FIRST Website

[Rob2713g]

Hey,

The new FIRST website is up!

I like it. What does everyone else think?

[Joel J]

Will take some getting used to..

I'm trying to find the regional info, the documentation for the old game, etc.. and I can't, yet.

Is this a hint!?

[Pat McCarthy]

I think it's pretty darn awesome!
The videos on the main page are pretty cool little segments as well.
Also, the 2007 manual page is up and ready for the sections to be linked to encrypted PDFs.

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by Pat McCarthy

I think it's pretty darn awesome!
The videos on the main page are pretty cool little segments as well.
Also, the 2007 manual page is up and ready for the sections to be linked to encrypted PDFs.

Yep.. I found my way to it eventually..

already involved -> FRC -> Events
already involved -> FRC -> Documents and Updates

[et1337]

Bea-utiful.

But slow.

[Katie Reynolds]

Generally, I like it.

I'm having a bit of trouble navigating though ... I'm looking for the Form W9 and where to send it, but I can't seem to find it (and site search returns 0 results). Anyone else have better luck?

EDIT: If you go to What's Going On In My Area? (the new team map) and look at FRC teams from X area, clicking on their team name now brings you to their personal website ... it doesn't give you the competitions they've attended, awards they've won, etc. I really liked being able to see that! I hope it comes back soon.

[Billfred]

I like the look. I bemoan the use of pop-out menus, but I'm sure I'll get used to it someday.

[Kyle A]

From what I have been able to do here at school its nice. And as others said it will take some gtiing used to, and it is also very slow.

[Mark McLeod]

One of the official notices:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=50275

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

Generally, I like it.

I'm having a bit of trouble navigating though ... I'm looking for the Form W9 and where to send it, but I can't seem to find it (and site search returns 0 results). Anyone else have better luck?

The link to the W9 page through TIMS is broken, but it's here:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...nt.aspx?id=462

You get there via:
Top-bar: Already Involved -> FRC
Side-bar: TIMS & Registration -> Registration Process

Here's the short answer in case you're feeling rushed:
Please fax W-9 to 603-647-5772 (Attention: FIRST Finance).

[Greg Marra]

I am finding it slow to load and harder to navigate than the old page. At first, I wasn't able to get to any sub-sections of the website because the Javascript hadn't loaded properly. Also, I am a bit worried about the main page's mousing over images changing the video link, since that seems entirely unintuitive with nothing labeled.

It seems that now that everything is actually loading properly for me that the page is pretty nice looking and not too hard to use, but I wish the contrast on some of the text was higher and that the site wasn't so completely reliant on Javascript. I don't see a site map at the bottom and I am worried how my Wii will handle browsing it.

Eww, and the Javascript navbars prevent me from ctrl-clicking links to open them in a new tab. It just uses Javascript to change the current page. I really dislike when sites do that. It makes them a lot harder for me to pull down massive amounts of information from at once, and really is completely not necessary.

[Jessica Boucher]

Ah, the FIRST Community, aka The Land of Little Patience

The official launch time isn't until 1pm. I would tack on a couple hours afterwards for getting everything settled.

[JohnBoucher]

Slow but cool
No DOCTYPE declared, I wonder if that is causing some of the speed problems.

I want the Video. Will there be a copy in the KOP????

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

The official launch time isn't until 1pm. I would tack on a couple hours afterwards for getting everything settled.

Cool, that gives me time to go shopping for presents and a good cup of eggnog coffee. YaY.

[Joel J]

The speed problems seem to stem from both the server-side-scripting(/database?), and the actual rate at which the page is being sent. I'm getting a 2KB/sec download rate, and a 5-7 second delay before the server even starts sending the pages. Should be fine later?

[JohnBoucher]

The links to the team information pages are missing.

I hope this gets fixed.