Merry Christmas

Well, due to being mega busy before christmas we couldn’t get any posts on to the site. So in advance we apologise as we had some ace stuff land in the inbox and through the front door. It’ll all go on after christmas. Hopefully we’ll be moving the site over the break to a new home, so make sure you subscribe to our all new mailing list or follow us on twitter for news on that.

Have a great christmas all!

Merry Christmas

Well, we’re pulling down the shutters on our second year and want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their terrific support this year, which has seen Dirty Mouse grow considerably.

We’re taking some time off and we’re going to be tinkering with the site in the interim to try and improve it, including a platform upgrade. Many thanks to everyone who has submitted an article, snippit etc… Please keep them coming, it is what fuels the site. Unfortunately I cannot answer to each one individually, but I do try to - so apologies if I haven’t got back to you.

Have a great christmas and new year, and we’ll see you back here on January 2nd!

Goodbye. Hello.

Good morning good morning! It looks like all the changes have taken root and the second incarnation of the site is live! We had to push the site go-live date forward a week or so due to the old server being more knackered than a 1970’s Ford Cortina, so there are a number of outstanding issues we need to address.

So, in a paragraph, I’ll summarize what’s new. Firstly we have comments that work properly, and format nicely. Secondly, we’re on a newer, faster, bigger server running a newer, faster and in general a more ace version of WordPress with a nice new custom theme. Thirdly, and more exciting is the introduction of a sideblog. Due to the differing nature of posts, it was decided that we needed two columns to showcase news and work and anything else that gets submitted. The left column will be mainly for showcasing ace work (using bigger images - gawd bless the new server) whereas the right column will be more informational, for updates, general news and alerts. Both columns have their merit so check both regularly!

We also have some new features lined up that aren’t quite finished yet, but please suggest any you may have. One we do have is a shoutbox, but we don’t want to put it on unless we feel there is a demand for it. We’ve had it for months (a paid-for version) but we’ve found hacking it to our demands etc.. to not be too good. If there’s a demand for it though, we’ll incorporate it into the site.

Finally, we’ll be running a fortnightly newsletter. Thanks to all those who’ve signed up so far. If you haven’t signed up yet, make sure you do, as we’ll have some nice juicy content in these emails.

Dirty Mouse is changing

That’s right, folks! Dirty Mouse is moving to a brand new home! Due to an increasing amount daily visits (yay!) and server downtime(boo!), we have decided to move lock, stock and barrel to a new site platform with a new skin and comments that work! However, we won’t be able to officially open until next week sometime, so please SIGN UP FOR THE DIRTY MOUSE MAILING LIST HERE, and we’ll let you all know when we’ve taken up our new residence.

Small News Bites

As I still have loads of stuff cramming the inbox, I’m going to blast a few links out in one post for you all to have a look at.

Nonesuch Records re-launches
Jami Beaton says, “I thought you might be interested in the launch of Nonesuch Record’s new website. Created by design studio, Sisu and branding partner Axiom Design Communications, the new Nonesuch.com features a complete overhaul of the site’s content, features, design and technology to provide the label and artists with a robust, attractive new platform to directly interact with fans—introducing them to new artists and genres; supporting their exploration via blogs, radio players, videos and music tracks; and then driving them to purchase.” Nice site, that!

Coolshowcase.com
There’s some really neat work on coolshowcase.com. Sergio wrote to us saying,The idea is to bring and bring together artists and designers on the internet. In this gallery there are many styles and quality prevails. We want users are those who control. We want to add many more features, but as you know in this item on the ideas and lack the time.

And for those of you looking for corporate web design examples, Bean Designed have launched a new, AJAX-ified website showcase, as have superbdesign.