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27-06-2005, 08:09 PM
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Hey folks, lately i have been regularly checking the Ford australia site to see if the Mk2 Focus is ready for sale, so today i checked it out and im very very pleased to say that they finnaly updated thier website! easy to navigate and looks pleasing!
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27-06-2005, 08:10 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yeh its alot better...
Some of the old website was from the EF days!
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27-06-2005, 08:20 PM
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not here much anymore
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To be honest I like the old one better. This one looks to fake and not very inviting. Its all just one big blur in front of you.
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27-06-2005, 08:31 PM
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Giddy up.
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Thumb's up here, much better than the old IMO.
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27-06-2005, 09:02 PM
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Reckon is a great improvement. Good work to Ford.
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27-06-2005, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Heading back to the real world....
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oddly enough on their merchandise page the DJR logo is still shell helix racing, the BJR logo is still ozemail, and the supercheap autos logo is still there too....
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27-06-2005, 09:30 PM
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Location: Adelaide
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Look much better, does anyone know if they're going to bring "my ford" back online?
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27-06-2005, 09:30 PM
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looks alot better than the old one, but still pretty boring
doesnt do much to get you excited or entice you to buy a Ford
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27-06-2005, 09:58 PM
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It doesn't look as flash as the old one & I found a couple of mistakes but it's a lot more user friendly then the previous one
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27-06-2005, 10:44 PM
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Can't say it's better or worse than the previous site, but it's about time they updated the look of the ford website. Also, IMO this one looks more like the other Ford websites (i.e. Ford US etc.) so it does give it more of a corporate 'family' look.
Julza
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27-06-2005, 11:51 PM
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Bring back the Phase
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portland, Vic
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I always disliked the old site, this one is much better and makes it look more 'modernish' like the US ford sites.
thumbs up from me |
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28-06-2005, 12:41 AM
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Thats what i was thinking Devil Racer, the old sites navigation was horrid, this new one gives you much easier access between pages etc.
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28-06-2005, 03:01 PM
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This one is stacks better. It's actually user friendly, and no longer has popup links sprawling all over the place.
Two thumbs proceeding skyward. |
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28-06-2005, 03:24 PM
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Yes its far more easier to navigate and thankfully not flash orientated. Old Fluid media did a great job with the foundations of the old website...it served Ford well over the years.
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28-06-2005, 04:20 PM
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I've found it more conservative, but easier to navigate, as so far has been aired already.
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28-06-2005, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Their new website is based on the American Ford Vehicles Site. (http://www.fordvehicles.com/)
Which i might add, was an extremely expensive website to create. The new website allows options to view the entire range, with a HEAP more information on each vehicle then was previously shown. The new website was aimed at increasing usability and adding a more interactive experience for the browser. I rekon it sure does that, and they have done a good job. However, I think they need a new bold exciting look (to match thier cars), not a high-end corporate look as they now have. I know a fair bit about the work that went into the American site, its a pitty that Ford Australia couldnt come up with something original. Our cars are original, why cant Ford Aus site be ? Either way, Thumbs up for the new site (even if it is a copy)
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28-06-2005, 06:52 PM
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Its a good change. The old site sucked. This one is way easier to navigate.
Good move !
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28-06-2005, 07:04 PM
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I've just joined this forum & was having my 1st look around. I was about to post a question "Does anyone else think the same as me & consider the Ford Australia website to be ridiculously outdated & offering a very limited reference point for what is largely a great product range?".....then I found this thread - so there you go. It is much better already) & hopefully it will be an ongoing process of improvement rather than how the old site was just left to be a dinasaur carry over because their on-line marketing division was too lazy (or incompetent). I often wondered if their dealer network gave HO grief over this situation as I always thought the Dealers & the potential customers deserved much better.
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28-06-2005, 07:15 PM
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I think its better but it still sucks, just looks plain. :gren:
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28-06-2005, 08:00 PM
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Bring back the Phase
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just like the cars it has a lot of advantages of the Holden website which could've been designed by drunken monkeys.
Lets not start on the HSV site that takes 10 mins for each page to load  sleep:
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29-06-2005, 11:44 AM
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The HSV website looks like it was made by a bunch of teenagers, its horrid, i dont understand how you could make a site so ugly.
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29-06-2005, 12:17 PM
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The new website does look a lot better than the old one, even though it does look dull and uninspired. I suppose that doesn't say a lot does it?
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29-06-2005, 03:25 PM
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Awesome, Cheers marcosambrose....
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30-06-2005, 12:07 AM
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Bring back the Phase
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Location: Portland, Vic
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i've seen teenagers make better sites than the HSV site.
the New Ford Aus site may look a little dull but it looks professional and therefor a little inspiring. I don't think it's the at the top of the list of improvments but it's a refreshing change never the less... |
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30-06-2005, 12:13 AM
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i worked for the firm that developed this website.. had a bit of input too.. it is a generation ahead of the old website in every way. however it is only a stop-gap initiative and eventually we will see a site much like New Zealand and South Africa..
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30-06-2005, 12:17 AM
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Rider on the storm
Join Date: Apr 2005
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$56,000 for a Fairlane? Whew
I don't mind the new site, it looks neater, more professional, and luxury/passenger/etc cars are put together nicely. Better colours, too. Last edited by Biggoggs; 30-06-2005 at 12:28 AM. |
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30-06-2005, 01:43 AM
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GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Its about Bloody time they fixed that Monstrous old dinosaur of a website!!!!
I hated how they'd mask how sh!t their base website was by making little "Sub"sites for each respective car, but not fixing the underlying problem which was the main site page itself... As for the new one. It looks great! |
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30-06-2005, 10:12 AM
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To shreads you say?!
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Location: FNQ
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Yeah I noticed the new site last night.... its heaps better then the old one.
The old ones been there for years... its about time really!
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30-06-2005, 07:25 PM
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It looks to based on their American website. NOW can we get "BUILT FOR THE ROAD AHEAD" Ford's American slogan, instead of our stupid "YOU'D BE POPULAR TOO"
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30-06-2005, 07:42 PM
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ĕm-bär'gō? 2016
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