FIRST Brand Refresh

[logank013]

Any way to use the old website? The biggest thing is I don't know how to get to anything. How do I navigate from the home page to the events page with each event having a list of teams at the event? That is something i really want. Thanks.

[Billfred]

Some hot-take reactions:

1) The URL change is going to bug me, because the URL change comes with 12+ years of inertia.
2) You know how someone organizes your shop and then you can't find anything? That's the new website for me. (It also breaks frclinks.org, which is a tragedy.)
3) Even going back to the old-old logo, the triangle-circle-square logo was always as prominent or more prominent than the FIRST or program wordmark. That's no longer the case. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
4) Switching to FLLJr is fair enough, but thank you for losing that crayon bit.
5) Losing the acronyms from the program logos is good for outsiders, but man does it get clunky. (On the flip side, the logo should print better in smaller applications. It took a lot of fighting with the printer to get the old FLL logo right on our team shirts.)
6) Does anyone have links to where we can download these? My team was going to order some apparel this week, and I can't find it on the website (see point 2).

Having done this dance in the fall of 2004 (the world didn't end then), I'm going to sit back for the most part and see how it shakes out.

[StAxis]

Originally Posted by ChuckDickerson

I found VIMS but still can't find TIMS or STIMS.

Go to Programs -> FIRST Robotics Competition -> FRC -> For Teams and it's there. a bit complicated but managed to find it.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Billfred

6) Does anyone have links to where we can download these? My team was going to order some apparel this week, and I can't find it on the website (see point 2).

Having done this dance in the fall of 2004 (the world didn't end then), I'm going to sit back for the most part and see how it shakes out.

Logos (About>Press Room>Brand Standards)

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by Billfred

6) Does anyone have links to where we can download these? My team was going to order some apparel this week, and I can't find it on the website (see point 2).

http://www.firstinspires.org/node/4146

[MrRoboSteve]

That explains last year's blue carpet color.

I think the domain name change was the right thing to do, and the new name is pretty good given likely availability of names.

S

[dodar]

I wish they didnt nix the "old" event list. The new filter thing that lists literally every event scheduled through all programs is annoying to have to go through.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by MrRoboSteve

That explains last year's blue carpet color.

I think the domain name change was the right thing to do, and the new name is pretty good given likely availability of names.

S

first.org would be great, but it's used by some security company.

[logank013]

Anyone know where to report broken links? I've come across a few. I can't tell if it's the fact the website is so new and some broken links haven't been found or if it is the fact I'm using crappy Chrome OS from my school computer. Thanks

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by MattRain

"AND HERE IS THE NEW BABY BLUE BANNER!"

I still don't like the fact that FRC has banners for Chairmans, Winning, Rookie All star, And much more... While FTC only gets an Inspire banner. It would be nice to receive a banner when you WIN at WORLDS....

The FIRST Robotics Competition ("FRC" is no longer going to be used by FIRST ) only gives out banners for Chairman's, Woodie Flowers Finalists, and event winners. There's no official Rookie All Star banner. If you saw a RAS banner, then the team custom ordered it.

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

The FIRST Robotics Competition ("FRC" is no longer going to be used by FIRST ) only gives out banners for Chairman's, Woodie Flowers Finalists, and event winners. There's no official Rookie All Star banner. If you saw a RAS banner, then the team custom ordered it.

So no more banners or is it just that the banners won't say frc anymore?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by logank013

So no more banners or is it just that the banners won't say frc anymore?

You would have to ask FIRST, but my assumption would be that the banners will spell out "FIRST Robotics Competition"

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

You would have to ask FIRST, but my assumption would be that the banners will spell out "FIRST Robotics Competition"

Random thought but what if the banners next year were red banners?

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by logank013

Random thought but what if the banners next year were red banners?

Red is the FLL program color.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by logank013

Random thought but what if the banners next year were red banners?

But then we'd never win a blue banner.