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Over a year has passed on the new web site. It has suffered considerable criticism, but none the less, has good functionality. The website is mostly updated by volunteers who already have heavy duties (myself, Michael VK, and Bob A).
I am conducting a poll open to both members and non-members of the CFC regarding web site usage.
My answer : ALMOST never.
In fact, the CFC site lack an important feature : a RSS feed !!!
Why take time to visit a site just to check for novelty ?
Please excuse my poor english... so in french.
Je ne visite presque JAMAIS le site de la Fédération. Toute navigation moderne se fait maintenant par fil RSS, ce qui manque cruellement au site de la FCE. Depuis plusieurs années maintenant, je ne perds plus mon temps à visiter des sites juste pour vérifier si quelque chose de nouveau s'y trouve !
Over a year has passed on the new web site. It has suffered considerable criticism, but none the less, has good functionality. The website is mostly updated by volunteers who already have heavy duties (myself, Michael VK, and Bob A).
I am conducting a poll open to both members and non-members of the CFC regarding web site usage.
The site needs fresh regular(preferably daily) chess content to attract viewers. Otherwise there is no paricular reason for non-CFC members to visit the site, let alone join the CFC. The monthly mag in whatever format is just not frequent enough chess news/content to satisfy the current market.
A message board is fine but now it's time to upgrade.
They should do what the USCF does for its website - post canadian chess news on a regular basis instead of on the magazine. CFC is so backwards in its thought process that I'm surprised it hasn't been brought down by the CMA already.
They should do what the USCF does for its website - post canadian chess news on a regular basis instead of on the magazine. CFC is so backwards in its thought process that I'm surprised it hasn't been brought down by the CMA already.
At one time .... maybe 10 years ago or so, most tournament organizers submitted a short report on their report and these would go in the magazine.
These could now go up on the web site, weekly (for example), but we have a shortage of people submitting reports right now. This is one of the things that I think people want to see, and we are trying to address in our CCN Committee.
Whenever I see a local tournament report, I try to get it into the next CFC " News " Forum post. It is then copied onto the CFC Facebook page, and the CFC Website under " Latest News ".
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