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Sitepoint redesigns

I don’t know how I missed it, but SitePoint have redesigned in funky valid structural XHTML and CSS. I quite like the new look (not so keen on the new logo though) and the navigation is definitely a huge improvement—instead of the previous confusing arangement of several “sister” sites they now divide content in to “Articles” and “Forums”, which makes a lot more sense. They have some clever DHTML enhancements as well, such as a collapsible left hand navigation panel. The right hand navigation that scrolls up and down (jerkily) with the window is quite distracting unfortunately.

The reaction on the forums has been mixed, with a lot of people declaring their preference for the old design. Personally I think it’s great to see such a useful web master resource embracing the next generation of standards compliant web design.

Posted 3rd March 2003 at 11:52 pm

This is Sitepoint redesigns by Simon Willison, posted on 3rd March 2003.

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  1. I'm happy they've updated their design, but where I've always had problem with their site has been in the articles. Some of them had such atrocious markup I found it hard to focus on the content itself. However clicking through their site now it looks like they may have updated the markup on some of the older articles, so all the better. One thing I can't put my finger on that has always bugged me about sites such as Sitepoint and evolt. The design sometimes, even when bold, seems, for lack of a better word, bland. It feels like a hospital, very impersonal. Contrast that with A List Apart, YayHooray, or any other of the sites that I visit because the writing and design has personality. Unfortunately sites of this type seem to be disappearing fast. On the other hand, blogs fill the gap wonderfully.

    Matt - 4th March 2003 02:14 - #

  2. Curiously, with Mozilla (1.3b) I get this nice message:

    Unfortunately, as SitePoint takes advantage of web standards that your browser is unable to support, this site's layout will be simplified in your browser.

    I'm curious as to what these unsupported web standards are :)

    Tom - 4th March 2003 02:14 - #

  3. Ok scratch that, it works now.

    Tom - 4th March 2003 02:15 - #

  4. Erk, sounds like a dodgy browser detection script.

    Simon Willison - 4th March 2003 12:01 - #

  5. I think it must have just failed to load the stylesheet for some reason (the stylesheet hides the div that the warning is in)

    Tom - 4th March 2003 13:38 - #

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