While not nearly as good as the new Gymnastics Australia website, I’m satisfied with the new Gymnastics Canada site. Most new sites are buggy. This one is not.
On my first browse through the top pages, I found they all work.
The site is readable. And clean.
It has a LOT of content though not much new.
There are no social networking features. No videos. Few photos. No reason to visit on a regular basis. (Quite a few videos, actually.)
But if you are only looking for basic information, it’s there.
The search box is not powerful, unfortunately. It won’t find the acronym CS4L, for example, though it’s prominent on the LINK page.
Best feature for me could be the blog. (Though you won’t find it by searching for “blog”.) It was set up for the Beijing Olympics and has not been updated since August, 2008. It could easily be repurposed as a Gymnastics Canada blog.
Good luck finding the Classified Ads. Though they cost $25/month, there’s no way to find them from the home page.
There’s no RSS feed for the Featured News page. That’s my biggest complaint.
Gymnastics Canada – English
UPDATE: giRafe notes that the French side of the site is much inferior to the English. Let’s see if it improves over the coming weeks. Gymnastics Canada historically has had a strong commitment to both official languages.
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
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it’s me again, the french-freak
I just wanted to point out that the french side of the website is not something I was really pleased with…
translation is bad, very bad.
also, many many pages and links are english available only
boh
I was trying to link to club sites from it, but there seems to be no obvious club finder. This seems to be a standard feture of most national body web sites.
No club finder … GOOD POINT.
The latest Gymnastics Canada magazine has a list of all clubs. But they should have the same on the site.
First off the gymcan site rocks!!!!! BEST LOOKING GYMNASTICS SITE ever!!!!! BROWSE around and prove me wrong!
Cant find he classifieds?????? There is a link on every page!!!!!!!!!
You said no videos…BUT there is a huge LINK to them on the home page
The public cannot take your comments seriously. PLUS YOUR SITE IS A TEMPLATE ..A FREE TEMPLATE…where’s your super duper website? ….. ??
Oops.
Sorry Lucy.
How could I have missed the VIDEO link?
Where is the link to the classifieds? I still can’t find it.
Here’s one of the pages:
http://s123960020.onlinehome.us/classified/categories.php?id=1
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