So, I was trying to navigate around on the GSNEO website yesterday, and I'm sorry to say...its almost pathetic. No camp info....and the site is just RIDICULOUSLY disorganized: http://www.gsneo.org/index.html. I checked out other council's websites yesterday and ours is by FAR the worst I have seen. How do they expect troops to want to camp if they don't even have any information about the camps on there? Sure, maybe a little here and there squeezed at the bottom of the homepage, but generally any information you would want to know about camp is pretty inaccessible. The majority of websites I have seen list all their camps and have pictures, reservation information, etc....generally what you would expect from a well-organized website. Girl Scouts of Connecticut even offers training online! Now how cool would that be if GSNEO was able to offer things like Troop Camp Training online...
Here are just a few examples I have found so far:
http://www.gsofct.org/volunteer/train-online.php
http://www.gsep.org/pages/camps.html
http://www.camprocks.org/about_our_camps.html
http://gsgvcamp.homestead.com/index.html
These websites are all visually appealing, well organized and contain lots of information that is easily accessible. The GSNEO site is none of the above! I think the council is really doing the girls a disservice by having the website organized the way it is. Its the information age here people, they REALLY need to step it up!!
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4 months ago
Guh.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even get to verify your thoughts on the information being sloppily arranged. The design of the site itself is horrible.
That header! Shoddy Photoshopping with poor image quality doesn't really give off a professional image. It's like screaming, "hey, look at us! We're cheap!"
I'm squinting at the menu text, and it looks as if some of it is anti-aliased and some of it isn't. So you've got smooth text and choppy text thrown together willy-nilly. Text in the main content area is too small to be easily readable.
Oh, and when you navigate through the menu, the page width mysteriously changes. For no reason. WTF?
Everything about that website is a turn-off. :(
I know, its just sad. How do they expect anyone to want to do ANYTHING with random bits of info just slapped around here and there?
ReplyDeleteI am going to make sure it is brought up to council...besides the fact that the website totally leaves out any and all camp information, it is just all around yucky.
Perhaps you could help out. I know you LOVE doing website stuff!!! Teehee!