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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Ronald Montesano on November 19, 2024, 11:13:34 AM

Title: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content-Add Suggestion Box?
Post by: Ronald Montesano on November 19, 2024, 11:13:34 AM
Just when we start b!tch!ng, the great and powerful Ran goes and updates the look and the functionality. I can't wait to take it for a test drive.


My first observation: less is more. This is the direct result of social media impacting traditional web sites. No longer are ribbons of drop-down options needed. This is the mid-2020s, and a smaller menu is the norm. We do a few things efficiently.


My second observation: Drew Harvie. The peripatetic Canadian has been added to the advisory board. Hopefully, an announcement will be made to the reasoning. No complaint from me. His wanderlust has given us great insight into the course of his homeland. He is the Canuck Jon Cavalier, with more words.
Title: Re: Nice New Look to GCA
Post by: David_Tepper on November 19, 2024, 11:39:56 AM
Yes, I noticed the rotation of photos on the homepage this morning. I like it. :)
Title: Re: Nice New Look to GCA
Post by: Ira Fishman on November 19, 2024, 11:52:14 AM
The home page is better. Onto the DG!
Title: Re: Nice New Look to GCA
Post by: Enno Gerdes on November 19, 2024, 12:01:48 PM
Seems to be much more than a redesign/update. There is more content, most of which pre-produced and dated to yesterday. There are two contributors, one of whom is (according to his Instagram profile) the "managing partner" of GCA. And there's a clock ticking down to the publication of a podcast. And I've probably overlooked some stuff. Curious what else is happening behind the scenes!
Title: Re: Nice New Look to GCA
Post by: Brian Finn on November 19, 2024, 12:14:20 PM
About - Golf Club Atlas (https://golfclubatlas.com/about/)
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Steve_Roths on November 19, 2024, 01:02:30 PM
What course is that on the 'About GCA' page?

Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Keith Phillips on November 19, 2024, 01:14:43 PM
Might be Toronto Golf Club?
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: John Kavanaugh on November 19, 2024, 01:20:18 PM
I appears that when you are ignoring someone their words are hidden but the fact that they are speaking is not. That’s not a state of ignoration.
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Alex_Hunter on November 19, 2024, 01:38:29 PM
What course is that on the 'About GCA' page?


Not sure if the images change or rotate. The image with the clubhouse in the background with the green and white awnings is indeed of Toronto Golf Club. A photo of the Par 3 7th I do believe
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Tim_Cronin on November 19, 2024, 03:13:46 PM
Onward and upward! Congratulations to all.
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Matt Bosela on November 19, 2024, 03:20:12 PM
Wow - big news!  Congrats to everyone at GCA and Beyond the Contour - for those that haven't met Andrew yet, you'll be hard pressed to find a more passionate, well-spoken and well-travelled young architecture aficionado.  I'm excited to see what's to come.
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Tommy Williamsen on November 19, 2024, 05:39:10 PM
The plethora of new articles will take a while to wade through. It should be fun.
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: David_Tepper on November 19, 2024, 10:47:43 PM
Love the photo of #10 at Royal Dornoch on the home page. Ken Moum knows why. 
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Jeff Schley on November 20, 2024, 01:12:27 AM
Love the photo of #10 at Royal Dornoch on the home page. Ken Moum knows why.


Why is that Ken?
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Cal Seifert on November 20, 2024, 08:50:58 PM
Adding the dates back to the course review titles is nice, I missed that. When the website theme was red the courses by country page used to load much faster though.
Title: Re: New, Muscular GCA Look and Content
Post by: Ronald Montesano on November 26, 2024, 01:07:05 PM
The first, golf course suggestion box that I ever saw, was in a pond at Taconic Golf Club in Massachusetts. The dry irony was not lost on my teenaged self.

How challenging would it be, to add a digital suggestion box to a visible space on Golf Club Atlas? I imagine this would reduce public beefing on threads, assuming that the suggestions actually received some attention from the management.

I notice on the top menu bar, that a Members drop-down element has appeared. I notice that the abandoned number of posts is once again visible. I like this feature, if only for the bragadaccio potential.

Speaking of walks through time, I chuckled when I saw, under PROFILE >> MODIFY PROFILE >> FORUM PROFILE the menu options below. Could ICQ, et al., be replaced with contemporary social media handles?


This is your ICQ number.

This is your AOL Instant Messenger nickname.

Your MSN messenger email address

This is your Yahoo! Instant Messenger nickname.