Coming Soon: TBL Version 2

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Coming Soon: TBL Version 2

Post by archibalduk »

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I am very pleased to announce that the new site design for TBL will be live within approximately the next two weeks! :joy:

The new site not only looks a lot better but it's easier to navigate and to use. The User Profiles have been significantly improved and there are significant improvements for the TBL Challenges. There is a large number of other improvements (such as a new multi-quote function and Facebook integration) which I'll try to list once the site is released.

Work started on the site back in July/August 2009 (although we started planning back in June 2009). Ten months later and the first version of the new design is virtually ready to be uploaded. All that remains is for us to finalise the updated TBL logo and for some tweaks to be made so that it works properly on Internet Explorer.

The site is still a work in progress and so I will still continue to work on further improving site (there are still a number of big features I want to implement, such as users being able to upload Challenge stats directly to the site) and addressing any issues that crop up. Thus when the site goes online in the next two weeks or so, expect to come across possibly one or two mistakes or design oddities here or there. With the community's help, we'll be able to spot them and I can then put them right. I have however tested the site as much as I can on my offline test server.

Here's to the continued longevity of TBL and EHM! Watch this space!

Click below for a very quick preview:

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Post by B. Stinson »

:banana:

This is gonna be such a nice site design.
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Post by mustardstew »

gotta love the dancing banana

awesome stuff - nice work!!! :thup:

i dig the new header bar - the search box is awesome all by itself!
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Post by getzlaf15 »

Looking good Arch! Keep up the good work!
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Post by shooter_80 »

Great work Arch!
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Post by jbsnadb »

There's no excuse for not performing a search now, is there? :)
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Post by B. Stinson »

jbsnadb wrote:There's no excuse for not performing a search now, is there? :)
Amen. I always felt that our current search button was a bit hidden and out of the way. The new search box should be a great help.
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Post by joehelmer »

How do I do to make a search on the new design? O:) :-D
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Post by Alessandro »

Looks neat
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Post by batdad »

Great work archi
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Post by bruins72 »

=D>

I am so looking forward to this!

And you guys are 100% right about the new search tool. We may have to flog people if they still don't use it. :-p
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Post by Círyatan »

Great stuff, Archi. Looks awesome. =D>
bruins72 wrote:And you guys are 100% right about the new search tool. We may have to flog people if they still don't use it. :-p
Nothing's foolproof, because fools are so ingenious, or whatever the saying goes. People would still be overlooking it if you painted it bright red and pointed a big arrow at it.:-p

Sorry for the pessimistic comment, just joking. It does look great, no doubt about it. :-D
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Post by bruins72 »

Sadly, you're right Círyatan. ](*,)
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Post by joehelmer »

The first thing we mods/admins needs to do when the new design is launched is to make a new image that shows how to perform a search like our old image. :-D
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