Very slow to load. Hard to get to actual rhinos content. Domain name points to a selection of Leeds Rhinos & Leeds Carnegie - fair enough from the url, but Cricket, Corporate Opportunities, Retail, Experience & Lodge seem mis-placed. After that there is a splash screen for whatever is being promoted at the time, then after this you are to the main content page. Probably not the best design. Online shop is woeful, with little range, which is essential for people who live outside of the city. GH has mentioned that the club has a significant level of support from outside the sity. This could be better targetted if merchandise was easily available through the website. The shop section looks amatuerish Polls that are more often than not out of date The site is not great from a usability point of view and does look dated with the background image. Also found it hard to find where to buy tickets online
One of the biggest problems for me is usability - it's very difficult to get the information that I need from it and if I didn't know myself how to get to the ticket order system, I'd be knackered.
For instance, I was looking at ticket prices for last night's game. Now if you look at the ticket info page (it may change today), the details are in there but they are needlessly hidden within the all-too common sales spiel about the tickets for the WCC, season tickets, Headingley Lodge and whatever else the club is trying to flog. As a result, the page has got seven "folds" in it - far too many in my view.
I know why they've done it, but this is where the club appears to be confused as to which parts of the site are sales channels and which parts of the site are information portals.
That's not helped by the navigation - the menu on the left is far too big. Condense it into smaller sections, make it clear which section is which and it will be more efficient.
Graphically, it's poor. White text on a dark blue watermark is not a good combination and there are lots of elementary problems with presentation (such as the ads on the right each being different sizes) which just look amateurish.
I'd probably make a few other points but there's stuff to do. Apologies to Phil whilst I'm at it (I'm sure he'll be reading this). I did get your PM but never got around to responding. Rest assured, I'm not the sort who's happy to slag-off on a public forum without being constructive.
One of the biggest problems for me is usability - it's very difficult to get the information that I need from it and if I didn't know myself how to get to the ticket order system, I'd be knackered.
For instance, I was looking at ticket prices for last night's game. Now if you look at the ticket info page (it may change today), the details are in there but they are needlessly hidden within the all-too common sales spiel about the tickets for the WCC, season tickets, Headingley Lodge and whatever else the club is trying to flog. As a result, the page has got seven "folds" in it - far too many in my view.
I know why they've done it, but this is where the club appears to be confused as to which parts of the site are sales channels and which parts of the site are information portals.
That's not helped by the navigation - the menu on the left is far too big. Condense it into smaller sections, make it clear which section is which and it will be more efficient.
Graphically, it's poor. White text on a dark blue watermark is not a good combination and there are lots of elementary problems with presentation (such as the ads on the right each being different sizes) which just look amateurish.
I'd probably make a few other points but there's stuff to do. Apologies to Phil whilst I'm at it (I'm sure he'll be reading this). I did get your PM but never got around to responding. Rest assured, I'm not the sort who's happy to slag-off on a public forum without being constructive.
Is that response after reading JJB's testimonial brochure?
My bugbear is their failure to know the difference between "complement"
& "compliment". Or if they do why do they consistently get it wrong.
Mind you they're not unique in that.
