The All-New FerrisStateBulldogs.com Redesigned Website Launched To Kickoff 2021-22!

Big Rapids, Mich. - An All-NEW FerrisStateBulldogs.com was launched today (Aug. 5) as Ferris State University Athletics officially unveiled its re-designed and modernized website.

Designed and powered by its website provider, PrestoSports, the department's new site includes a sleek new appearance with an improved navigation platform, increased social media content, and additional news and video homepage content along with a responsive design as part of its new look.

The new design was created to help the Bulldogs continue to deliver the latest updates by offering fans engaging ways to interact with all Ferris State athletics programs and increased access to what fans want most on the homepage, including video, social media, audio, score updates and more.

The site continues its responsive feature, which means it will look similar on nearly every platform, including mobile devices such as Android, Iphone and Ipads. In addition to a new mobile version of the website, the department's mobile app can also continue to be found in both the App store and Google Play by searching "Ferris State Front Row".

The redesigned site also conforms to the most updated web accessibility standards for the impaired and includes an embedded ticket platform, enabling fans to purchase tickets directly from the site.

"The redesigned site utilizes PrestoSports' downtown theme and will give our site a new look as we head into the fall," said Assistant Athletics Director for Communications Rob Bentley. "The new look will continue to showcase the outstanding work by a great team of photographers and enable us to highlight many of our key sponsors in addition to providing the most up-to-date video and news coverage of the Bulldogs.

"We're excited to continue our partnership with PrestoSports, who is also our online audio and video streaming provider, and continue to help the Bulldog Nation find all the information they need in an interactive way," he added.

The FerrisStateBulldogs.com site originally debuted in conjunction with PrestoSports in 2009 and this marks the department's fourth redesign of the site. Fans will continue to find many past features in the redesigned and interactive site including the FerrisStateBulldogs.com navigational bar that is anchored to the top of the user's screen, several rotating banner areas for special announcements and pertinent tabs for social media along with audio and video content.

The redesigned site has been configured so that navigational links on the main and sport landing pages are visible even by using the vertical scroll bar. Additionally, fans will continue to find large photo sizes across the new look. A redesigned social media bar can be found on the top right corner of the page. Tabs for calendars and results along with a composite schedule on the "Bulldog Scoreboard" can also be found.

In a day and age where social media and video are prominent among sports coverage, PrestoSports has helped integrate these tools in an easy-to-locate layout for Bulldog fans as part of the social stream area.

The relaunched FerrisStateBulldogs.com features a unique design and a number of innovative features while putting athletics administrators in complete control of the look and content within the site. Some of the distinctive features implemented on the Bulldogs' improved online home include interactive statistics, video clips, rotating feature stories and links to Ferris State's social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Fans can also look forward to a fully functional mobile site that is compatible with any smart phone. The brilliant feature can be accessed from any mobile browser.

Since its launch in August of 2009, FerrisStateBulldogs.com has served more than 20 million visitors from all 50 states and nearly every country around the world. Those visitors have combined for more than 650 million hits on a site that contains upwards of 134,000 pages. The department annually posts more than 800 releases and 300 videos to the site while also continuing to rank among the nation's leaders in social media followers on several platforms. More than 5,000 people visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com on a daily basis, making the site among the best of its kind in intercollegiate athletics.

The FSU Athletics Website, which is maintained by the Ferris State Athletics Communications Office, had been hosted on-campus since its original site inception in the mid-1990's prior to the launch of FerrisStateBulldogs.com in conjunction with PrestoSports in 2009.

The school's official website includes all the latest news, scores, results and more covering each of FSU's 17 varsity athletics programs. It is updated on a daily basis and also offers video, audio, photos, blogs and more for fans interested in keeping up to date with all the action.

PrestoSports, founded in 2002, is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices across the country. It markets solutions for website design and hosting, live stats, award management, merchandising, officiating and photo hosting.

PrestoSports is a software-as-a-service company providing technology to colleges and conference offices. Serving more than 1,400 college athletic programs and 100 conferences, PrestoSports is a powerhouse in the college athletics space. Backed by Battery Ventures, PrestoSports delivers solutions for building athletic brands, igniting fans, and funding sports programs. Battery Ventures formed its sports division in 2017 which included the acquisitions of PrestoSports, Stretch Internet, Black Diamond (SIDHelp), and ScoreShots.

PrestoSports is committed to delivering customers a more expansive suite of software solutions to help them nurture and grow their tight-knit communities of members, fans, athletes, and coaches. PrestoSports currently designed and manages websites for several collegiate conferences as well, including the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).