Welcome to our new redesign! We took a responsive approach to benefit users with larger screen sizes & better serve our growing mobile audience. Over the years the scope of our coverage has increased along with the number of daily posts. This resulted in a lot of scrolling to keep up with new content on a regular basis, thus our decision to switch from a traditional blog format to a more efficient headline driven layout. Our new workflow should already seem familiar because it similar to most webmail platforms. Our Videos hub also received a facelift, now featuring widescreen thumbnails.
If you look at the lower right of our homepage, you will notice a new section entitled The Wire. This is were we will link relevant off-site content & breaking news via social media. Category hubs will also feature a focused version of The Wire with only links pertaining to its topic. Look for The Wire to evolve into something much more soon.
Mobile & tablet users will not only experience a vastly improved layout, they can now use touchscreen gestures (outlined below). This allows for easy one handed navigation of the site while on the move.
NEW MOBILE GESTURES
HOMEPAGE: Front page of the website
RIGHT SWIPE – Open Menu / Previous Page
LEFT SWIPE – Next Headlines
SHAKE – Reload
CATEGORY HUB PAGES: Music, Lifestyle, Sports, Gaming, Videos & their respective subcategories
RIGHT SWIPE – Previous Page
LEFT SWIPE – Next Headlines
SHAKE – Return to Homepage
ARTICLE PAGE: Posts, like the page you’re reading now
RIGHT SWIPE – Return to hub page
LEFT SWIPE – Next page (if applicable)
SHAKE – Return to Homepage
Desktop & mobile users can engage the site’s menu at any time by hovering or touching our logo or category title on the navigation bar. We encourage everyone to take a look around & let us know what you think. Stay tuned for more site features we’ll be rolling out real soon!
We thank everyone for their continued support & welcome your feedback whether in the comments or on Twitter.