Homepage / Overall Layout: My first reaction is that its a little busy. The home page is the first thing s a user will typically see and there is a lot of content in the upper pane, header logo, navigation bar, left side panel, main center panel and right side panel with the two side panels having their own divisions. Perhaps consider consolidating or grouping things so that the eye doesn’t dance around too much. I like the fact that your header image has your team name, number and location; those are all crucial piece of information that you quickly deliver to the viewer. It would also seem that your homepage is your blog page. I did not realize this a first, so you might consider making a separate home page. Often this landing page would give basic information and introduce the viewer to the team. From a blog page stand-point I commend you for having regularly updated and interesting posts with a variety of content (text, videos, images, etc). I like the legal notice in the footer, its a nice touch. A very minor note of me being truly nit-picky, in your header image the orange of the text is not the same orange of the “W”.
Navbar: Its effective and clean. Serves its purpose well. I would, in the ordering, put “What is FIRST” before “2013 Clinic”.
2013 Clinic Page: Solid. Nice graphic. I don’t really have much else to say, sorry.
What is FIRST Page: You cover the majority of the important points about FIRST, which is good. I like that you describe every program, not every team website does and I appreciate those that do. I would add a link to the FIRST website somewhere very visible on this page. At the bottom you have a paragraph about how FIRST effects people on your team. FIRST’s impact is the most important part of FIRST, so I would make this section more prominent.
**This Year’s Game: **Also a good section to have. Its nice that you include the highlight parts of the manual including picture of the game pieces and the game animation itself. I would also add a link to the official manual.
Team History: Based on my skimming this provides a very well-written general overview of the history of the team, which I like. Its nice to have a overview that gives the viewer the sense of the team identity. This does give more the feel of an “About Us” more than “History”, which is totally fine. You might considering adding a page or section that gives more detailed year-by-year history talking about competitions attended, the robot built, the awards won, other important milestones, etc. People especially like to look at pictures of previous robots (And I think someone mentioned that earlier on this thread).
Resources: You might be able to better organize the page in to specific sections. For example “Links” “Documents”, “App” etc. Just some dividers to give the page a bit more structure. Also, the first line of text seems better placed on the ‘Contact Us’ page. As a personal opinion, I’m generally okay with one or two font colors on a page. Three gets a bit much (for me), so I’m not a huge fan of the red. The accenting orange (for example used with the links) looks very nice however. Under ‘Research and Learning’ you have a link to ‘Bill’s Blog’. Bill Miller is no longer Director of FRC and the new FRC blog can be found at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog. The ‘Research and Learning’ section could also have a Chief Delphi link, but that’s just a suggestion.
Sponsors: Very nice listing of sponsors, I’m sure your team makes them proud. The couple paragraphs at the bottom are also lovely. You might want to, in addition, include a link to your business plan in the ‘Resources’ Section.
Calendar: Google Calendar, I’m a fan of it, it always does the job well. Adding links to more specific schedules at the bottom is also nice, but you might want to either move those links higher on the page or make them more noticeable so that they don’t get lost or missed.
And that’s all I have to say for now.
