New Site Design
Sunday, March 25, 2007 17:15In between painting walls this weekend, eating at the Farmer’s Market, trying a new sushi place and seeing UCLA advance to the Final Four, I pieced together this new design for the site. It may not surprise you, but I was a bit taken aback that la.foodblogging is coming up on its 2nd anniversary. It’s about time for a sprucing up around here!
The design should be a bit easier to read and navigate. The search function (up there to the right) is now powered by google and should work better than the old search function. The recent comments now highlight newer comments and link directly to the comment itself.
A big update was to the About Page. I tried to answer the questions I get most via email, including our policy on PR folks and sponsored meals. Spring time must be a busy time for the PR industry, because I have been inundated with gentle “suggestions” about what our readers may be interested in; even more than usual. I have started playing the game of scanning other blogs to see where the PR releases show up, sometimes verbatim.
There will be some more changes as I tweak here and there. As always, it’s the readers who have the most valid suggestions, so let me know if something doesn’t look right or is broken. Hope you all had a great (and tasty) weekend.
By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.
Pauline says:
March 25th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Happy Anniversary lafb!!! Thanks for continuing to host this site, Jonah. Here’s to more good eats in Year 3!
And go go go bruins!
bulavinaka says:
March 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Wow - very nice… Not that the previous design was bad, but this really looks sharp! And most of all, happy second anniversary to the site that introduced me to the foodie world! Thanks much…
kevin says:
March 26th, 2007 at 9:47 am
The change looks great to me. The site looks very clean and readable. Happy anniversary to you as well!
Catherine says:
March 26th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Happy Happy 2nd Anniversary!!! LAFB looks very clean - I’d eat here.
Doug says:
March 27th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I like the clean aesthetic and the colors. I think it all fits together nicely. The orange post titles really pop. Happy “bday” -Doug
Oishii Eats says:
March 27th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
I looooove the new site. I feel so clean!
Jonah says:
March 28th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Thanks everyone, glad you like the design! There are a few more features to be rolled out in the the next few weeks or so.
BoLA says:
March 28th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Love the new site too! Very clean. How about a photo on top? Or would that just muck things up?
Jonah says:
March 28th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
BoLA - I think a photo would look good on top, I have been thinking of adding a rotating photo from our readers or contributors.