CSS Remix – Small changes make big waves
at 01:13am posted by: larissa
CSSremix is my favorite CSS gallery (Move over FWA) and I was saddened by the recent hacker. But great news! John Mills did some changes to refresh the site without a major overhaul to the design. CSSRemix has some truly wonderful improvements! This is an excellent example of a refresh without shocking your users into figuring out a whole new layout. The changes increased usability dramatically and the new layout provides for some very well thought out and unobtrusive ad placement.
- The left and right columns have been removed. This allows the content to take center stage. LOVE IT!
- Great job on integrating the branding through the logo, rating system and clever animation behind the logo. It’s perfect.
- The top 5 ad spaces give sponsors a great value for the investment without competing with the site’s design.
- The rating system is more intuitive and subtly mimics the CSSRemix Logo.
- From the Archives: this well planned module utilizes some AJAX to randomly display sites from the past.
- Promote yourself: A brilliant and innovate way to create advertising space. I predict a lot of sites will utilize a similar method.
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5 Comments
1. John… | July 31st, 2007 at 7:46 am
I also like it the way it is now. Some improvemens..I Like dark anyway
2. John… | July 31st, 2007 at 11:19 am
I don’t agree. The whole point of the site for me was to rank the best looking websites. The design doesn’t allow you to sort by rank or even view a top10 which kind of defeats the whole purpose of the site for me. Its current incarnation is nothing more than a link dump with a thumbnail preview.
3. John Mills… | August 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Some people love it, other’s hate it. To those who love it: Thanks! To those who hate it: I’m sorry you hate it!
Thanks for the mention, Larissa.
4. Respiro Media… | August 4th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
“Promote yourself: A brilliant and innovate way to create advertising space. I predict a lot of sites will utilize a similar method.”
It is very possible that Mr. Mills’ idea will become a trend. Let’s don’t forget who started it… ;)
5. dog… | October 30th, 2007 at 8:15 am
dog…
Definitely, the most sensible thing i have seen in a long time….