If you’re a regular visitor to the site then by now you’ve noticed there are a few changes to the site making it bigger, and hopefully better. The rebuild has taken me about 3 months from concept to completion and like most web projects the launch is about 4 weeks late.
By starting from scratch it’s caused a headache or two but it’s been worth it, and I’m already thinking about the new ways to improve the site. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing everything I’ve learnt throughout the process so expect a lot of WordPress tips and hacks.
The old design
Three New Sections
Apart from the obvious changes to the look and feel, the fridge has expanded with 3 new sections;
Articles – There’s only a handful of articles published so far but I’ve already got some interviews and tutorials lined up as well as some usability-based topics and a few on web trends. If you have an article you’d like to publish on this site or if you think you would make a good interviewee then get in touch.
Resources – This is basically a dumping ground for links to useful articles and resources. As you know, there’s so much stuff out there, but I’ll be sifting through it all and pulling out the juicy bits. You can expect to see 20-30 links added each day by myself, but if you’d like to make your own contribution you can submit a resource link here.
Community – This section is still being developed at the moment. More info coming soon. In the mean time keep an eye on the DF tweets as i’ll be asking a few fridge followers to test it before it goes live.
And don’t worry we’ve still got a design showcase – this section has had a revamp to the interface making it much easy to filter the sites, and its now located under ‘inspiration’ apart from that the layout is basically the same so hopefully you won’t get lost.
User Feedback
So that’s it for now, bugger off and click things. (If you find something that’s broken I’d appreciate it if you could tweet me @ramsden)
I’m really interested to get some feedback from you ‘the user.’ Let me know what you think. Be as honest as you like.
Discussion 13 comments so far. + Add Comment-
Kevin February 3rd, 2010 at 9:55 pm
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Bas van der Ploeg March 15th, 2010 at 7:54 am
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Andy Shield March 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
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James Yorke March 15th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
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Simon Friend March 18th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
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Jari Sanders March 19th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
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Wes Bos March 20th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
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Jim Ramsden March 20th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
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Tommy Day March 23rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
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Birgit March 31st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
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johnny kane April 8th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
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ElMotaheda August 15th, 2010 at 11:30 am
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Jon Tarbuck August 27th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
i like.
Really nice!
It lives! Looking great and working well.
Looks great!
The sites looking wicked. Was definitely worth the wait!
As your ‘Undertitle’says there are many webdesign inspiration websites but this one is just great.
I love the big previews!
Keep being great!
Great re-design guys. Very impressed!
Thanks for all the positive comments – nice to know that the re-designs been well received.
Looks great! This continues to be my favorite CSS Gallery, keep it up!
I like the design, it is clean and elegant.
Well done on the site. Looking forward to getting involved in the community.
Johnny Kane. Cubedroute..
cool
The site certainly looks fresher – well done!