Lightning Soccer's New Look
As you can see, AFC Lightning's web site has undergone a major face lift. There are new areas of interest as well as a new format for many old areas. Some of your old favorites have now been grouped with others as well. Here is a quick outline of what's in each area.
NEWS
As expected, current articles about the club are in this area. They are in the "Headlines" page. I hope to revive the "Coaches Corner" to include regular reports from our Staff Coaches as well as links to articles which may be of interest to coaches, players and parents. "McCurry Park Field Status" speaks for itself. This is a direct link to the FCYSL home page on the Gerogia Soccer web site. "Historical Articles" contains old articles of interest. There are more articles to be linked soon
EVENTS
Information on our tournaments, camps and tryouts have been placed together under "Events". There is also a new page for "Other Events".
TEAMS
The list of our Lightning teams along with coach contact information is here on the "Team List" page. The ever popular tournament champion list is here under "Champions!". "Schedules" is a new feature with links to each team's GYSA or R3PL schedule. Academy schedules are not included at the moment. "Info for Managers" replaces the old page which had forms for Coaches, Parents and Managers to use.
PLAYERS
The section for players has three areas. "Info for Players" may have some of the same links as the coaches and managers, but also highlights things which would be of special interest to players. "Player Brochures" is the same as it was. There are currently no profiles up, but that is certainly an option. The "College Signings" page still has 2005-06 signings, though they have been updated. New signings will be added later in the year.
ALUMNI
This is a direct link to the old Alumni page. The listing has been updated and everything now conforms to the new look.
SPONSORS
The "Sponsors" page has links to the web sites of our club's sponsors. The new "Friends" page has links to our parent league, Fayette County Youth Soccer League; our State Organization, Georgia Soccer; The Soccer Foundation and to the web site that specializes in pictures of Lightning teams, Photos by McD. Other friends will be added later.
CLUB INFO
"Contact Information" has addresses and phone numbers to contact the club. There are also links for maps and directions to McCurry Park and the Soccer Centre. "Our Coaches" is a new page which has biographies of our coaches. "About the Club" gives some general information about the club and includes the list of all Lightning teams which have been State, Premier League, Regional or National Champions. "Club History" is still under construction, but should be ready soon.
Other new features include the bold new header. As you may guess, the splash "Lightning" is a modified picture from the front of a gold jersey. Lauren Swany of the 93 White was the "model" used for this image. The header, and thus the pages below it, has been increased to 800 pixels wide. Everything was kept at 600 pixels before. The menu which appears just below the splash will navigate you quite easily throughout the site.
I hope you enjoy the new look. You can send your comments to me at bgmcd@earthlink.net. I'll consider any suggestions, but please realize that there are limits to what can be done.
Bryan
AFC Lightning Web (Master?)