A new clean and fresh design is in the works for TA

[Morgan Matthew]

Hi everyone! This is just an update to let you know there has been a lot of work put into this new layout. It will be a complete overhaul of the site design. We will be switching to a two columns theme for the home page and making the activity stream front and center. Oh don't forget this will be a new and improved activity stream! :]

 

• Members can post a Status from the Main Page.
• Activity Items have a new, cleaner UI that makes it easier for members to interact with content in the feed.
• Videos are playable inline, and photo thumbnails are larger.
• When you click "Continue" on a blog post, the post expands inline.

 

In the meantime, we're also working on these additional features:

• Ability to like & comment inline on the Activity Feed
• Ability to like & comment on statuses.

 

With this new theme update also comes changes to your current profile theme. We are rolling out an easier to use theme editor for you, but in order to do that your current theme will automatically be changed to the new default theme. The coolest part is that it is a real time theme editor for your profile page. Once you change a setting you see it real time. It is always fun to update your profile page right? So in short if you have a background or color scheme that you absolutely love on your profile page make sure to save them on your computer.

 

There will also be a site e-announcement about the new design.

 

If all goes well, I might make a quick vid showcasing it and post it to this post so stay tuned!

 

Thanks for all of your generous support and dedication in making what TA is today!

 

Morgan Matthew

[Jerry Telle]

I thought it was great before!! Thanks for looking ahead. Jerry

[GOPI KANTA GHOSH]

What shall we have to do?

[3equ3cp1fsw0n]

I love it.

[Robert Karp]

Looks great! Amazing job Morgan!

[Walter Maki]

Two Thumbs Up! Nice work Morgan :)

[Atheist Exile]

I guess I'm the contrarian here.  I liked the old interface better.  No matter where, on the site, I was I could see the latest activity: I could see who was posting and what they were posting about.  In other words, member activity was always prominent no matter where you were on the site.

Now there's far less social networking info available as I wander the site.  If I want that old level of info, I have to go back to the Home page.  I can also click View All to get more info but that takes extra time and effort and applies only to specific site areas (blogs, forums, etc.).  As I write this, there is no "Latest Activity" displayed.  The site seem less social to me.  The sense of community seems diminished under the new interface.  The "Latest Activity" display needs to stay ubiquitous on the site.

Also, narrowing the main column means that nested reply levels get used up even faster than before -- doesn't it?  I haven't actually checked that out but it seems like a logical consequence.

Maybe I'm missing something (?), given how positive the feedback, in general, appears to be.