SBN Layout Upgrade
by BrianL on Nov 3, 2009 11:19 AM PST
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As you no doubt have noticed, SBN underwent a layout change overnight.
This update contains little or no actual function changes, but rather is mostly about the visual presentation. Please use this fanpost to courteously post your feedback regarding the changes. From what I understand the SBN devs are hopping from blog to blog to see what people think.
A few thoughts of my own:
- The new layout seems too bright and it would be nice to get our old color scheme back in place
- I would prefer if article titles could go back to being center-aligned instead of left-aligned
- Load times do seem to be much improved
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Besides the obvious visual differences, I see no real differences.
I wish they had come up with a way to make good posts easier to comment on for longer periods of time. For instance, if John Morgan makes a good post about Ruskell’s design thus far or a comparison of Locker, Bradford, Clausen, and McCoy, it will be buried after two or three days, never to be commented on again (or at least not easily). But if a normal poster at FG writes a post that is recommended by others, it will be up at the top for several weeks.
by LantermanC on Nov 3, 2009 11:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Its way faster.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is faster.
But that’s in comparison to the past month.
It’s about the same as it was in March I think?
by LantermanC on Nov 3, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not for me.
Especially when I goto manage blog.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Manage blog is considerably faster.
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by Dancing Football on Nov 5, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
John could just make more discussion like topics fanpost and then front page them.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm fine with just having a recommended comment go green.
by BrianL on Nov 3, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is there a way to search through "Greened" comments?
Something like the “Z” thing for new comments, only instead of only in one thread, in all threads?
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by whiskey chainsaw on Nov 3, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I didn't mean a comment I meant an article or story.
When John writes three pieces a day, it’s hard to have any discussion on it sometimes because it’s off the front page two days later.
by LantermanC on Nov 3, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hate the amount of white and the wordpress/blogspot feel (Samething brianL is talking about)
Center the titles instead of align left.
Other then that its works great.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Agree too "white"... how about a light grey or something? Do you have any (long term) control?
I also like how every SB Nation site has/had their own individual (team based) color scheme.
I’m cool with it being a little more basic, if only it isn’t so whitecentric.
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by whiskey chainsaw on Nov 3, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I want our team colored backgrounds back.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap this new layout is way faster.
If we can just get a few tweaks in place we’re in business.
by BrianL on Nov 3, 2009 11:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I agree about the color.
A little too much white/brightness for my taste.
by DJ C-Raig on Nov 3, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I prefer the headings left-aligned
It looks more like a news article heading than it did before. I’m not quite sure I can express how. I also really like the new heading font.
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by Nick Andron on Nov 3, 2009 11:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I basically completely disagree with this.
Not that you’re wrong or anything.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Flush-left is much more professional and logical
by lemonverbena on Nov 6, 2009 7:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the ominous red star that is the default avatar
Bunch of commies, too good for a picture.
by John Morgan on Nov 3, 2009 12:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Neutral Communist?
That hardly fits.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
by Misfit74 on Nov 5, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there should be a grey box around each article
words just kind of float into the milky white
also the little “blurb” for each site might look better in a facebook style open text box just below the site logo, instead of on a banner on the top.
by Will Kier on Nov 3, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, a little more definition between stories and also between the front page and the side bars would be good
Otherwise I think it’s great. The fast load times more than make up for any layout issues.
by Nate Dogg on Nov 4, 2009 3:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope that the top-most banner can be changed.
Surely a beach with palm trees has no place on a Seattle Seahawks blog.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
by Misfit74 on Nov 3, 2009 2:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Ahh..ad space. Grrrrr.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
by Misfit74 on Nov 3, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My signature shouldn't be right below my comment.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 4:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Need some padding here.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
by Misfit74 on Nov 3, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we can just all go signature free.
by abender20 on Nov 3, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm out there Jerry and I'm looooving every minute of it!
by abender20 on Nov 3, 2009 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I like my signature.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 4, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
try this again.
abender20 hates freedom.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 4, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
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by Wayward Llama on Nov 4, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Signatures are lame and distracting
Particularly in mobile commenting, where they read as regular comment text
by lemonverbena on Nov 6, 2009 7:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For those of us not cool enough to have mobile commenting iphones or whatever,
they bring a nice personal touch to the site…
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by whiskey chainsaw on Nov 6, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
having a signature is about expressing one's personality too
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by durteehawk on Nov 6, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
CougCenter WSU's second main blog
by Dancing Football on Nov 5, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Early prospect watch
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
by Misfit74 on Nov 3, 2009 4:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Looks pretty good to me.
Then again, I have so many “block this” and “block that” added to Firefox that I’m not sure how much has been changed. Seems to be loading faster though.
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They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?
by Wayward Llama on Nov 4, 2009 3:24 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
To be Honest....
Usually, changes that are strictly visual from a dev team mean that there is something else being planned that requires a revised format. We will obviously see if that is the case here.
I personally like lighter formats anyway. Its the reason I go back to yahoo so often.
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by iverson2169 on Nov 4, 2009 6:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I WANT MY GOD DAMN COLOR BACK.
Antiseptic white-blah bullshit.
C’mon SBNation, make things not only worth reading, but worth LOOKING AT too. This white crap has gone on far enough, DAMMIT!!!
Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.
by whiskey chainsaw on Nov 10, 2009 9:35 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
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I ROCK out with my HAWK out, therefore I am....
by durteehawk on Nov 10, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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