I’ve made what was a pretty obvious change to the Contacts pages, The phone numbers are now top of the page, rather than after the address. Thanks to the ‘iPhone SDK for Web Developers’ video from Apple for pointing out the probably obvious fact that the iPhone is a phone so numbers will be the thing people most want to find.
Directions are taken from the club’s website where possible, the rest are taken from the ECB website. Taxi numbers are taken from a yell.com search centred on the ground.
The directions pages will have a list of grounds if the County is going to play at more than one. Each has a header with the name and an image of the ground.
The car directions feature written instructions and where possible a map of the ground and surrounding area. Otherwise there’s a Google Maps link pointing at the ground. Where the information is available there are parking details.
Information on the nearest train stations is also included with instructions for walking, buses and Underground where appropriate. Most of the stations have a Google Maps link with directions from station to ground (be aware these are for cars so may not be suitable for walking). All the stations include a link to the nationalrail.co.uk webpage which has information on opening hours, toilets, disabled access and pretty much everything else.
The weather link takes you to the BBC’s weather page for the town, and there are a few numbers for Taxi firms close to the ground, click to call.
The contact page has the county’s address, phone numbers (automatically linked by your iPhone for quick dialing) and if available the club’s email address.
The top two links give you quick access to the latest scores from Cricinfo and new from the BBC
The your county section gives you access to directions for your home grounds, contacts, news, fixtures and a link to the website
The domestic covers the same information as above, but for all 18 first class counties. As well as having this seasons hours of play.
The international section give you a quick link to your home nation’s news, and access to news for the top international teams including Scotland and Ireland.
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mullygrubber.com is a website for iPhone users to check on the latest scores, get directions to grounds or find a local taxi firm. It’s mostly designed for my benefit but might be useful for other people.
The content is mostly RSS feeds from the BBC, Cricinfo and the ECB, the directions are taken from the club’s websites (or the ECB website if the club’s website lacks detailed or any info). Using the setting page you can set your home nation and county to get quick access to their news.
The site was going to be called the highly original iphonecricket.com, but that was taken (to a very useful holding page). So I picked a Richie Benaud term from wikipedia’s page of cricketing terms.
Read a guide to mullygrubber.com