Rich Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Not to be outdone by the shakeup in the Winnipeg Blue Bomber front office, we decided it was time for a bit of a shakeup at Morning Big Blue. No, we aren't replacing Mike with KelownaBomberFan. For those of you using the main theme, you will have found a bit of a brighter Bomber Blue and Gold when you logged in. The site layout and navigation is pretty much the same, and should be familiar, it has just been updated with a new paint job. Take a long look at that gold bar up top where it says Morning Big Blue - A Winnipeg Fan Community and put your creative hats on, we will be launching a contest soon to replace that text with an official site logo. We've also recently added a weekly Pick 'Em pool starting this weekend (Get your picks in before tomorrow!). As well, Blue Bomber articles from the Sun and Free Press are now being syndicated into our new News Feed forum. We are going to be experimenting a little bit with ads on the site over the next little while. You will see blank gaps in certain places of the site while we go through the approval process. If the revenue that comes out of this is negligible, then they will eventually go away. If it can offset the cost of running the site, then great! If it brings in more then costs, then it will be invested back into the site. I will promise that the ads will be in appropriate places and not cover content. Happy to say that we have recently passed 200 registered members. We've had over 13,000 posts in over 400 threads since moving to the new forum software, with over 3,500 of those posts coming in August alone. Buchko and Mack being fired had a helping hand in that. I think we hit a record with that thread with 590 posts and 11,000 views. It has been a tumultuous time in Bomber land these past few weeks, and that usually means increased work for moderators as people's temper and emotions get the best of them. Happy to say that there has been very few issues that we've had to deal with. The discussion has been excellent, on point, and civilized. Thank you all for your contributions! There are no major changes planned at this point. Some items that are out there and being thought about: I would like to get the Twitter feed back on the site. Still trying to find a way to do this without causing load errors in IE8. Speaking of Twitter. There is an addon that would tweet out created topics through the @MorningBigBlue twitter handle. It would allow you to get updates of current topics in your Twitter timeline. Debating whether or not this would be useful or more on the side of spam on Twitter. If there is interest in this, let me know. We now have quite a few contests going on. Including the CFL Drafts, the Lock of the Week (special thanks to Jpan85 for running this!), Pick 'Em pools. If there is interest I have been eyeing another feature to allow "betting". It wouldn't be real money. It would be something along the lines of people who participate getting a set amount of fake currency to start with and making weekly bets with it. Purely for bragging rights. If there is interest in this, let me know. As always, your feedback is important to us. Is something on the site bugging you? Let us know. We can try to change it (or at least let you know why we can't). Have a suggestion to make the site better, tell us about it. Think we are doing a good job? Well we love to hear about that as well! Now lets go get a win this weekend. Go Bombers! voodoochylde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 what! I am now not replacing Mike?!! I was promised!!! I feel so betrayed. This was very poorly handled Rich. It's like I don't even know who is making the decisions around here anymore.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 what! I am now not replacing Mike?!! I was promised!!! I feel so betrayed. This was very poorly handled Rich. It's like I don't even know who is making the decisions around here anymore.... with that attitude you should be banned from this site immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBlink Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 A beautiful site just got more beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 with that attitude you should be banned from this site immediately. If this was the Cal Murphy era I sure would be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Take a long look at that gold bar up top where it says Morning Big Blue - A Winnipeg Fan Community I don't see a Gold bar. What am I missing? I see a blue bar that says "Morning Big Blue.com - The Blue Bombers forum run by fans, for fans". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I don't see a Gold bar. What am I missing? I see a blue bar that says "Morning Big Blue.com - The Blue Bombers forum run by fans, for fans". The site's main theme got an update to Blue and Gold. Here is a screenshot for people who are on the default theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Looks great, Rich. Love the updates. You guys are doing a great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 wow that looks great! Why in the blue hell am I not able to see that? It's so weird!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 wow that looks great! Why in the blue hell am I not able to see that? It's so weird I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 wow that looks great! Why in the blue hell am I not able to see that? It's so weird!! At the bottom of the webpage there is a link that says Change Theme. Click it then choose Morning Big Blue. Unless you are running IE8, in which case, you may run into problems Some people had to change back to the software's default theme for IE8 to work properly. If you do change the theme and it works for you, then the Pick 'Ems link will then work as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 totally worked! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquie Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Love the new look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzmore Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Good job Rich...you're hard work is obvious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBURGESS Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I really like the new theme. Thanks. iso_55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comedygeek Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Nice job!I'm hitting the final 20 or so hours of an 18-month complete redesign and revamp of my employer's website, and even with small changes like this forum, I know how much work is involved in making sure design and coding changes work well. So congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddman19 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I have to say, I am really digging the Blue and Gold. At first I was startled by it, but its really sharp looking. Great Job. I would really like to see a bit of the gold sticking around after the new banner is decided upon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I have to say, I am really digging the Blue and Gold. At first I was startled by it, but its really sharp looking. Great Job. I would really like to see a bit of the gold sticking around after the new banner is decided upon as well. I agree. Ideally the new banner will be mostly blue and lay over top of the existing gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoochylde Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I agree. Ideally the new banner will be mostly blue and lay over top of the existing gold. Shhhh! No influencing potential designers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Blue Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I love the colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Blue Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Out of curiousity why is the "About" gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Out of curiousity why is the "About" gone? Short version: Working through some site issues. It will be coming back Long version: I need to keep the "default" theme of the site going for some older browsers. The new menu system (which was what allowed the About drop down to appear) wasn't working properly on it, so I disabled it until I can figure out what the issue is. Once I do that, the other menu system (and the About menu) will come back. Nothing to do with the new look. This has always been broken, but I just found out about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBall Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Site looks great. Now with the blue/gold/white, it has more of a "Bombers" look and feel to it. Seriously, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconNBigBlue Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Saw this last night when I popped on for any updates. Looks great. Are you going to use Google Ads? If so, people have to click on the ads in order to generate income. I run a site and over the course of about 2 years I think I'm sitting on a gold mine of about $12. Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolBlue Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Good point BaconNBigBlue. Love the site, it keeps getting better and better. Thanks to all those involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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