Monday 8th February, 2010
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has reestablished a presence on the Internet after some years without a dedicated website. The SIFF Media Office launched the website on January 15 but decided to hold out on any announcement until it was confident that the link with the Our Telekom Web servers was working correctly.

The launch of the new SIFF website answers a long existing call from followers of Solomon Islands football who are based overseas.

The SIFF Media Office said that the website is very minimal only giving news and some information. ‘It is a simple website and suits our purpose at this stage,’ SIFF Media Officer, Joseph Boso, said.

This approach is taken because a major project for websites for all of the Oceania Football Confederations (OFC) member associations (MAs) is on the way. The new website system is currently being developed and tested for OFC MAs and will be rolled out throughout 2010 and 2011.

The OFC website project is developed by Stay In Front an information technology company based in the United States but with a branch in New Zealand.

The website developed by Stay In Front features an integrated database system which can be used for storing data about players and competitions. This information can be easily published to the Web using the same software in just minutes. The software was presented at a recent workshop for OFC media officers held in Auckland.

The OFC has already started using the Stay In Front website. It can be viewed at http://www.oceaniafootball.com

The SIFF website can be found at http://www.siff.com.sb

SIFF Newsletter
Besides the website SIFF is publishing a fortnightly newsletter which it calls NETTE! The NETTE! newsletter will initially be published electronically but plans are in place to distribute printed copies later in the year. NETTE! will also be sent to other OFC Member Associations and interested people throughout the world.

The first issue of NETTE! is being distributed today (download here).

SIFF used to publish a weekly newsletter in the early 2000s but it was discontinued. The revival of the newsletter, albeit under a different name, is part of the effort by the national football body to expand its reach to the public both locally and internationally.

Organisations or persons wishing to subscribe to NETTE! may contact SIFF for subscription details on phone 26496.