About a week ago we gave you some insight as to what you can expect from the new CyberNet design that we’re preparing to launch. We’re almost completely finished with it, there’s just a few little details left. It’s been tested in Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Firefox 2 & 3 Alpha, Opera 9, and Safari 3 Beta and works beautifully. Our goal is to give our visitors an experience unlike any other blog out there, and we think that this new design will deliver on that.
Of course it’s not just a new design…we also have several new features that we are going to be bringing to the table. I don’t want to spill all of the details quite yet, but it is safe to say that you won’t be disappointed. Many of the new features that we implemented came from requests that our readers have made, and this is our way of saying “we hear ya!”
And to relieve some of the shock from the drastically different color scheme, we thought that we would provide you with this screenshot which was taken from our Beta design:
Hmmm, looks like most of the page got cut off in the screenshot…oops. 
As it stands right now we will be taking CyberNet down on Thursday at 11PM Central Time to perform the upgrades. I would like to think that it would take less than 15 minutes to do, but there are several database modifications that I have to make including the conversion of all existing CyberMarks over to the new system. Yep, that’s right, a completely rewritten CyberMark system that you’re sure to love.
One thing that we would like to note is that we considered implementing a nested comment system, however, most of the feedback we received was in opposition to it. People thought that a nested system is too complicated and made it difficult to follow conversations, so we strayed away from the idea.
For more information on what to expect in the new design you can read this post.
Hmmmm, I am sure that the majority of the page from that screenshot got cut off on purpose!
We wouldn’t want to give it all away beforehand, now would we?
Now this is good news. Lets see how things unfold come thursday. One thing, iam not a huge fan of the Orange color.
We’re expecting that not everybody will like the colors we have chosen because it’s too hard to please everybody, right ?
Hopefully the orange will grow on you Tinhed.
Wait a minute it is not nice to tease!
I see that Ryan still has an obsession for his “rounded corners”. I’ll admit it thought, they look good. Very good.
Tease? Me? Never! I was just letting everyone know that there was maintenance on Thursday.
Rounded corners are the hot thing…if you don’t have them, you’re not hot.
So does this mean you are hot???
I think Ryan has a “Round Shape Compulsive Complex” for anything that has round shape..
Probably, it’s 90 degrees here today!
(I don’t think he thought that one all the way through)
Me, or the site?
Although I do have some nice rounded corners myself, but most people would refer to them as shoulders. 