We have been throwing around the idea of a new look and feel for the blog for some time. Because I personally get bored rather quickly, I have wanted to change the look of the blog for some time but decided to keep it the way it is for at least a year. Well, last week we reached that year point. Now is decision time.
I have a few questions to ask before I begin modifying the look and feel of the site. There are a ton of cool new features I would like to bring to the site and maybe freshen the layout a bit. I am seeking feedback on what you would like to see or what you DO NOT want changed.
We have been toying with the idea of a two column layout instead of the three we have now, to simplify things a bit. This is probably the most drastic change we are looking to make (at least from the viewers perspective, behind the scenes everything would be new). What do you think, what are your feelings?
Other than the column change, we want to add a bunch of cool new “web 2.0″ features that will make everything real pretty and flashy. Please throw us some feedback as to what you think would be fun or interesting for the blog. Here is a list of a few of the ideas we are considering:
Please, please let us know what you think. If you don’t we will make the changes we see fit, then you will complain, I know how this works.
UPDATE:
Well, there are a few changes that we have settled on at the moment. We will be staying with a 3 column layout. I personally prefer this style, and with wider and larger monitors the norm today, it is way easier than scrolling down and down and down.Secondly, we will be implementing a new organizational method for all of our content. This will allow people to find articles faster and easier, for us to better categorize everything, and just make things more organized. This is going to be one of the largest undertaking of the project since all 590+ articles will need to be edited and re-tagged to conform to our new standards. What a fun way to spend a few hours on a Wednesday morning hey?
July 24, 2006 at 10:06
I think what this site needs is a word of the day..we all should be broadening our vocab on a daily basis and this would help those of us that are too busy to search for new and exciting words to enrich our daily lives.
July 24, 2006 at 14:09
While many online dictionary’s and online word repositories currently offer such services, I see merit to this idea. I think we could put the bagaki twist on this.
July 24, 2006 at 17:38
See http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bagaki