Men's Fitted T-Shirt (dark) LaxStats Swag
Our first shirt at CafePress. We are working on using the CafePress API so that Players can order shirts with their season stats on the back. Now that will be cool.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Version 1.5 and Other Topics
I deployed the last of the 1.5 code this morning. 1.5 includes the complete overhaul of the game interface with the additions of the dynamic game timer, faster event UI, Face Off Dialog, Assist Dialog, and dynamic Penalty Timers and ManUp/Down notifications. At this point there are only small issues that I can still see that need to be done, but nothing that would hold up this from starting the fall season. I should note that 1.5 also included a full integration with PayPal that allows for Clubs and Teams the ability to sign up and go. Remember the cost is ONLY $1 per player for the season and if it is your first season (which is will be since only North Paulding Lacrosse Club was there before) you get it for $.70 per player for your first season.
I am very excited about the changes. As the primary user of the software last season, I got to see all of the "flow" issues first hand. Sometimes it would take 7-10 clicks just to record the FaceOff actions. This has been eliminated and I expect that the speed of the software is in step with the speed of the game.
I will now turn my attention to the girl's version so that it is ready by the second week of September. If you need it before then, please let me know and I'll work faster! :)
Since the deployment this morning, I turned my attention back to some of the marketing issues. Many thanks to Dan Wilson who has provided some great information on marketing in general. I regret that I haven't found time to do any of it however. In the meantime, I've been working on increasing the Facebook Fan page. At this point we are at 96 likes. I would like to see that grow 10 fold over the next few weeks as the season progresses. Our Twitter account is growing much faster. We got to 100 followers at the point where we were following 1000, but since then it has taken off and we are close to 300 followers now. Again, I would like to see that number jump exponentially.
I've got to go design my marketing T-shirts to wear at all the games. I feel bad not wearing the North Paulding shirt during games, but I really want this to take off and I need all of the business that I can get. I'm also going to print a shirt for my son with his season stats on it. I'm certain that will take off if any of the boys see it.
I've also spent today connecting up the blog with feeders so that it gets noticed more. I've also set up an auto publisher to Facebook and Twitter (hope you don't get this twice) and connected up with NetworkedBlogs, etc. Need more eyeballs!
That's all of the news for now. See you next time!
I am very excited about the changes. As the primary user of the software last season, I got to see all of the "flow" issues first hand. Sometimes it would take 7-10 clicks just to record the FaceOff actions. This has been eliminated and I expect that the speed of the software is in step with the speed of the game.
I will now turn my attention to the girl's version so that it is ready by the second week of September. If you need it before then, please let me know and I'll work faster! :)
Since the deployment this morning, I turned my attention back to some of the marketing issues. Many thanks to Dan Wilson who has provided some great information on marketing in general. I regret that I haven't found time to do any of it however. In the meantime, I've been working on increasing the Facebook Fan page. At this point we are at 96 likes. I would like to see that grow 10 fold over the next few weeks as the season progresses. Our Twitter account is growing much faster. We got to 100 followers at the point where we were following 1000, but since then it has taken off and we are close to 300 followers now. Again, I would like to see that number jump exponentially.
I've got to go design my marketing T-shirts to wear at all the games. I feel bad not wearing the North Paulding shirt during games, but I really want this to take off and I need all of the business that I can get. I'm also going to print a shirt for my son with his season stats on it. I'm certain that will take off if any of the boys see it.
I've also spent today connecting up the blog with feeders so that it gets noticed more. I've also set up an auto publisher to Facebook and Twitter (hope you don't get this twice) and connected up with NetworkedBlogs, etc. Need more eyeballs!
That's all of the news for now. See you next time!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Fall Ball
Yay! The kids are back in school and I can get back to a normal routine. It was much harder over the summer to keep up the momentum that I had during the fall. In hindsight, I coded about 90% of the site in a month's time and spent the next 4 months with the other 10%. Details are always the hardest and once the heavy lifting was coded that was all that was left.
For the fall I've revamped the Event screen, or the Game screen as some have called it. I modified the core to be Bootstrap compliant, and fixed some of the zooming/scrolling issues that plagued me the first season. I've also increased the speed at which statistics can be gathered. I've simplified the menu to be purely graphical in a wheel shape with key activities along the circumference. I need to add a "Undo" in case the speed gets to fast and the user makes an error. I've decided on this method because the speed gains are very nice indeed.
Also with routines, comes my regular blog posts. I'll continue my discussion of what goes into the software and when using this blog. As always, your questions and comments are encouraged so that I can make sure that I'm addressing the issues that are foremost in your mind.
I'll be back in a few minutes with an updated priority list.
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