It has been a long time waiting, but the new SCN website is finally here!

Since we launched here at Fans First Sports Network, we’ve heard all about the look, feel, and overall functionality of the site and how it could be better. Well, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we finally have a new-look website.

Same great content, but with a new look and new functionality! Better late than never, right?

First, if you’re reading this on the old site, which we are working on having any traffic there being re-routed to the new site, simply click HERE to go to the new page.

With the pleasantries out of the way, let me show you around a bit!

As you can see below, here is a look at the main part of the HOME page. The Top 5 articles will rotate through with author bylines and comment numbers there for you to check! Also, if you want to see a specific author’s articles, just click there name and it will take you to their catalog of articles. Lastly, at the top of the page the SCN logo will always take you back to this front page, articles will take you to an inventory of all articles, the podcast will show you our player, and FFSN will take you to the FFSN home page.

Below the “Top 5” is our podcast player, still a huge part of our content, and below that you’ll see the following list of articles which will slowly move down the page as new stories are published. So, if you miss something, you can always check out the past content here, along with author byline and comment counts visible from the main page.

Now let’s talk about the comment section.

Disqus is going to stay at the old page as we move into this new platform. This will ask you to sign in, and that should be a one-time log in with just your email address to allow you to start commenting on articles.

If I’m being completely honest, I don’t know much about this system, but am excited to move off of Disqus as it never worked consistently for me. And I know I wasn’t alone in this regard.

The only negative will be the fact any comments on the old page won’t show on the new page. So old threads will not transfer with the articles to the new page. Below is a look at the comment section below articles.

Other than the overall look and feel of the site, we wanted to make sure it was an enjoyable experience just to use the site on a day-to-day basis. That meant eliminating the black background and giving you a much richer black text on a white background. This should make reading articles a much easier task compared to some who didn’t like the black background of the old page.

Other than that, the site functions will resemble a more traditional website and hopefully have fans coming back more often to see what we have cooking here at SCN. I stand by the content we are putting out here, and feel this new upgrade will only make our site even more appealing to the Pittsburgh Steelers fan you may know.

Ultimately, understand the growth of SCN is absolutely organic, and some might call it a grass roots movement. What does that mean? It just means it would be fantastic if you could share the website on social media, tell family/friends about it, and share with any Steelers fans you may encounter. Without you, we are nothing, and for that we are thankful!

I hope you enjoy the new site, and I’m sure there will be kinks which need ironed out. Know I’ll be active in the comment section, on the new site, in case you have any questions! So, if you haven’t bookmarked the new site and headed over there, do that now! HERE WE GO!