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Check Out The New BlogCatalog HomePage!
Posted by thegoodknife • 10/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: announcement, blogcatalog, blogworld, homepage
We have been hard at work the last two months getting all geared up for blogworld this weekend. One of our goals was to have a brand spanking new homepage to show when we got there and we just barely made the deadline. (we leave for vegas in the morning) so without further ado please check out our new homepage and let us know what you think!
www.blogcatalog.com/
PSST! Make sure to check out the new BC Community Blog too!
www.blogcatalog.com/community/
User Comments
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Looks great! -
It looks good.
It does look a little big though, and I'm at a fairly high resolution-
It looks big, but It's actually the same width as the rest of the BlogCatalog site, about 950px.
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I mean the images, and the text and such
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that was my first thought - why's it look so BIG..... it does look good though - who determines who the featured authors are, the gods that be? Somehow I just don't see one of my posts detailing my manipulation of a POA making it........LMAO
it does look nice though and good job!
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Looks really good, apart from another birthday thread haunting me lol-
I actually have it set so your birthday thread will always be on the homepage.
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oh~ just ask her out already~~ and get a room!
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Daniel just likes to taunt me
Don't start any more BC rumours Mr Petlvr!
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Nice'n'clean. -
Nice! very clear and clean interface. Since I am new to the community, I think it would be nicer if you can add a line of marketing blurb to explain what's Blog Catalog about? e.g. "Social Blogger Community. Share with us" etc.. -
I like how the blogcatalog blog is prominently featured. -
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Change... I don't like it.
JK.
I think it rocks. I do like the clear, uncluttered layout. I know what I'm looking at now, rather than trying to take it all in at once. -
i hate it
but then again i can't stand change. so yeah i hate it very, very much. the old one was nicer and more well familiar. -
looks great! Great job! -
look mah-ve-lous
much cleaner, focused, descriptive
see you'z and the gang in sin city .... -
yes, i saw it before, i like it -
Looks nice, but I don't see any user avatars anywhere. Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the perks for paying members that they got to be featured on the front page? Did that disappear? -
coolio like the piccies needs a lil somethin somethin on top on eother sdie of "BlogCatalog" "_+ -
Looks great - I like it ! Very sleek. -
Me like.
But this also means there is absolutely no link from anywhere that leads to the Politics section. Not a problem if you were to add one from here. Would be better from here than home page anyway. -
And I still think the blog deserves a better link than the one it has now from a tiny font in the lower right-hand corner.
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While it's unlikely that the community blog will ever get a MAIN nav link pointing to it, there are plans to integrate it into related interior pages of the site (directory pages for example).
Give us some time while we roll out more of the updated pages, you should get a better idea of how it will tie into other major parts of the site over the next month or two. -
I'll be looking for it... And advocating for more of it.
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Just when I could finally become a supporter... you take off the blog showcase.. Ugh!
But other then that.. I like it! -
Looks good, its cleaner than the old page. -
I like it, up to the point where it lists virtually the entire recent BC blog post without formatting. Would a summary or the first paragraph of the 2 or 3 most recent posts be a better use of the space? (You'd draw a more diverse readership that way.)
As for the layout and categories, I think you've done a great job so far!-
I think that is a good point, a summary of the post would be a great idea.
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Thanks, Claire... (happy ghost of a belated birthday, btw....)
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Shhh! lol
It is the only part of the new bit that looks messy in my opinion, I didn't scroll down and look properly when I first had a peek. -
I like that idea too... Maybe a 2/3 column with excerpts from the last 3-5 posts on the left and a 1/3 column with a combined whole site activity feed on the right would be cool...
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You guys are right that's how it's SUPPOSED to be working, for some reason the line breaks didn't work correctly and we have been on a plane all day. Give us a few hours and it should be looking good. I'm just waiting to get to a real computer.
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yes - the featured blog is very hard to read because of the formatting - in fact, I didn't even read it because the formatting totally discouraged it.
I agree - just include the first couple paragraphs as teasers...
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Change is good! -
Nice. Clean, easy to read. Maybe a tad staid. Could benefit from a splash of pizazz. -
I like it. I'm with Mark though on the blog. I think we should have a link for the blog in the top menu bar.
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I have mentioned that several times before, but they are very resistant to it. I wonder why? Simply no room on nav bar?
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I'm guessing, but I think it has to do with prioritizing the business of BlogCatalog. They're first and foremost a blog directory, so that takes center stage. The blog is an interesting adjunct, but they can't fit everything into that first frame, apparently.
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I would agree with that assessment based on the past use of the blog, MWM, but they are taking active steps to vitalize the blog and it has the potential to become a net producer for the site.
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Hope so.
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I love it. Easy to navigate, welcoming, aesthetically pleasing and a very clean design. -
Another quick observation... The discription section that tells people what they can do should have the icons linked to the places where they can do them.
It 'feels' like I ought to be able to click the "Join the Discussion" icon and see discussions, or click the "Get The Latest News" icon and be reading the lastest news...-
I agree.
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I had presumed that they were going to add clickiness later because they were in a hurry for vegas? I hope so.
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That could be the case. They've got to be pretty busy getting geared up in the final prep.
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Fully agree on that one. I think all of those features need to be clickable.
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Well I have declared it so. Seeing as I am allowed to run amok in this place, I should be able to get things clickable.
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You amok runner, you.
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Looks great! -
New B.C Home Page looks very good. I remember that when I had visited B.C for the 1st time, It looked as if it was just a directory of blogs. But after a few months I discovered it to be a fantastic community of bloggers as well.
I think new home page clearly shows all the features of BlogCatalog very nicely.
Thegoodknife, keep up your good job and thank you very much for all the efforts and hard work you people do for providing us the best community of bloggers from all around the world. -
Sexy.
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I think it's a nice, bright, clean look BUT why is it that the 6 icons are un-clickable? Someone should fix that... it's not fair to put all those big buttons on there when we can't even play with em -
It's great. The "Be Heard" image looks like a podcast category. Other than that, it's simple, smart, and terrific. Enjoy Blog World, you deserve it. -
Why are the items listed on the front page not clickable?
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LOL talk to dane and clare (up there! ^^)
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I didn't even think to check - I just assumed that they were. I can only imagine that they will be, at some point. It seems rather silly to make them static. I like the subtle, sideways-scrolling category links, too, which I'd not seen anyone else mention. -
a few of the icons on the homepage arent really talking about a specific page on the site, so I'm not sure how making some icons clickable and other not clickable would improve things. thoughts?
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Make them about a page and clickable...
Really, anything in that section should be a call to action. -
The front page should be a gateway whenever possible, IMO.
Since there is a Discussion forum and a Tools page, it makes sense to link to those when you can. [The Join the Discussion button is a lot more prominent than the smaller link to 'view all discussions'. So, it might be more likely to draw a click.]
I will say that I like the Blog category toolbar in gray along the midline of the page -- especially since you can scroll sideways to see so many categories. That's a nice addition.
I wonder about the color of the smaller links above the searchbox, though. Could it be that, since you've chosen a lower-contrast color, the links you *have* put in are so subtle that they risk escaping notice?
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Yes, yes, and yes. They should be a way for visitors to get to the particular feature about which that section talks, even if it's just a landing page with links to the more specific pages/listings/sections. If they're interested enough by your description to want to click, for heaven's sake give them something to click!
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Nice Job guys and gals. Keep up the good work. -
Hmmm... looks cool... but... the top section is unnecessarily large in scale. It takes up too much of the vertical space... it really does, actually, I've never seen anything so unnecessarily large in proportion...-
That can actually be a good thing stylistically if you want to accentuate just a few links for new visitors. Google.com comes to mind. I never use the front page of BC to get in so the changes won't affect me much.
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But google.com is all there on one page. With this one, you have to scroll down to reach the content, so you can't really compare the two.
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RILEY how are you fellow Teacher! nice to see you -
thegoodknife
If I am allowed to suggest, I will love a better navbar bg and a eye candy navbar list background.(eg. rounded/square corner)
The present simple navbar list ruins the good things below. -
looking great. First time it took time to load without the blue back ground (took bit of time to load it). It looks simple and professional -
It is really GREAT. Well done. -
It looks good! -
Another thought....
Downsize the header section so that the what you can do stuff comes further up the page. Bloggers tend to have lots of toolbars, so you want to bring the action closer to the top.
Maybe reducing whitespace some in both top/bottom padding of both the top nav bar and the header area. -
Looks good so far but don't see my discussion topics?(Smiles)
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