CBR's new look

[Brandon Hanvey]

The main site just got a new look and layout.
What do you all think?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/

I like the new reviews section.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/reviews

[Cthulhudrew]

I dislike the new smilies.

:o

"Braaainnsss...."

Needs more skin options for the forums, too (at least the old "Default" blue one, 'cause I liked it.)

Otherwise, I like the new look.

[Charles RB]

It's ugly and annoying.

[Jeff Brady]

The main page looks great. Smileys I can take or leave. I really want the default blue design for the forums.

[howyadoin]

I really want the default blue design for the forums.Me too. The yellow will never be anything but fucking hideous.

[Brandon Hanvey]

The main page looks great. Smileys I can take or leave. I really want the default blue design for the forums.

I got word from the Forum admins that Forum styles are being worked on.

I liked the default style too.

[Jeff Brady]

I got word from the Forum admins that Forum styles are being worked on.

I liked the default style too.

Yay! I shall cease whining.

[Paul McEnery]

It's ugly and annoying.

I tend to agree with this. The functionality seems to be impaired, the differentiation between the columns and the news is gone, and the gray-scale background in the columns drains all the life out of it. For that matter, so does the lack of differentiation on the margins; the column just seems to bleed energy out of both sides, while it just sort of trails limply down the middle.

And now the colour of the header tells me: Hey kids! It's Newsarama!

And the smilies themselves are repulsively juvenile -- no, an elderly person's senile and twisted remembrance of juvenile -- before we even get to the animation. If we must have them uglying up the experience, we ought to be able to turn them off -- especially while composing a post.

[howyadoin]

And the smilies themselves are repulsively juvenile -- no, an elderly person's senile and twisted remembrance of juvenile -- before we even get to the animation. I'll turned those off right away, and be very cross if I can't.I don't think you can without turning all images off.

[StoneGold]

I really like the main page. It loads quickly, is uncluttered, information-heavy. If I were to offer a criticism at all, those graphics are so tiny to the point where you might as well not have them at all. Perhaps some slightly larger images for the top stories, just to set them apart?



And yeah, count me in with the new smilies suck. Fortunately, adblock takes care of them real nicely.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

What's this business with Smiley's?

I can't see that anything's changed.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Oh, and I think the logo looks a bit flat against the new look - possibly because both logo and background have blue.

[Jeff Brady]

What's this business with Smiley's?

I can't see that anything's changed.

Refresh your cookies and clear your cache.

Well, better yet, don't.

[Michael P]

I have the new smilies on Adblock. They're just goddamn annoying.

[Winslow]

I got word from the Forum admins that Forum styles are being worked on.

I liked the default style too.

Me too. The yellow will never be anything but fucking hideous.

The main page looks great. Smileys I can take or leave. I really want the default blue design for the forums.

Bring back the BLUE!

I like smilies, but hate the new ones.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Refresh your cookies and clear your cache.

Well, better yet, don't.

Yeah, I probably won't...

[The Confessor]

I quite like the new CBR layout but...

These new smilies have got to go!

[Charles RB]

Refresh your cookies and clear your cache.

Well, better yet, don't.

Oh fuck, too late.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE THINGS.

[Ghost]

I can take a lot, but these smilies are hideous.

I mean, yes, back when the old site crashed and we got all new smilies, I felt a bit sad because I was still attached to the old ones. But I got over that as I grew accustomed to the new ones.

This is different, though. These ones are objectively terrible. I mean, look at Mr Roll Eyes:

:rolleyes:

Have you ever seen someone roll their eyes downward and up? Whoever designed these things was clearly incompetent; unable to even grasp basic body language.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Like the others, I await the return of the blue visuals.

And please, please eliminate those damned smilies. There is absolutely nothing good or positive about them, and I predict their presence is just going to invite greater levels of annoyance and snark.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Jesus....those smileys look damn satanic....and the main page screams "Were Newsarama Jr !"

[Ben Morgan]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the new smilies. Except for this new Howy smiley :cool:

[Jeff Brady]

and the main page screams "Were Newsarama Jr !"

I don't know; Newsarma's layout is awful. CBR's is cleaner, but the big block of blue at the top does make it seem like the two are related.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I don't know; Newsarma's layout is awful. CBR's is cleaner, but the big block of blue at the top does make it seem like the two are related.

Yeah ....I mean I know Joe Quesada was handed the softball interview...but come on...are we now trying to get a "Cup of Joe" at CBR too ?:p (dear lord....I can;t believe im using this )

[Brandon Hanvey]

Other than the use of a blue background in the header and small square picts on the main page, I'm not really seeing that much similar to Newsarama.

The layouts and sections are done much different.

Edit: And Cup of Joe is on MySpace Comic Books now.

[Night]

You should have done it yesterday... so you could say haha just kidding. I would say use the new smileys for skeet practice.... but that would require looking at them. Bring back the blue.

[Justin Davis]

Oh, gives a fuck about the smileys? What a weird complaint. If that's the most vocal complaint, I imagine Jonah is pretty damn happy with the response then.

Paul, there is a difference between the columns and the news. Besides a sidebar for the columns, they're highlighted in yellow.

I think the site looks great and would only suggest a few tweaks here and there.

[stealthwise]

CHANGE BAD!

Seriously though, I'm going to need a couple of days to see if I actually like the new format or not. Right now, I can't #*#@! stand it, but it may grow on me over time. It does seem to strange that everything was so neat and organized, and now it feels very scattered into various blobs on the screen. It took me a bit to figure out where the CSBG and Columns are, and they didn't even really move!

And where are the new single issue reviews coming from? Were they always on CBR and I didn't know it, or did Jonah hand pick a few people to start doing them? Either way, can we finally ditch "the Buy Pile" now?

[Brandon Hanvey]

And where are the new single issue reviews coming from? Were they always on CBR and I didn't know it, or did Jonah hand pick a few people to start doing them?

The reviews section is new.

This is a major development for the site, and we've staffed Reviews with four major writers, many of whom you are already familiar with from their excellent books and blogs: Timothy Callahan, Kevin Church, James Hunt and Greg McElhatton, with longtime CBR reviewer Augie De Blieck, Jr. managing the team. They're all voracious comics readers and we think you're going to look forward to what they have to say.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Either way, can we finally ditch "the Buy Pile" now?

You don't like reading positive reviews of Hand-books?

[beetlebum]

Well, Here's what the YABSers think of them. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=215953)

I personally think the smilies are too big, and the sad one needs a pair of tweezers, and the embarrassed one looks like it's constipated.

But other than that, I do welcome change, and I do hope it all works out for the better.

[DarkBlade]

Ghf. Please bring back the blues.

[Radioactive Zombie]

I also hate the new smilies. Come on! We're still part of the old board system, not a brand new board layout.

[Ed Cunard]

The forums don't look that bad to me, and the new front-page is especially nice, I think.

[beetlebum]

You should have done it yesterday... so you could say haha just kidding. I would say use the new smileys for skeet practice.... but that would require looking at them. Bring back the blue.

Pfffffffffttttttt.....http://www.mommiescamelot.com/forum/images/smilies/elol.gif

From the hall, to the wall, let all these smilies crawl.....

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/xdomains/smilies/devil/10.gif

[Paradox]

Nothing was broken, why "fix" it?

[howyadoin]

Nothing was broken...... apart from the server.

[Ed Cunard]

Nothing was broken, why "fix" it?

To make it Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger (http://youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw).

[Serik]

The smilies look like they came from one of those obnoxious "CLICK HERE FOR FREE SMILIES!" banners.

They also suck.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

... apart from the server.

Wasn't chat getting rid of Rita's supposed to fix the server?

[howyadoin]

Wasn't chat getting rid of Rita's supposed to fix the server?I think the issue right now is traffic on the CSBG blog.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

I think the issue right now is traffic on the CSBG blog.

That's why I always comment there - so the millions can read my opinions of other peoples opinions!

(or were you being serious? Maybe you need to start using emoticons!)

[Generic Eric]

April fools was yesterday. What the hell.... I do not like the new design right now. Maybe within a week or two I'll learn to tolerate it.

[howyadoin]

or were you being serious?I was. Word on the street is, CSBG is getting its own server to alleviate the problem.

[gary bolt]

:p :D :rolleyes: :(

These smileys are beyond annoying. I hate the fact that there is a bank of these constantly moving things parked next to where I type my posts. They are distracting as hell.

[cactusmaac]

I tend to agree with this. The functionality seems to be impaired, the differentiation between the columns and the news is gone, and the gray-scale background in the columns drains all the life out of it. For that matter, so does the lack of differentiation on the margins; the column just seems to bleed energy out of both sides, while it just sort of trails limply down the middle.

And now the colour of the header tells me: Hey kids! It's Newsarama!

And the smilies themselves are repulsively juvenile -- no, an elderly person's senile and twisted remembrance of juvenile -- before we even get to the animation. If we must have them uglying up the experience, we ought to be able to turn them off -- especially while composing a post.

Yeah, dump the grayscale and change the background to white. The big blue header is taking up too much space. There should be more content visible without having to scroll down. And Reviews is hogging too much space and making Columns look too small. I doubt more people are interested in what some comic reader thinks about All-Star Superman than they would be in LITG.

[thehod]

Looks fine to me.

I'm sure I'll stop noticing that its even changed in a few days.

Put me down as someone who isn't overly keen on the smilies too. Not something that would normally bother me, but for some reason these ones are really quite nasty.

[Roquefort Raider]

The new looks is really, really nice.

Is there a way to bring back the blue skin for the forums, though? Mystique, Ultimo, Namorita, Papa Smurf and Nebula are all crying.

[Angelus II]

It's ugly and annoying.

Right on the bull-eye

[Charles RB]

Oh, gives a fuck about the smileys?

Me, coz I have to look at the ugly fuckers every time I write a post.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Me, coz I have to look at the ugly fuckers every time I write a post.

Ha ha....my point exactly. This one looks like he's constipated :confused: . Thats perhaps the best new smiley.



Part of me feels that CBR since I joined had its "look". That you knew you were on Comic Book Resources and the news and columns were seperated very well. Maybe I had gotten used to it all. How the site looked and feeled when I clicked the news or columns.

I'm not saying I'm gonna stomp my feet and be all angry over it. I've seen sites change their main pages...."Inside Pulse" & 411mania come to mind. Inside Pulse had a very good site and their change was so bad it was confusing for a while to navigate the entire site and the many things it covered from Comics Nexus to Sports .

In the end good luck with the change. I will miss the old CBR though...the one I remember clickin all these years...(I'd use a happy smiley but man they suck...)

[Jeff Brady]

Me, coz I have to look at the ugly fuckers every time I write a post.

Adblock is your friend, you silly git.

[Typo Lad]

The smilies are indeed annoying.

I have to say I'm not a fan of the front page. The big block of blue is off-putting and as others mention, the images are tiny. I miss the seperate columns for regular features and news, manly because that's been part of the site design since forever.

[Cei-U!]

Since the only part of CBR I visit is the forums, most of the changes are invisible to me. That said, I agree about the hideous smilies and I really, really, REALLY want the blue option back. But then I still miss the old purple-and-gold word balloons look so what do I know?

Cei-U!
I summon the shrug!

[Matt Algren]

I have the new smilies on Adblock. They're just goddamn annoying.
You, sir, are a genius. A super genius. The only problem is that now when someone uses one that's important to get the context, I won't see it, potentially leading to miscommunication.

But yeah, the smiley things suck more than your standard smiley things. Other than that, I'm not seeing any major cosmetic changes to the forums.

As far as the main page goes, it's a nice update. I think the blue in the header is too close to the default hyperlink blue, making it look a tincture generic. It would be nice if mousing over the preview block of an article would shift the background color or something to indicate that it's in focus. Possibly even make the whole block clickable instead of just the title.

I love the CSBG look. Are the avatars specific to here or are they gravatars?

edit: I just saw that they're gravatars. Sveet.

[howyadoin]

Adblock is your friend, you silly git.I'm running AdBlock Plus, and I can't seem to find any way of blocking the emoticons.

[Matt Algren]

I'm running AdBlock Plus, and I can't seem to find any way of blocking the emoticons.
Quote a post and right click on one. Should be the last option on the dropdown.

[howyadoin]

Quote a post and right click on one. Should be the last option on the dropdown.This is a glorious day.

[jessecuster3]

This is a glorious day.

Yep, beautiful.

[Dreadstar]

Awesome, Matt and Michael.

[GozertheGozarian]

You, sir, are a genius. A super genius. The only problem is that now when someone uses one that's important to get the context, I won't see it, potentially leading to miscommunication.

But yeah, the smiley things suck more than your standard smiley things. Other than that, I'm not seeing any major cosmetic changes to the forums.

As far as the main page goes, it's a nice update. I think the blue in the header is too close to the default hyperlink blue, making it look a tincture generic. It would be nice if mousing over the preview block of an article would shift the background color or something to indicate that it's in focus. Possibly even make the whole block clickable instead of just the title.

I love the CSBG look. Are the avatars specific to here or are they gravatars?

edit: I just saw that they're gravatars. Sveet.
If someone has to use a smiley to make their point, it probably wasn't worth reading.

[Justin Davis]

Quote a post and right click on one. Should be the last option on the dropdown.

I love you, AdBlock.

[Paul McEnery]

Yeah, dump the grayscale and change the background to white. The big blue header is taking up too much space. There should be more content visible without having to scroll down. And Reviews is hogging too much space and making Columns look too small. I doubt more people are interested in what some comic reader thinks about All-Star Superman than they would be in LITG.

Exactly. I would have thought the biggest draw to CBR is the columns. Especially when the columnists have been Giffen, Simone, Ellis, Grant, Young, Larsen, etc. Not to diss the homegrown columnists, but star names WITH SOMETHING TO SAY are kind of a big deal.

[mattx110]

I would like to submit a formal request for a "wicked hot naked ladies" skin for the forum.


Aside from that, I'd have to get used to the frontpage to know if I like it or not. Also, I dunno if it's you or me, but the links to all the CBR stuff, columns, forum etc, in the top bar, worked the first time I went to the website, but not the second, and refreshing didn't seem to help.

[SPAfreak]

I love you, AdBlock.

AdBlock for Citizen of the Month?

[beetlebum]

You know, I don't understand the need to diss someone with whom you may have a disagreement with, or who has a different posting style than you.

There are other ways to make yourself feel better, you know.

Not that everyone who opposes the usage of certain features of this forum is doing so, but a few are.

And obviously, I disagree with what they have said.

As for the actual content of the posts, it is possible to expatiate how you feel, and to not let the smilies devalue the substance in your posts. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6356726&postcount=165)

It's best if we remain civil as interlocutors.

[Agent Helix]

Sounds like someone needs to turn that :( into a :)

[beetlebum]

EDIT: Wow. Missing the point entirely. I only reacted this way because you were insulting in another thread, and I was not sure what your intent was here. For fuck's sake. You get over it as well, because I'm done here. Incidents like this are part of the reason why I rarely post here.

EDITAGAIN: I do regret any miscommunication, and that this even happened, and taking it this far.

I should not have hurled insults towards anyone.

I will be leaving this thread now.

[Agent Helix]

For fuck's sake, they're just fucking smiley faces on the internet. Get over it.

[mattx110]

Sounds like someone needs to turn that :( into a :)
You mean massively bewildering anxiety and aprehension into a creepy pedosmile with bugeyes that would do the Joker proud?

I mean, the smilies are cool, just a bit more Meryl Streep than Helen Mirren, y'know? More Lifetime Original than James Dean... More Robin Williams in the '80s, than anyone not on coke in the '80s.


A bit melodramatic. Like me....:eek:

[stealthwise]

For fuck's sake, they're just fucking smiley faces on the internet. Get over it.

THEY BURN!

[Jack Zodiac]

I like the website, but the forums could use an overhaul, and gigantic, ugly smilies aren't doin' it. Jesus, just look at these hideous things!

:p Cunnilingus smilie?

:D Date rape smilie?

:rolleyes: This is supposed to be the sarcastic "roll eyes" smilie? It looks like an albino hiding a vibrator in their ass and laughing about it to themselves.

:eek: You said it, "fucked up face" smilie! You said it...

[Charles RB]

Date rape smilie?

Unfortunately, I think :) and ;) are also date rape smilies.

I don't think anyone should post here while drunk anymore.

[mattx110]

Unfortunately, I think :) and ;) are also date rape smilies.

I don't think anyone should post here while drunk anymore.
You wouldn't like me when I'm sober.


Oh, you don't anyway? Ok, then...:(

[Jack Zodiac]

I don't think anyone should post here while drunk anymore.

Well, see ya' later folks! I had a good run!

[Charles RB]

It's for your own safety. Those things're watching always.

[howyadoin]

Well, see ya' later folks! I had a good run!Yeah, I'm out. Meet you at the bar?

[Jack Zodiac]

Yeah, I'm out. Meet you at the bar?

Sounds like a plan. I'll be the one outside pissing on the side wall.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Quote a post and right click on one. Should be the last option on the dropdown.

You totally rule for that!

[Davideaux]

I think the new changes are nice.

[Chris Nowlin]

I'm afraid of change.

[Paul McEnery]

You totally rule for that!

I'm counting the hours till the accidental taking of offence skyrockets around here.

[Quilt]

The main site just got a new look and layout.
What do you all think?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/

I like the new reviews section.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/reviews

The site is really confusing now. It took me a bit to find where the columns were, and I honestly would NEVER have noticed them if I hadn't been specifically looking for them. Honestly, it's like the columns have been shoved off into the middle of nowhere. Plus it's kind of difficult to scan the news area now.

I don't know, the whole design for the site isn't very functional. I'll stick around for Steven Grant, but I probably won't bother with anything else.

[mattx110]

The site is really confusing now. It took me a bit to find where the columns were, and I honestly would NEVER have noticed them if I hadn't been specifically looking for them. Honestly, it's like the columns have been shoved off into the middle of nowhere. Plus it's kind of difficult to scan the news area now.

I don't know, the whole design for the site isn't very functional. I'll stick around for Steven Grant, but I probably won't bother with anything else.
I think I do like the old design better. It wasn't as hip, but it got things done.

[Michael P]

I'm afraid of change.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4575/coinskt2.jpg

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

I'm counting the hours till the accidental taking of offence skyrockets around here.

You would you old bearded pussy!

[Cam63]

I'm afraid of change

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4575/coinskt2.jpg

You guys still have copper coins !?

[The Xenos]

Ugh. Yeah. Count me in as saying, Bring back the blue!

At least have an option. Ow. My eyes. Also.. I too miss the old smileys.

Meanwhile, on the positive side, the frontpage looks neat.

[Adam West]

Ugh. Yeah. Count me in as saying, Bring back the blue!


Yeah, count me in too.

I even checked my CP twice after I logged in to see whether I accidentally changed anything.

[Paradox]

Cam63 looks at our moneys:

You guys still have copper coins !?

Yes. In fact, the "silver" ones are mostly copper, too.

[Pól Rua]

You guys still have copper coins !?

[sings] Oooooooooh, what's the colour of a two-cent piece?
Copper! Copper!
What's the colour of a two-cent piece? ... [/and I think I'll stop right there...]

[NICK_D]

Love the new fresh look. I think it flows great. More to click, more to see and read great revamp many kudos.