This weekend I’ve implemented an entirely new design that gives the site more of a ‘newspaper’ feel. It took a fair amount of hacking about and de-selection of certain plug-ins to get it working more or less right. The one thing that isn’t displaying correctly are Kyte.tv videos. That’s a pain in the butt but I’m working on it.
On the left hand side you’ll find an extract of the latest story. Beneath that is a way to obtain email subscriptions followed by a list of the most recent stories.
In the mid-section you’ll find a selection of the latest stories from among the categories listed along the top navigation bar but organized the way I think most people will be interested.
To the right are the sponsor and ad sections along with recent comments, other standing information plus a new widget, courtesy of Jeff Nolan that lists a selection of stories from the Enterprise Irregulars. Nice one Jeff.
The one downside is that I’ve had to prune the categories – hard. That means I’ve combined some categories and eliminated others altogether. Readers can still search stories but the ‘General’ section now contains a huge number of otherwise non-categorized stories.This was a pragmatic design decision that forces me to be a lot more careful about both categorizing and tagging.
I hope you all like the new design. It’s been a combination of hard cash and a labour of love.
UPDATE: Fixed the kyte.tv problem
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