Just stick to the template and post a roster, league standings, a photo spread of Hopeless in the new uniform, and a ticket link and an ad to purchase phones. What is so hard?
Forget the web site for a moment. MJ just has 2 games on TV. Who put the TV schedule together? They are 1 of the 2 top teams. What the point of a star studded team with no air time? And I guess feeds are out the question this season. Fox needs to air 2 of MJ's Saturday games or something.
Noticed that Twitter now has an @FakeHopeSolo, commenting on the magicJacksters. I suggest those of us with some level of interest in the new team create a Wiki page called the "FakemagicJack" along with an associated Twitter account. That way everyone can update at will, and comment on the team as the year goes on. If I understood how to deal with Facebook I would suggest that as well. Any volunteers to set up the wiki or Facebook? I'll figure out how to set up an associated Twitter account if somebody who knows how establishes a Wiki. I noticed that someone has used a template to set up Wiki's for the teams, maybe we could clone the FakemagicJack Wiki after that, like cut and paste and edit.... Thoughts.
Don't you think the uncertainty over the home location had something to do with it? Of course, they could have chosen more road games for TV. The mystery will continue...
that's what i was thinking, road games. http://www.equalizersoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/magicJack-team-photo.jpg full size squad photo without hope, sophie and i think 1 other NT player. they actually have st louis uniforms on. i guess we dont get a feed today, just match-tracker. if they are really playing a 3-4-3, they are looking to jump on teams early and play is your goal keeper better than hope solo.
Why doesnt magicDan just have one of his kids design a website?? They have a facebook page up and I'd bet that the kids are running that.... magicJack certainly have talent on the field...the off field stuff makes them (and the league) look like a joke.
FYI, the official magicJack web site has been updated. It's still a work in progress with some missing pages and information, but it's getting there. Interestingly, according to their Staff page, magicJack has an Assistant Coach, Goalkeeper Coach, and Director of Team Operations.
It could be that a computer is handling all those positions, instead of an actual qualified human being as well. I mean, you never know. It is MagicJack. Maybe a USB flash drive is handling all those positions, and it only costs them $26.73 on their annual payroll (including the state sales tax on the USB drive). It's pretty nice to know that it cost them less money to hire an Assistant Coach, Goalkeeper Coach, and Director of Team Operations .... annually .... than it costs them to pay for Becky Sauerbrunn and Sarah Huffman's weekly pizza order on Friday nights (two medium two topping pizzas, order of bread sticks, cinna-pie, and two 20 oz. bottles of non-cola - all for $30.00 including tip).
1. Why did that take so long? 2. I like the Fight for Freedom facebook stuff and Freedom of Speech DCFreedom on Twitter on the page.
when they gonna get awake? they players and fans deserve better! f.*cking lowest teams in belgium even can provide a website
What a joke that site is, missing half the players, probably would cost a $100 to finish, or just buy someone a case of beer. The template is already there just needs information. Lazy of cheapskate ? Its one or the other.
you realize he runs a 9 figure web-based phone company, so his people are inexperienced at running and building web sites. Go Press!
A majority of the info on the site is pre-populated by the league - stats, roster, schedule. They (MJ) really haven't done much. I love how there are DC-specific sponsors on the site -obviously he can care less. This team is basically a chance for him to strap on his cleates and play soccer with the best players in the world. The site, among other things, is a joke for sure.
in the real world, the reality is the league should have a web master or a small non-USA based firm on retainer to do the weekly updates. a freelancer isn't that much for 6 teams to combine monthly and write one check for services. if i'm correct, sahlen has the driver for his race team who does his web sites. the point is the league should be charging each team 500-700$ a month to get this done. i think it's obvious magicDan cares about his little girl and big women Jacks, and everyone else can go play with Jacks on the side walk esp the media. As a fan, you still have the love the guy. Has made it so crazy and interesting the last month but does put a product on the field as GREAT a sahlen. Go Press!
I don't know how it's supposed to work, but it appears that the League did not pre-populate the stats and roster web pages of the magicJack web site. The stats and roster pages started working only after magicJack started work on the other pages on their site. FYI, the WPS web site uses a content management system (CMS) called Sitecore. My initial impressions of Sitecore is that it's an unwieldy mess to learn and use. Things aren't as simple as "create a web page, upload it to the site" which explains some of the delay in getting magicJack's web site up. It would probably take at least a few days for a new front office employee to get up to speed and start updating the web site. Even longer when you have no front office employees! I wonder if the WPS ended up getting stuck with too complicated a CMS for their needs. But, perhaps with the things the League was trying to do (stats integration, social media integration, unified look across team sites, etc.) Sitecore was a necessary way to go. You can read Sitecore's case study of the WPS web site in PDF format (or HTML format) for insight into what they were trying to accomplish.
What kind of idiot has Hope Solo on his team and does not have pics of her all over the web site? There is not even a stock picture of her next to her stats! That is unacceptable, that to mention terrible marketing. IMO she is one of the best looking women in the league.
Sitecore is a bit unwieldy, but at FCGP, our Dir of PR took one class on HTML and had a few tutorials with the league gurus and the site was maintained and functional. She posted new stories/video/pics continuously. The Dir of PR was webmaster, graphics designer for all graphic projects, and also oversaw all PR - including the multitude of requests for Marta. The issue isn't about money or labor, the issue is an owner that has decided certain operational requirements are not necessary (by his account). Change is good for the league, but not at the cost of destroying what is already built. There is always room for improvement but create change constructively and by offering reasonable alternatives. Just not doing something is not the right way to go about all of this.
The pre-populated stat pages have broken links for many 2010 stat archives. I've sent in a report via the "contact us" webform but I do you know a better way I get that stats from last year aren't exactly a high priority for a new & struggling league, but it really helps fans. Thanks. Also, now that Karyn Lush has left, who is the new media/internet guru for WPS? Your real world seems different from mine. I'd think which ever staffer (or intern) was responsible for the facebook/twitter/media releases would be the team webmaster given that so much of the design is already in there. And in a time where "we create American jobs" might be a huge seller the WPS PR folks should trumpet across their local media, why should they hire Srsly, there are some states where governors show up w/ media to highlight companies that create just 1 or 2 jobs. WPS owners & GMs need to be trumpeting the number of jobs they've created this year to local tv/radio stations. Thanks for the info. When the site debuted, I looked through the Cypress Consulting's webpage as they're listed as the folks who pulled the site together initially. As I'm not a programmer I didn't know much about the CMS they were using.
I am not sure who the webmaster is for the league - Karyn left after I did. But send an email to their PR Dir and they will send it on to the right person. FCGP did a campaign in Yr 1 about Economic Impact to the region - we were creating jobs, booking hotels, bus companies, etc. "Stimulating the Bay Area" was the tag - with Osborne as the face...yes play on words for sure...but chamber of commerce's noticed our economic impact and we were invited to events because of it. We may not have contributed as much as the big 5 sports - but we were at least adding at a time when most of the Bay Area was shrinking. At CSUEB, we were adding $ to an already struggling State school. Your point is right on!