Guest asdf Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm not sure how I feel about it. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment
ColbyWan Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm not a fan at all :/ It detracts away from what I had thought to be the focus all along, the supporting articles in his blog. The GIANT banner kind of throws things off, it's all in my face. I'm hoping this is only a first iteration. Quote Intro | Life Quest Link to comment
I-Jo Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 ew. kill it- kill it with fire. the article is like the least important thing on there- which- well is the whole point of the site. Once you click on the article- it's not so bad though. Quote Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Yeah. Def not a fan. I get that Steve needs a hook to get people to stay on the site, but the whole "HEY YOU CAN LOSE WEIGHT HERE! LOOK! LOOK!" is a bit over the top. Quote Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
achim1313 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 so what do you guys think? yay or nay!?! yes or no!?! ja or nein!?! personally I like it. seems a bit more professional, easier layout to navigate and just looks cleaner. Quote Link to comment
ColbyWan Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 ew. kill it- kill it with fire. the article is like the least important thing on there- which- well is the whole point of the site. Once you click on the article- it's not so bad though. ~grabs flamethrower~ Allow me ma'am. ~winks~ Hopefully I don't light my beard again. Don't need another Christmas incident. so what do you guys think? yay or nay!?! yes or no!?! ja or nein!?! personally I like it. seems a bit more professional, easier layout to navigate and just looks cleaner. No Definitely no!. I agree the colour scheme and actuall button/nav bar design work. But I don't think it is easier to navigate at all. Pepole come for the articles, and for them to have to scroll a full page before even seeing the title of one is not good. It will scare people away. Especially newcomers who have been told about this site. They'll show up and BAM! STEVE TO THE FACE! (which I understand the ladies might not mind, but the rest of us....) Quote Intro | Life Quest Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 the colors are broken. In ie8 the site is unreadable. In Firefox it's just Black on white. the previous one was better. Quote Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
ColbyWan Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Which version of firefox thirster42? I'm on version 17 and it works. Quote Intro | Life Quest Link to comment
Choronodon Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Hate the banner. Everything else seems ok, and I like the way the popular posts are presented. But the banner is seriously a mood-killer. Quote Just a guy on a journey - Battle Log If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done - Bruce Lee Be honest with yourself and ethically pursue your happiness - Laz Link to comment
UberTumbleweed Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Woah, the font is HUGE on Firefox v 21. Like... huge. Hard to read huge. The sort of huge one makes compensation jokes about. If you go straight to nerdfitness.com/blog, it's not too bad. But on the actual home page, I have to page down at least twice to see content. Whack. I wouldn't have done that on my junior high Geocities page. Quote Level Four Mandalorian Assassin | STR: 8 | DEX: 7.5 | STA: 12 | CON: 8 | WIS: 7.25 | CHA: 6.75 | | First Challenge | Second Challenge | Third Challenge | You can't look dignified when you're having fun Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Which version of firefox thirster42? I'm on version 17 and it works. FF21 Quote Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
Leonine Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Too much below the fold. I honestly can't find merit in a website design that wastes all the space it's given. Quote Level 5 Dryad Druid + Adventurer STR 7 | DEX 10 | STA 9 | CON 8 | WIS 13 | CHA 10.5 Leo's Dawn of Dragons Challenge Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 the colors are broken. In ie8 the site is unreadable. In Firefox it's just Black on white. the previous one was better. This, in my IE (whatev version) the article is grey text on grey background. Sorry Staci, not a fan. Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
KingZora Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 From a marketing to new users perspective it is great... Get's what he is trying to do across drags them in to hopefully sign up. I like the flatter design, I think it looks really good. But as a long time reader... it seems a bit too commercial and cold to me. I like NF because it is a nice group of people that want to help each other while putting an emphasis on facts. It just doesn't feel as "happy lego filled awesome" as it used to. But just pointing to nerdfitness.com/blog instead of the home page fixes that a bit. I am all in favor of drawing in new readers and growing the site though! Oh and the twitter feed is gone now... that always amused me whenever I went to the site, gonna miss seeing Steve's random posts at the top corner. Quote LVL 3: Zoran Warrior STR:9 | DEX:5 | STA:10 | CON:5 | WIS:12.75 | CHA:9 Current Challenge: Not Really A 6 Week Challenge Challenge Previous Challenges: 1st, 2nd "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." Link to comment
MissyMo87 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm starting to get use to it, but I miss the old layout. I think if the banner was half the size it would flow better but that's me. Quote Jigglypuff Adventurer STR: 3.25 DEX: 3 STA: 3.5 CON: 3.75 WIS: 6 CHA: 4 Previous Challenges: 1, 2 Link to comment
fizzyorange Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 When I went onto NF for the first time today I thought my internet was going slow and the website hadn't loaded properly. :')Not a fan at all, the huge banner is far too in-your-face. Quote Level 1 Petty Assassin of the Lanomia Clan STR: 0 | DEX: 0 | STA: 0 | CON: 0 | WIS: 0 | CHA: 0Current Challenge Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 From a marketing to new users perspective it is great... Get's what he is trying to do across drags them in to hopefully sign up. I like the flatter design, I think it looks really good. But as a long time reader... it seems a bit too commercial and cold to me. I like NF because it is a nice group of people that want to help each other while putting an emphasis on facts. It just doesn't feel as "happy lego filled awesome" as it used to. This. Quote Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
Jcannon98188 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 From a marketing to new users perspective it is great... Get's what he is trying to do across drags them in to hopefully sign up. I like the flatter design, I think it looks really good. But as a long time reader... it seems a bit too commercial and cold to me. I like NF because it is a nice group of people that want to help each other while putting an emphasis on facts. It just doesn't feel as "happy lego filled awesome" as it used to. But just pointing to nerdfitness.com/blog instead of the home page fixes that a bit. I am all in favor of drawing in new readers and growing the site though! Oh and the twitter feed is gone now... that always amused me whenever I went to the site, gonna miss seeing Steve's random posts at the top corner. Agreed. From a marketing perspective and from a business perspective, it is a wonderful site. However, when I saw the banner I felt a little "cold" like it was a website selling a product. At first I though eww, then I clicked on an article and I see that the site is really nicely setup for reading those. I also see what you said, about needing more legos As for the banner size, it really isn't that bad. On Chrome one needs to simply hit "page down" once or scroll their mouse scroll wheel 6 times to see the articles listed. The large banner then scroll down to see more bit is actually VERY common now in web design, and appears to poll well with people who see it. My only suggestion is to have a bit at the bottom that says "Scroll down for the content" or something catchy like that, to let people know that the site is not just a landing page, but actually has content down bellow. Quote Link to comment
humanperson832 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Too much below the fold. I honestly can't find merit in a website design that wastes all the space it's given. As a journalist, love this. Though I'd argue that there's just too much above and below the fold. Sometimes you hit a point where you stop designing a page and start decorating a page. It feels like I'm looking at five different pages, just on the home page alone. I'm truly of the belief that simple is always better and this kind of stresses me out just looking at it. There's nothing wrong with some well-utilized white (or black, in this case) space. Quote Link to comment
jjhatch Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I don't like the huge banner. It's too... infomercial-y, if you know what I mean. Also, the crazy amount of white space is driving me bonkers. Other than that though, I love the design/layout. Quote Check out my weight loss/fitness blog on Tumblr! Link to comment
swarneke Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Overall, I like the layout and design. I think that it's largely my knowledge from a web development class talking. Quote Level 2 Halfling AdventurerSTR:2 | DEX: 2 | STA: 2 |CON: 4 | WIS:7.5 | CHA:2.5 || Female | 5'3" | 180lbs | Southpaw |Strive for progress, not perfection. - UnknownBattle Log | Personal Blog | Current Challenge Link to comment
Leonine Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 As a journalist, love this. Though I'd argue that there's just too much above and below the fold. Sometimes you hit a point where you stop designing a page and start decorating a page. It feels like I'm looking at five different pages, just on the home page alone. I'm truly of the belief that simple is always better and this kind of stresses me out just looking at it. There's nothing wrong with some well-utilized white (or black, in this case) space. I agree; too much above and below and, unfortunately, in the wrong places. There's so much great content that's been made here; it should be up at the top! Easy-access, minimal scrolling. Sales pitch needs to be smaller and the good stuff needs to be showcased sooner!Also, and this is just me, but if I had seen the weight-loss thing when I immediately clicked on the site, I would have gotten out of here fast. (And then I never would have found this community, which would be such a shame!) I realize that weight-loss is probably the goal for most new NF'ers, but it 100% would have sent an underweight shrimp like me scurrying off. Quote Level 5 Dryad Druid + Adventurer STR 7 | DEX 10 | STA 9 | CON 8 | WIS 13 | CHA 10.5 Leo's Dawn of Dragons Challenge Link to comment
UberTumbleweed Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Also, and this is just me, but if I had seen the weight-loss thing when I immediately clicked on the site, I would have gotten out of here fast. (And then I never would have found this community, which would be such a shame!) I realize that weight-loss is probably the goal for most new NF'ers, but it 100% would have sent an underweight shrimp like me scurrying off. That's true, too. As an obese nerdly woman, if I'd seen this was a weight-loss-not-fitness site when I started reading, I wouldn't have stayed around. Which sucks, but hopefully the no-fitness-all-skinnier crowd Steve's looking to attract won't change the forums too much. The whole internet is full of You're Too Fat sites; as someone who's too fat, I really didn't need to find another. Quote Level Four Mandalorian Assassin | STR: 8 | DEX: 7.5 | STA: 12 | CON: 8 | WIS: 7.25 | CHA: 6.75 | | First Challenge | Second Challenge | Third Challenge | You can't look dignified when you're having fun Link to comment
Rhyme Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Honestly, I feel like the first design was more... charismatic. Unique. The new look seems more monochrome -- professional, but not as memorable and interesting. I do like the way the "Rebel Starter Kit" and the "Classic Posts" sections look, though! Quote Lvl 5 Lightbending BardSTR: 10 | DEX: 10 | STA: 7 | CON: 9 | WIS: 15 | CHA: 5.5"If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write." - Hugh Prather Feel free to drop by my current challenge! Link to comment
Sambalina Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I agree with everyone about the banner/commercial-ness side of things. The size is a bit 'in yo face'. I liked the Nerd influenced stuff before, the comic book fonts, the cozy feel. Now it feels real un-nerdy, kind of clinical, and I don't feel it represents us as community (but, I'm not sure it's supposed to). As long as Steve doesn't go all "Mark's Daily Apple" and put a big changing banner of photos of himself looking ripped on the top of every page... Quote Warrior Princess Eating Psychology Coach Adventure's Guild Challenge winner: Challenge #24 â•‘ Live the Whole â•‘ Bucket List â•‘Level up my Lifeâ•‘ "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion." Link to comment
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