We want all the design updates we've made to work for your club and it's members. To make sure they do, we've been gathering and acting on your feedback.
Thanks to everyone who gave us their thoughts (if you haven't yet you can do so here). Here's the updates we've made:
The Featured Content section at the top of your homepage makes it easier for your members to see exactly what’s changed on your website since their last visit.
You have complete control over what content appears at the top of your club website, and we've now given you more options with how you present that content. We've introduced a homepage slider, which automatically cycles through all the content currently featured on your club website.
You can switch the slider on-and-off in the following section of the Design Builder:
Homepage Template >> Elite (Customise template) >> Featured Content
Other improvements to Featured Content section of your club website include the ability to showcase more content. We've added two more slots to the Featured Content section, pushing even more of your best content to users as soon as they hit the website.
Plus, there are no restrictions on the type of content you can feature. It's now possible to showcase upcoming Events as Featured Content on your site.
We've also added a "Recent Activity" page, which contains all the latest updates from your club. You'll find the link to it in beneath all your Featured Content.
You've also now got greater control over which teams appear in your Match Centre.
You can opt to show all of your teams, or a selection of your choice. To edit your Match Centre feed, head to the following section of your Design Builder:
Design >> Homepage Template >> Elite (Customise template) >> Main Content >> Match Centre
We've been hard at work at Pitchero HQ finalising a huge design upgrade to your club website. With the release of a brand new template, the “Elite”, plus four new website headers, your club website has never had so many options.
To bring these brilliant design features to your club, we've created a new design tool in the Club Control Panel which offers you unparalleled levels of flexibility.
The Elite template brings a clean, simple design to your club website. Thanks to a wider body, content appears uncluttered in a spacious, crisp homepage design that’s as easy to view on mobile as it is on desktop.
Aside from the improved aesthetics, the Elite template brings a variety of new layout possibilities to your club website.
Showcasing the most recent updates in the top section, content is divided into recognisable blocks - the position of which is now fully customisable (more on that later).
Alongside the Elite template, we've added four new Headers: “Simple”, “Compact”, “Centered” and “Classic”. Each header is fully customisable with all the available homepage templates, giving your club even greater flexibility in how your website looks.
Thanks to your choice of new website headers, it's now easier than ever to showcase your sponsors.
You can upload and add up to four club sponsors to any of the new website headers – a feature that is fully controlled by you.
We want to put you in command of the look and feel of your website; so alongside the new template, we've launched a brand new “Design Builder” in your Club Control Panel.
In the Design Builder you can tweak the design of your club website to greater suit the needs of your club and it's users.
Again, flexibility and choice are central to these new features. You can prioritise categories of content by pushing it up and down the homepage as you see fit. You can even toggle categories of content such as Team information and Social channels on and off at your own discretion - the layout is now completely in your hands.
The same goes for the recent activity feed at the top of your homepage. You're free to promote any pieces of content you like in your activity feed, and exclude any updates you don't want to appear at the top of your homepage. Plus, you can adjust the position of various pieces of content on activity feed, so content appears in exactly the order you want it to.
It's all possible in the totally flexible Design Builder.
Crucially, the Design Builder updates your website tweaks in real time thanks to a built-in preview mode.
Any changes made in the Design Builder can be viewed as you do them but will not go live until you hit publish, giving you added flexibility in experimenting with the layout of your club website.
Our in house design team are on hand to craft you a new website design that brings the Elite template to life.
Each and every club on the Standard and Pro packages can work with our professional design team to make your club website the best it can be.
Head to the new “Design” section of your Club Control Panel, hit “Choose my style” and submit your free design request for a stylish new look on the your brand new template.
As always, your feedback is vital to making these great new features work for your club.
Head to your Club Control Panel to switch to the brand new template now, and use the Google Form below to provide us with any feedback so we can make it even better.