Website creation suggestions

try ballcharts.com. I moved ours there this year, everyone likes it better. Easy to do.
site link

We also made our own site because the restiction if we linked to the HS site.

I am not a fan of the template type sites (Eteamz, Ballcharts, etc,) because you lose flexibility. However, for 98% of the teams out there, they provide enough capability without having to do any development that it is a good choice.


We built our site from scratch, is the link to the one I do for our HS

New Berlin West Baseball

There is a JAVA Script bug right now and you need to view it with Internet explorer from a PC(not MAC)

Coach Knight,

eteams.com is pretty easy. They provide templates and you provide the data.

If you're feeling creative, try Geocities.

Big WI,
I looked at your teamsite and there are some huge cats on Varsity and JV! 33 on JV is massive. And there are some beefy dudes on Varsity.

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And there are some beefy dudes on Varsity

LOL, are we looking at the same picture. There wasn't anyone (other then coaches) "beefy"

The biggest guy on the team was an all conference running back who was solid (and extremely fast) but not big.

That dude that is at the bottom and 2nd across.

Not trying to advertise here, but I did the site for our HS program pro bono, www.knightsbaseball.com, using the subscription web 'portal' that we use at my work for several different types of website projects for our customers, both simple and complex. I used the same portal for the website I built for my son (he had to live through some teasing from the teammates, but they got over it when they realized that college coaches were hitting it for videos, stats, and game schedules). I've since helped a few of his teammates put up profile sites.

The portal has several built in pieces like calendar, upcoming events, photo albums, online text editing, file lists (what I use for videos), etc. You basically don't need to be a web expert to customize or use it via the admin backend. You just have to be able to grasp a few concepts about how a web page is structured, i.e., header, footer, left/center/right panes, backgrounds, etc. Use the built-in stuff and add your own body content. If you're pretty handy with web design programs like Microsoft Frontpage, you can upload your own HTML pages and link them into your customized navigation and make the site look a bit more custom.

No built in stats feature ... yet . On my son's site, I just update the stats summary in a table using FrontPage, then just upload it. When the HS publishes their own stat summaries, I just link that into the navigation from the HS site. The AD at the high school does all the stats in an Excel spreadsheet, uses Excel to output HTML, then just uploads the HTML to the site.

Videos I simply compose as WMV files on my desktop and upload via FTP ... the website simply lists the content of a 'Video' folder that you click on the filename links to view.

Send me a PM if you want more info. Happy to assist any of my fellow HSBBweb citizens ...

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Originally posted by AKBaseball20:
That dude that is at the bottom and 2nd across.

I forgot about him, He wrestles at about 154 pounds. He is solid.

Regarding my reference and link above about ballcharts.com. Prior to switching this month, I was building my own with Frontpage. I can't count the hours I spent on it. I had to go to the web to add a guest book, photo album, counter, merge the stat program, etc, etc. Then ftp it all to the server. Honestly, it took me 3 hours total with the ballcharts site. That included uploading all the photos. You also get stats. I have no affiliation, but check it out, it's soooo easy and really customizable (including uploading your own stuff)

I have administered teams and leagues with both eteamz and leaguelineup. As a web designer, they are clumsy and menu driven. Perfect for the novice user but a royal PITA for me. I do like their automatic statistical abilities though.

Thanks to all that replied. I have seen so many good sites (including the ones a couple of you listed) and I'd like to include a bit of all of them. I realize that the initial time commitment will be large, but I want to create a great site that I can use and simply update for the next 20 years, so I want to do it right the 1st time. Thanks again - Coach Knight