Comments on: We’ve Made A Few Changes… http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52389 ffextensionguru Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:43:16 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52389 I forgot I had adblock installed here on Flock, works nice... I forgot I had adblock installed here on Flock, works nice…

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52235 Ryan Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:30:08 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52235 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-52211">pdedecker wrote:</a><blockquote>One thing that still annoys me is that the Yahoo Ads run through the article. Perhaps you could place them in the sidebar too? :)</blockquote></div> We are playing with different positioning of the advertisements because we are far away from making enough money to do this blog full-time. Right now I am lucky enough to have the time to post as much as I do but by the middle of next year this won't be the case. At that point I will have to choose between continuing with the blog full-time or searching for another job. Don't get me wrong, I would love to remove that ad as well but I am hoping that as we continue to grow we'll be able to get dedicated sponsors so that we can remove many of the advertisements on the page. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-52218">SLA wrote:</a><blockquote>My "AdBlock" (Firefox Add-on) removes those ads. I even forgot that those ads exists :)</blockquote></div> I definitely promote the AdBlock extension for anyone who would never click on the ads anyways. Personally, I leave the ads because I find some that I like every now and then but there are many people who hate them...so AdBlock is perfect. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-52233">Chris wrote:</a><blockquote>I liked to bars on one side. The new design seems to be too busy, I feel claustrophobic trying to read the articles if I don't have the screen maximized. It's still an awesome site though! Thanks.</blockquote></div> It is really hard to please everyone but we switched from having the two sidebars on the side because many people were expressing a disliking for it. This layout seems to have gotten a lot of positive views so it looks like we'll be sticking with it for awhile. Thanks for your feedback though! pdedecker wrote:
One thing that still annoys me is that the Yahoo Ads run through the article. Perhaps you could place them in the sidebar too? :)

We are playing with different positioning of the advertisements because we are far away from making enough money to do this blog full-time. Right now I am lucky enough to have the time to post as much as I do but by the middle of next year this won’t be the case. At that point I will have to choose between continuing with the blog full-time or searching for another job. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to remove that ad as well but I am hoping that as we continue to grow we’ll be able to get dedicated sponsors so that we can remove many of the advertisements on the page.

SLA wrote:
My “AdBlock” (Firefox Add-on) removes those ads. I even forgot that those ads exists :)

I definitely promote the AdBlock extension for anyone who would never click on the ads anyways. Personally, I leave the ads because I find some that I like every now and then but there are many people who hate them…so AdBlock is perfect.

Chris wrote:
I liked to bars on one side. The new design seems to be too busy, I feel claustrophobic trying to read the articles if I don’t have the screen maximized. It’s still an awesome site though! Thanks.

It is really hard to please everyone but we switched from having the two sidebars on the side because many people were expressing a disliking for it. This layout seems to have gotten a lot of positive views so it looks like we’ll be sticking with it for awhile. Thanks for your feedback though!

]]> By: Chris http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52233 Chris Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:03:30 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52233 I liked to bars on one side. The new design seems to be too busy, I feel claustrophobic trying to read the articles if I don't have the screen maximized. It's still an awesome site though! Thanks. I liked to bars on one side. The new design seems to be too busy, I feel claustrophobic trying to read the articles if I don’t have the screen maximized. It’s still an awesome site though! Thanks.

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52218 SLA Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:26:12 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52218 My "AdBlock" (Firefox Add-on) removes those ads. I even forgot that those ads exists :) My “AdBlock” (Firefox Add-on) removes those ads. I even forgot that those ads exists :)

]]> By: pdedecker http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52211 pdedecker Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:13:35 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52211 One thing that still annoys me is that the Yahoo Ads run through the article. Perhaps you could place them in the sidebar too? :) One thing that still annoys me is that the Yahoo Ads run through the article. Perhaps you could place them in the sidebar too? :)

]]> By: tito http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52164 tito Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:52:49 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52164 I love the redesign to, much better than the previous one, also the collapsible panels are very nice, great job Ryan. ;) I love the redesign to, much better than the previous one, also the collapsible panels are very nice, great job Ryan. ;)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52146 Ryan Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:10:31 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52146 Thanks to everyone for leaving such positive feedback. I definitely agree that putting the sidebars on each side balances the content. If you have any other tips on things you would like to see please let us know because the next few weeks I really want to get the design ironed out and just right. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-51861">Knight wrote:</a><blockquote>Sweet! 8) maybe the ability to move the boxes around? just throwing it out there :p</blockquote></div> I thought about doing something like that but that is completely new to me as far as programming goes. Hopefully I'll get some time to play around with it. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-52038">Thilak wrote:</a><blockquote>We need, Subscribe to Comments Plugin !! Link: http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/</blockquote></div> I'll look into adding that this weekend. Thanks to everyone for leaving such positive feedback. I definitely agree that putting the sidebars on each side balances the content. If you have any other tips on things you would like to see please let us know because the next few weeks I really want to get the design ironed out and just right.

Knight wrote:
Sweet! 8) maybe the ability to move the boxes around? just throwing it out there :p

I thought about doing something like that but that is completely new to me as far as programming goes. Hopefully I’ll get some time to play around with it.

Thilak wrote:
We need, Subscribe to Comments Plugin !!
Link: [txfx.net]

I’ll look into adding that this weekend.

]]> By: Max http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52118 Max Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:05:47 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52118 Excellent mini re-design! Much easier to navigate the site and it looks more professional even. And the collapsible sidebars are awesome. Thanks Ryan and Ashley! Excellent mini re-design! Much easier to navigate the site and it looks more professional even. And the collapsible sidebars are awesome. Thanks Ryan and Ashley!

]]> By: CoryC http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52052 CoryC Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:25:47 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52052 I like it better also. I like it better also.

]]> By: Thilak http://cybernetnews.com/weve-made-a-few-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-52038 Thilak Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:12:33 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/12/weve-made-a-few-changes/#comment-52038 We need, Subscribe to Comments Plugin !! Link: http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/ We need, Subscribe to Comments Plugin !!

Link: [txfx.net]

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