Welcome to the new 1Eyed Eel.
This is a long overdue facelift for the site, but more so it's an upgrade to the technology underpinning the site that will allow us to implement some key changes to the way the site operates.
For a long time now, this site has been conflicted. On the one hand, this is the largest Parramatta Eels website on the Internet. Thousands visit the site every day with the express purpose of finding out the latest on our beloved Parramatta Eels.
On the flipside, over its 15-year history, this site has developed its own community of followers - and for many, this site is their primary social media destination. As such, there has always been a desire from those folks to discuss the world beyond the Eels and Rugby League, and as social discussions are prone to do, those discussions can get particularly robust.
With the new platform, we're able to create multiple categories of blogs and operate them independently.
I've also been conscious of the fact that while adults are the primary users of this site, that the site's popularity means it is visited by all-comers, which has made me particular about what's seen on the front page. I now have controls to be able to show different content to members as I do for anonymous users.
The upshot is the site is now better placed to provide different experiences to different kinds of users. Those who want to come here just for the footy stuff can use the site in that fashion but we have more leeway to allow the discussion of non-football topics. Non-members will not see any social chat topics.
As you can see the site has a design refresh, and we thank our very talented and generous designer Fuuiii for that.
And in general, the site is now just a lot more modern.
I've been through a lot of website refreshes and all are challenging. Change is always disconcerting. However, we've tried to keep everything as familiar as we possibly can. We're still getting used to the new platform ourselves and discovering what we can and can't do with it, and over the off-season we'll experiment with various ideas.
From an editorial point of view, we're introducing the 1Eyed View. This harks back to the original incarnation of site, which was basically me, just blogging about Parramatta and I'm aiming to do a lot more of that in 2019. Super will also be posting regulalry to the 1Eyed view and we're looking to build up a stable of what we're called 'masthead writers' who will regularly contribute deeper, considered articles to the site, as part of a broader editorial strategy.
Amongst other things you'll notice is a much better mobile experience, as well as new chat module, that has the ability to host multiple chats. We've got greater ability to better integrates groups into the site. And the platform is actively being developed with new features, unlike the old platform which ceased being supported many years ago.
As I said, I'm sure there will be things many of you find disconcerting or flat-out don't like about the new platform/site. We'll do our best to fix any annoyances but like all change, things will obviously become more familiar over time.
Comments
Looks good so far, looking forward to the new content!
Well done mate, new site looks great. Can’t wait to see it develop further.
Mobile works! Hooray! My eyesight is saved.
Nice job Phil/Super/Fuuii, looks great and so far functionality feels pretty spot on. Well done!
Interesting reason for the transition delay. Our provider allowed 2 to 4 hours to move across all the comments. It took more than 2 days! Guess he didn't realise how active y'all are.
Hahaha!
So full history of the site has been moved across?
Yep I believe so!!!
Nice work!
Thanks Phil and all involved for the great effort you guys put in
Great work Phil. I have using this site forever and a day and it is a welcome upgrade.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
This new site is messed up. I went to my old link and it kept logging me in as different people. Chief, Outrunna and even Super.
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