In October 2024 the FishingMad website had a major refresh and rebuild. I appreciate your patience as we transitioned to a new theme while adding new features and enhancements and migrated thousands of articles, images, and pages to the new platform. This has been a massive task with years of feedback taken, research and many months of testing in a development site to minimise the impact on members and visitors. I’m thrilled to announce it went smoothly as planned with zero downtime and minimal impact.
The following improvements, enhancements and changes have been completed. ( Please note some additional changes are coming over the coming weeks )
- New custom-built theme with a refreshed look and feel
- More dynamic members area with easier ways to identify new content
- New views on member’s pages to make scrolling through content quicker and easier
- Quicker loading times
- Improved mobile experience
- Members can now browse historical content including older fishing reports
- Latest Content headlines for members so when they log in they can immediately see new content
- What’s new feature headlines for workshops, reports, podcasts, exclusive content, rigging tutorials, sounder tutorials, boating, kayaking, product reviews, and catch and cook so members can identify new content across 10 different sections?
- A new dedicated boating section for members
- Changes, merges and renaming sections to make for easier navigation
- Improved sorting of member’s content
- New members can now pay with Paypal, and Paypal after pay and continue to use Stripe ( Secure Credit Card ) as the primary payment gateway
- Tidy up of Google Ads
- Faster load times of member’s pages
- Direct link/URL for every piece of member content
- Member’s content is now searchable* ( coming in Nov )
New content will be made over the coming weeks.
- FishingMad Members Podcast 28 featuring special guest Lee Rayner
- Detailed Hobie Kayak Walkthrough workshop ( passport vs compass vs outback vs pro angler vs lynx vs iTrek ).
- 1st thoughts on Shimano Twin Power FE
- Lowrance Eagle Review and Walkthrough ( coming in 2 weeks )
- Mallacoota gear guide for a recent trip
- 1st thoughts on Shimano Vanford FA
- FishingMad Members Podcast 29 featuring a special guest from Pure Fishing ( coming in 2 weeks )
- Exclusive content of Squid and Whiting fishing trips in Port Phillip Bay
- 1st thoughts on Shimano Stradic SWB
Over the coming weeks, we will continue to make some additional improvements. So stay tuned for that. The initial feedback from Members and Visitors has been overwhelmingly positive, we always welcome your feedback so feel free to email us if you have any suggestions or feedback.
