BERT Earns 2010 Website Excellence Award

Received from FIRST the following review of our site for 2010:

Awesome website!! The content here is amazing. I love the extensive use of video throughout. Here are a few ideas to enhance your site: There is no issue with content -- it is all here. But it could be organized so that it is a little easier to navigate through. I found myself sort of "stumbling along" through the site. Your home page goes right into the team blog, and those blog entries are not chronological so that is a bit hard to follow. A homepage with more introduction to your team and what FRC is would help set the reader up. I noticed a nice intro to your team when I clicked on the blog entry "Bonny Eagle Robotics Team - BERT #133 - 2010". That might be a better intro to the site along with a current team picture. I love the bios and info on both your team members and your mentors. Nice job! I also liked that your photos had captions. The caption explains a lot to the reader who is not a team member. You could enhance your pictures by making it possible to scroll through them one after another. Overall great site. You have a goldmine of information and have obviously put a lot of time into the site. The site not only passes w3 and Cyntiasays tests, but it does so with a site that hit all major data points. It has extensive media, a private section, and a definitive team identity. While I think the graphic design could be a little prettier, the site delivers. Overall, a very good site - a cut above. Very attractive site with lots of information. The site was up to date, full of great videos, resources and content. I especially liked your treatment on the home page for the videos and for team members. Great site! Congratulations and have fun at Regionals!

Nancy Skerry
FRC Project Coordinator
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
200 Bedford Street Manchester, NH 03101
1-800-871-8326 x452
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