Customer Focused
Waiting For Next Year (WFNY™) is an independent website dedicated to Cleveland and Ohio State sports. It was formed in January 2008 when the authors of three of Cleveland’s finest sports blogs decided to combine their efforts into one cohesive site to better serve the readers and fans of the area’s sports teams.
WFNY’s mission statement is to provide fans with unique perspectives and insights, daily news briefs, recaps and previews as well as entertaining and informative special features and columns.
As a Cleveland sports fan, getting the chance to work with a passionate group of writers that talk about the pains that come with being a Cleveland sports fan is a great honor for Shout it Out Design Owner John Young.
SIOD has worked with Andrew and the team at WFNY for many years, but when they came to us wanting to look at a refresh to make the website more simple, less flashy and load faster for their mobile users, we accepted the challenge.
Launch Date: May 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Client Since: 2014
Website Features
- Quickly loads extensive content
- Clear and easy to use comment sections
- Built in WordPress
- Bold imagery
- Fully responsive
- Simple color palette with supporting fonts
- Fluid design that can change and grow with time
Quickly Loads Extensive Content
Unlike the constantly failing Cleveland Browns, SIOD exceeded expectations by building a website with so much imagery and content to load fast, look great and always be there when their fans come looking for somewhere to commiserate. With the refresh, we were able to decrease the average page load time from 5+ seconds to usually under 1 second.
Customizable Content
The site has multiple customizable features like commenting, ads to support their writers, podcasts and more.
