Sporting Life Website "Upgrade"

viking said:
Click Racing/Full Results
Then select the race you want and log in
Must admit I was only looking for this week's races and it's not obvious how to get to older ones which used to be available


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It's the older races that I'm looking for. I know The Jockey Club website holds a lot of the replays but I did prefer the Sporting Life website. Thank God someone has found the old website.
 
The new RP site is a dogs dinner. Sporting life is free but the old site was average anyway, mostly because the best data and insight was on the RP, however they've clearly taken their content, loaded an internet based catapult and fired the info at the screen hoping it sticks. Its terrible.
 
Yeah I do find 365 annoying in that it's just a small window. Don't know if increasing zoom in browser would affect quality of picture. I only heard about this the other week but seems to update quickly after racing

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By the way, the SL website is showing Ex Patriot as the winner of the Fairyhouse opener. Now that is unforgivable.

It's just been fixed, 45 minutes after the race. Still unforgivable.
 
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viking said:
The video replays have always (as far as I know) required a Skybet login and nothing's changed there. Not sure what the problem is


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Yes but now you have to log into the actual website, which was never a requirement before. Why they went live before it was all set beggars belief. They never answer emails any more either. Some of their breeding section is badly lacking full details for mares' progeny etc.
 
From Twitter

Many thanks for your feedback following the relaunch of sportinglife.com.
We have made note of all the comments made and appreciate a number of features from the previous site are not currently on the new version.
However, we are working on adding a number of features as soon as possible – including horse racing profile search, football league tables and various data-driven sections across a multitude of sports.
Other features have moved or been reformatted and we are confident that in time these will become as familiar to our users as the previous versions had been.
We have no plans to change our policy of offering a free-to-use website with a wide range of content and are working hard to deliver the very best product to our readers.
In the meantime, please keep checking out the website together with our social channels as we will communicate as and when new features are live.
Thanks again for contacting us and using sportinglife.com.
[h=3]What's new?[/h] [h=3][/h] Our fast results are now faster - you will be the first to know results from around the UK and Ireland
Our live football vidiprinter is also enhanced, with scores filtering through within seconds of the ball hitting the back of the net
Video form is now available on your mobile device and, as ever, is completely free to view - just click on a race and the accompanying video will be available below the racecard
We also have the every horse's latest run available via racecards, meaning you can study video form for every runner
Horse-by-horse comments for every race in the UK and Ireland
We've enhanced My Stable to make it a reliable, effective way of tracking horses and jockeys to make sure you don't miss a winner
Through our iPhone notification services, you can now receive an alert straight to your phone when a team scores or a race finishes
[h=3]What's to come?[/h] [h=3][/h] We are aware that a number of features are not currently available and are working hard to bring them across to our new platform.
Future additions include:
Racing profile search
Racing statistics including an ABC guide and non-runners
Football tables and enhancements to live centres
Betting Zone - our free and transparent betting hub
Live data for a collection of other sports
[h=3]What else might I need to know?[/h] [h=3][/h] To find archived racing results dating back 10 years, click here and adjust the date in the URL
Videos are available at the foot of every result and can be viewed on mobile and desktop devices - however we are currently experiencing problems with At The Races replays on desktop which we hope to resolve shortly
Live shows are available within individual racecards - just toggle between the two tabs
Click here for all of our current betting tips in one place, while you can also view our transparent record
Lydia Hislop's Road to Cheltenham archive has been brought over and is available here
Ben Linfoot's Value Bet record can be found here
 
It doesn't matter how quick they are with results if they're wrong. Simply not forgivable.
 
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TheBear said:
Have you got shares?
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I wish!!! I read what DG just posted when it was first put up because I took the time to look and find out what the score was.

I can tell by what has been posted the biggest majority never bothered their ass, just head down like a bull in a china shop

No clue about how difficult these things can be, nor that they don't take 5 minutes and obviously don't give 2 hoots...just moaning for the sake of it
 
Imo, it's a question of whether you prefer be helped across the road, or mugged down an alley.
We're blessed with free sites such as the SL and ATR who appear content to survive on advertising/betting revenue, whereas such as the RP and RUK would not only empty your wallet, but probably rape you in the process.
Clicked on an ordinary news report on RP this morning, only to be advised I couldn't view it unless I upgraded my membership.
Screw you, Parasites!
 
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attheraces.com

i actually think the post's site has improved in some areas as well since the changes. that's not saying much though.
 
reet hard said:
Imo, it's a question of whether you prefer be helped across the road, or mugged down an alley.
We're blessed with free sites such as the SL and ATR who appear content to survive on advertising/betting revenue, whereas such as the RP and RUK would not only empty your wallet, but probably rape you in the process.
Clicked on an ordinary news report on RP this morning, only to be advised I couldn't view it unless I upgraded my membership.
Screw you, Parasites!
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http://www.talkinghorses.co.uk/foru...2-Racing-Post-Utter-Shitbox&highlight=Shitbox

Reet, I can remember us complaining about the RP website a dozen years ago on TRF. At least they're consistent! :lol:
 
Tanlic said:
I wish!!! I read what DG just posted when it was first put up because I took the time to look and find out what the score was.

I can tell by what has been posted the biggest majority never bothered their ass, just head down like a bull in a china shop

No clue about how difficult these things can be, nor that they don't take 5 minutes and obviously don't give 2 hoots...just moaning for the sake of it
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Jesus Tanlic....some of us work in IT and know exctly how complicated changes like this can be. But this site has obviously never been properly unit tested, hasn't been user tested, and has been designed so its optimised for Mobile content. RP did the same and they have both ruined their desktop web presence. I'd be expecting the sack if i launched that to the public.
 
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Someone definitely deserves the sack for this. Its absolute amateur hour.


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I don't know if this has been mentioned previously but there is a work around to view video form.

By adding horses to the 'my stable' section you can then access their form history. Clicking on the date hyperlink sends you to the race result and if you scroll down to the bottom the video replay is there.

A complete arse about but at least it's possible.
 
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