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.
8 Responses to this post
admin
November 3rd 2008
Cheers Glenn, it’s been a hard slog for a few months, but it certainly is a massive jump forward. Fortunately it’s not just been me any more, there’s a decent involvement behind the scenes from a number of people these days.
Looking forward to the new SeriFFF site - it seems the bar is continually being raised by our sibling blogs ( Aisle One / SI to name but two) and some newcomers (Build / Design Assembly) so I’m expecting something that’ll knock my socks off! No pressure then, heh heh 
admin
November 3rd 2008
Ta Antonio - to be honest I was concerned in the beginning that it looked a bit similar to your fine site what with the colour scheme, ffffound plugin etc… Looks a fair bit different now though, plus it takes a completely different approach I hope.
David
November 4th 2008
Dan,
Just saw the new design/layout this morning.
All I can say is that it’s exactly what DM needed!
Congratulation mate,
D
admin
November 4th 2008
All; glad to see the common consensus is that the site has moved on to a new level. Cheers for the positive remarks, gives me the extra impetus to keep on improving the site 
