If you’re looking for something to go good with your Sunday breakfast, stop by Devlounge and have a look at the updated homepage. As promised, it was time to trash all of the extra stuff and put more focus on our articles. I still have some things to add (just a few more things to the sidebar on the right), and I’m still trying to determine the best amount of articles to have on the front page (more or less than right now…what do you think?). Let me know what you think of the change.
Particles is here
The newest WordPress theme is now available for your pleasure. Scoop it up today, and use it for your site now! More information is available on the Particles page. Special thanks to Robert for helping me squash the final display bug yesterday. Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.
More Homepage Space?
Update: Everything will be staying as is – forget I said anything.
In an effort to conserve more homepage space and get more content to the visitor at first glance, how would you feel about removing the “Abstract and Motion” from the homepage? This is not to put away Fernando’s excellent illustrations (as they are used throughout the rest of the site), but simply to open up more homepage real estate to showcasing content. My thoughts are for something like this:
Header + Nav / 1 Top Post (the newest) / Ad + Subscribe Bar / Featured and or Recent Articles (3-6?) / Front Feed + Jobs + Interviews / Rest of page continues as is.
How would you change it so we get the most content coverage?
Fixed
That little issue I mentioned with the page not loading correctly after publishing a comment has been fixed. It had to do with a Google Sitemap Plugin and PHP 5 (just upgraded to last night) compatibility issue. Everything should be working now.
Devlounge for Sale
The rumors are true: Devlounge is for sale.
“First and foremost, the initial question many people ask themselves is “why is this person selling a site if it is doing quite well?”. I am a high school student, who will be entering my final year in September, and then getting ready for college. Initially, I had planned to hold onto the site until almost the end of the school year (April or May of 2008), but I decided it would be best to focus on my school work and freelance work (my portfolio has fallen extremely out of date). I am not selling the site for any other reason beside the fact that I need to focus my time and effort into other things.”
What does this mean for the site?
Do not be alarmed that a future sale will mean anything different for the site. Pending the new owners approval, I will even be sticking around as an author, and possibly even continuing and retaining some admin responsibilities. When the site is sold, ownership will simply change. I am doing my best to find a reasonable future owner who will allow Devlounge to continue to develop and grow, and add more content to it. I had, at first, planned not to post about this until after a new owner was set, but I figured word would eventually get around, and I did not want any of our readers to feel “betrayed” in any way. I am not giving up on the site, simply relieving myself of permanent admin responsibilities. I plan on continue to be very active here, even after the site is sold. So what is next? Everything will remain as is for the next month – I will still be publishing articles, I plan on trying to get out 1 or 2 more interviews, and whatever else I can think of. Hopefully you can understand my reasoning behind this as I prepare to enter my final year of high school in just a little over a month. If you have any questions / comments / concerns about this, feel free to post in the comments. I’m ready to hear anyone and everyone out, even if you plan on bashing me for putting the site up for sale.
Thanks for listening and understanding.
– AJ, Devlounge Site Admin
