…and famous last words, perhaps.
I’ve done some minor fixes to the design, adding some icons to the sidebar. The cache might make it look a bit funky for a bit, both browser (Ctrl+F5 for Windows users, Command+R for Mac people), and server caching. Live with it, I’ve had to during this whole process.
The Wisdump redesign is my last effort here at Wisdump. Tomorrow, April 1st (which it might already be where you are in the world, perhaps), Ia Lucero will take the helm here at Wisdump. Treat her nicely.
I’d like to thank you all for being such good sports, no matter if you’ve agreed with me or not. There’s been some nice discussions, a few heated ones, a couple of douche bags, and so on. As can be expected online. No hard feelings, actually, just warm fuzzy ones. I’ve had fun.
So thank you for reading Wisdump during my time here.
Where am I off to then? Well, it’s a secret so I can’t tell you that I’ll be taking the helm over at The Blog Herald come tomorrow…
Keeping quiet sucks, so I won’t anymore.
She’s all yours, Ia!
So here it is, the redesigned Wisdump in public beta. There are a few small things left, but I figured I’d get it up there to see what you guys think.
Feel free to compare to the mockup designs I’ve posted previously. They are just that: mockups, which means that the design you’re seeing right now isn’t 100% like them. I never intended it to be, so that’s all good.
Jumbled up? Ctrl+F5 on Windows, or Command+R on Mac, or simply just empty your cache and reload to see the new design.
What do you guys think? Speak up in the comments! I’m all ears…
Lorelle VanFossen is great. If you’re the least interested in the WordPress community you know this. She’s got a great blog, she is a great interview subject, and she does a great job giving us the weekly WordPress recap over at The Blog Herald. The latest one went online yesterday.
Other blogs should learn from Lorelle, and The Blog Herald, in regards to the WordPress Wednesday News segment. By having a returning column on a given day you’re signaling reliability, and that’s certainly a good thing, especially online, where sites and blogs come and go.
Something to think about for your blog, surely.
With that I bid you a happy Easter. I’ll be back on Tuesday next week. Another thing slated for next week is the new Wisdump design, in public beta. How about that, huh?
You might remember that I bashed b5media for their general themes, and the lack of blog profiling in them, quite some time ago? If you don’t, then read up!
Anyway, they manage to lay their hands on the excellent videogame blog Siliconera, which wasn’t in the b5media template of course. It is now.
Luckily, this theme update to the gaming blog is well done, and a great example of having a general template adapted to the blog in question. Sure, there are things that could do with some polish, but I think it does Siliconera justice. more
I’ve finally decided which design I’ll work with for the next version of Wisdump:
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First of all, I’d like to give a big thank you to all of you who’ve been speaking up on the two redesign concepts I’ve posted. Your comments are appreciated, and - as you’ll hopefully will see - duly noted. I don’t always agree, but then again you won’t agree amongst yourselves either, so that’s fine. What would design be without a bit of controversy, eh?
That being said, the third redesign concept is here, with two different W logo solutions, and a brief explanation regarding the slanting design that you apparently either like or dislike.
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The Wisdump redesign concept I posted previously have been updated. It still follows the same basic premise, but is now populated with more content, and the sidebar top isn’t as heavy.
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As I’ve hinted before, there’s a redesign of Wisdump - by yours truly - coming soon. I thought I’d share some elements from this design with you. Overall, the idea is to stay true to the whitespace look, but do a better job placing ads and such. Also, Wisdump will be sub-networked with related Splashpress sites, more on that later on.
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