V2: New design, new logo, new features!
Niels Bovendeur
Co-Founder Alion
Of course the new design is the most noticable change and we are very happy with this new look and feel. For us it feels like a fresh wind blowing over your screen. To be honest we did not do the redesign ourselves; we asked the experts from Alion to take care of it. In the past we have done lots of projects with them and they've always done a great job for us (Like the Dynamic Zones Conference site and our Flashtival site). Of course they had lots of restrictions to work with, most of the time due to the CMS features, so we think they've done a fantastic job!
About the new features
During our first year of existance we received lots of user-feedback and we tried to keep those in mind while improving the CMS. Some people wanted printer friendly pages, others found it difficult to find on the site what they needed. And now with all those new Macromedia MX products coming out it is even more important to make clear what product is required for an extension, which server model a tutorial is written for etc etc. Especially in regard to those latest request our previous CMS lacked several features. We've tried to improved that in this release (See seperate news item).
You need to keep in mind that at the time of this writing we are not using the new features at their best: we first have to reorder our tutorials, extensions and whatever before you will notice the real advantages. And, as with every upgrade there will be bugs which have to be solved.
Let us know what you think
As always we are eager to know what you think about what we do at the Zones. So feel free to send us an email with your feedback!
Comments
New look!
The look is differently refreshing; I used the translucent blue on my training and support site for a while. Having a refreshing feel throughout the site makes me want to visit more often too!!
Keep up the great work!
Cheers
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