Comments on: WordPress.com Testing A New Look

By: Edward Caissie

Edward Caissie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:50:42 +0000

@Viper007Bond - Your Admin Bar plugin was usually one of the first I would use with my WPMU installations

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:40:33 +0000

By the way, they have redesign the sidebar but mostly just to tell people to tell them what they should put in that sidebar.

http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/09CCC3C75BD4144B/

What do you guys think?

By: Brad Potter

Brad Potter — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:49:28 +0000

Guess I’m the only one who prefers the prior site. It seemed to have better use of white space and I don’t like most of the navigation being located at bottom of page. That seems to depart from typical UI expectations.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:36:31 +0000

I like the re-design, still needs a bit of tidying up though – e.g when you input your username and password, the prompts of username and password do not disappear, they’re overtyped. http://twitpic.com/dohyk

Is the redesign anything to do with my dashboard http://twitpic.com/doido and blog http://twitpic.com/doigk having no styling?

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:38:50 +0000

@Edward Caissie - The one that was included in WPMU for a while was a slight modification of my plugin which is based on the old WordPress.com admin bar look (completely original code though).

By: Edward Caissie

Edward Caissie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:24:44 +0000

@Martin - The bar at the top looks strikingly like the one in WPMU ... it may be one and the same?

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:53:08 +0000

I like it. Wonder if the login/search bar up the top will be made available as a plugin for WordPress.org users.

By: Konstruktors Notes

Konstruktors Notes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:56:20 +0000

WordPress.com Redesign…

Jeff has brought to my attention that folks at Automattic are testing a redesign of the WordPress.com front page.
Those arriving at WordPress.com front page are either from other blogs hosted on WordPress.com or search engines, and most of them are int…

By: Drew Strojny

Drew Strojny — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:08:17 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Jeff. I am digging the new design, looks like they are using a grid. I was also excited to see a screenshot of Vigilance underneath the “Gorgeous Themes” header in the sidebar.

By: Edward Caissie

Edward Caissie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:25:53 +0000

I’m liking the new design …

You’re not losing screen real estate with the login now moved to the bar at the top of the screen; and I find the “blocks” of blogs more enticing to click on than the former text style of links.

I’m looking at it in a standard 4:3, 1024×768 monitor so that may be affecting the sidebar layout, which I find to be a little “off” but after logging into the site it “fits” better. It might be the layout, or the choice of fonts sizes … or it could just be me ;)

The random block in the footer area is a nice touch to promote their own sites/apps as in the case of WordPress.tv and the WordPress iPhone app, its not obtrusive and fits the design well.