

      1. Ziro Becomes One
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Would have preferred the recent comments to be available in portrait mode as well on iPad. The screen is big enough. 🙁

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

          Contact Mark or Jafooli

      2. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Good to know. I use this site by phone quite a lot but too wide and big to use at work

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

      It was broken on mobile according to Google.

      and Google's opinion is a pretty important one unfortunately..

    3. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Was hoping ability to edit post and to send private messages.

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        You can.

        Check your inbox.

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

        Private messages could be nice one day but I don't see an edit function coming any time soon.

  6. Ziro Becomes One
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Landscape on the iPad rescues the recent comments. 😀

    I think mobile should also have the recent comments scroller somehow, at least somewhere near the bottom of the page. The site will be poorer for it, probably due to us being used to it.

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

      That was fed back during testing. Unfortunately for now it will have to stay how it is

  7. Sánchez
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Test 😀

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

      Affirmative

    2. Sánchez
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Reply test

      1. Sánchez
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        So far so good

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

    Robert Madley is the referee against Bournemouth. *sigh 🙁

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

      Bad ref for City?

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Likes to give pens

        Daniels and Kun FTW

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

          Interesting. Don't trust Kun with the (c) though.

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

        Yup... hate him.

    2. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      And I'm benching Daniels... 😕

      But captaining Aguero 🙂

  9. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hello

  10. Razer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    This new format is really making me question all my DGW picks.

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

      Don't look at the Scout Picks 🙂

  11. Ziro Becomes One
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hard to distinguish between Spurs and Swans in the scout picks area. 🙂

    Just trying to nitpick to provide actionable complaints. 😀

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

      The yellow and grey look quite different to me.

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Aye, looks different to me too.

      2. Ziro Becomes One
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Is there a golder shade of gold for the Swans available? The current one a bit light 😀

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

    Works pretty well right now

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

    Let's do a grand old fashioned RMT for a wc 33!
    Migs/Robles
    Belle/Simpson*/Rojo/Sakho/Ward
    Payet/Sanchez/Ozil/Mahrez*/Coutino
    Kun/Martial/Lukaku

    Keep as is, or;
    Migs ➡ Darlow | Mahrez ➡ Barkley | Coutino ➡ Firmino +0.2

  14. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Would have been epic if this site renovation would have been down in the eve of dgw34 😀

  15. Slartibartfast
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, new site took me by surprise as I missed Mark's hot topic before the site went down.

    Looked a bit confusing at first (I'm on a PC, not phone/tablet), but now I'm starting to get used to it, it looks a great design.

    Here's hoping we won't have to be without FFS for so long again any time soon. Work draaaagged while the site was down!

  16. Sánchez
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Do we still have next 6 ticker?

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

      It's above the watchlist

    2. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Now only five fixtures though?

  17. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Looking good!

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

    There aren't as many rmt's in this new format...

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

      Not yet.... 🙂

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Don't jinx it.

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

      I corrected that 😀 feel free to way in

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

    If you minimise the window enough, the +1 votes disappear, this meant to be the case?

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

      If your window isn't maximised on a desktop, the website is now pretty much unusable.

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

        Yup seems they've sacrificed the desktop for the mobile..

        ..Bold strategy Cotton.

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

          I'm guessing this is the strategy otherwise I can't believe it wasn't picked up in testing. Oh well, looks like a new hobby is needed to be found 🙂

  20. Ziro Becomes One
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    It seems the new site is lighter though, loading much quicker than it used to in the full site. That is a big positive.

  21. John t penguin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    hang on I am still on page 22 of HOF in new format
    this sucks

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

      Haha, I've jumped up to 2 due to a glitch 😎

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

    It would be good to have the permalink visible without having to hit the dots

  23. Shanty Toon
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Love the new layout guys, looks great.

    Only minor criticism I have is that the season ticker is a lot more difficult to scan, I feel like the older one was much more readable. As this is something you have to click for it to appear, perhaps more space could be dedicated to each fixture giving the text more room to breathe and ideally give enough space to go back to the old double decker fixture. Don't think this would affect anything else on your side bar as the only people viewing it are the ones who've actively gone out of their way to click it.

    Just an idea anyway, overall I love the new look.

  24. boredjames
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    It's flying now!
    Kind of.

  25. John t penguin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I am still going down to bottom left to press post comment button
    if I don't get used to it, it could work out about a year of my life wasted when I add all those milliseconds up

  26. Ten Season Wonder
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi all,

    Lovely new layout. Well done guys.

    Slightly off subject, and correct me if it's already been addressed, (haven't been on here for over a week due to family commitments) but the scout picks team at the top right corner...It says GW32.

    Isn't that GW31?

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

      Forget the Scout Picks until Saturday.

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

    How many players do you guys plan on having for the DGW33?

    I've only got Funes Mori and I don't really want to ship any of my strikers for Lukaku.

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      2 or 3

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

        Who you getting?

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      3 or 4

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

      Just Lukaku and Funes Mori, I think.

      I'm on a WC, so could put a Palace def in as a bit of a punt, but then that's a transfer waiting to happen down the line.

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

      Robles Ward and Luks. Unsure if I should even play Ward or Robles 😛

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

    Hello 🙂

  29. Ziro Becomes One
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    The new site keeping it down in maintenance till deadline would have been a kick in the teeth for GW32 WCders. 😀

    Must be a lot of relieved ones now.

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

    You shouldn't lose content, or access to content, when your desktop window is not maximised