Announcing USEB 2.0 (almost)

Posted by Michell | June 5th, 2008

A few days ago, I asked what you’d like to see in the new theme, so I could do some possible last minute changes / additions. Today, I feel there’s nothing more for me to do on the theme, and I’ve fixed all my previous irritations as well as the stuff based on your feedback. So… I’m announcing it, with a SOON planned change of header!
USEB 2.0 - or v1.99b, as you’ll notice in the footer - introduces lots of stuff:

  • Fixed width, optimized for large photos
  • Clean, orange/grey design with easy navigation
  • Improved visual and functional experience
  • Neat and stylish comments design, extra cool if someone enters his/her URL
  • Comments and trackbacks separated (already added in previous theme, but never announced)
  • Improved Search feature
  • Improved Reviews page, and reviews look
  • Special ‘Error 404′-page

We urge upon you all to register an account at USEB, as this will make it easier for you to take part of the USEB community in comments, and alike.

Without further ado, welcome to USEB 2.0 - please keep the feedback and possibly bug-reporting coming! Have a look around, will ya’? :-)

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14 responses to “Announcing USEB 2.0 (almost)”

Comments

  1. Tigershark says:

    Very nice Mizz! This is much better IMO. Its nice that its centred now, the banner is better, nicer buttons, comments, overall this is a very good little improvement. Unsure about the grey, personally, Id prefer some sort of black, or slight shadows on the side, like SEMC blog has, for example, but thats just me. Great stuff. Looking forward to that banner update!! :)

    9:49 pm on 6/5/08
  2. Michell Bak says:

    Thanks :)

    The grey part is to look somewhat similar to SE-NSE ;)

    9:52 pm on 6/5/08
  3. scotsboyuk says:

    Good show! :)

    10:09 pm on 6/5/08
  4. Bibo says:

    Great!

    10:28 pm on 6/5/08
  5. ev says:

    Looks very nice, much more professional. May I suggest a little more padding around the main content? The text seems a little close to the edge on the left. Great site!

    1:14 am on 6/6/08
  6. Clauf says:

    Excellent… much better than the existing one.

    3:03 am on 6/6/08
  7. karun says:

    Good work michell! I like this header design better. The title is more uniform…..all in all, a really cool design! :)

    5:00 am on 6/6/08
  8. Chris S says:

    at first i was like WOW you didn’t do anything until i sat down and realized the comments and many other things did change good job ML. :D

    6:36 am on 6/6/08
  9. Michell Bak says:

    ev,
    I was thinking about doing that, but the width is limited, when I want to keep the post content width at 700 pixels :)

    7:07 am on 6/6/08
  10. Michell Bak says:

    Just fixed a bug in the comments. Apparently it wasn’t properly separating trackbacks and real comments :)

    7:22 am on 6/6/08
  11. Akshay says:

    hey man !
    Register button is not visible. It takes time to figure out. Infact a lot. Also because of the color.

    Put it in the sidebar and so that it catches the eye. And people will follow.

    7:47 am on 6/6/08
  12. Michell Bak says:

    Honestly, I don’t see a problem with it and the rest of the action shortcuts up in the right corner. It’s very easy to see here, and it feels better up there than in the sidebar, where it was before.

    8:09 am on 6/6/08
  13. zaxan says:

    Great new layout here, I’m liking the new lighter orange for the colour scheme too :). You’ve gotta love the 404 page though lol :P

    8:59 am on 6/6/08
  14. Bk7 says:

    Ive always liked this site but i think the arrangement of the phones around your header is messy. Having said that, i think everything else is great =)

    2:08 pm on 6/6/08

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