ThePCSpy v11!

Holy momma! It's the first tagline! Zing!

By Oli on Thursday, 26th April 2007. More information. Comments.

The new design is here. I've, quite embarrassingly forgotten what number redesign this is, so I'm going with 11! It sounds right, but I could be wrong. Anyhow...

My main remit for the design was cutting back on useless data. Why do people need to know how many comments something has when they're viewing a list of posts? Why do they need to know when it was posted to precise amounts of data?

I've taken almost every display and gone to town on it. The home page takes this to another level. I don't think I've ever had that little info on it and to be honest, I'm not sure it'll stay that way either.

I've also dumped the cluttersome adverts that were taking up valuable space in the header and footer. While I'd like to say that was the only reason, they were also performing terribly, so I'm only going to inject inline ads in the posts that attract high amounts of attention.

I'm still not sure about several elements on the site. The sidebar troubles me a little but it does serve a purpose... But should I have it on the front page too in some format or another?

Some of the newly introduced section icons need changing too. I'm using text for 75% of them and pictures for the rest. I'm not sure how obvious one is over another.

I'd love any suggestions and feedback. I've changed a bit of the coding too so bug reporting would be especially appreciated!

Written by Oli on Thursday, 26 April 2007. Tagged with design, releases. Read 1218 times. If you liked it, please give it a digg.

#1 /* 18 months, 26 days ago */

Uh, the version number of the previous design was at the bottom of the page. In fact, it's still there. :-P

Nice redesign, but I would appreciate it if you could get "Latest on Friends' Sites" back on the home page.

Cross me and be thagomized.

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#2 — Author comment /* 18 months, 26 days ago */

Haha good catch! I just copied that over... Okay so this is really v10 but because I've cocked this up, lets move onto 11 =)

Jesus, what a poor excuse!

The front page is going to take a heavy beating over the next few days as I prioritise how I'm going to lay things out. There are so many possible layouts that I could choose from that I'm really quite baffled over what to go for.

What would you say I need on the front page, other than the friends box?

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