Just a short note to let readers know that in the next hour or so you’ll begin to see changes to ProBlogger as we launch the new design.
As with all such launches we’re sure there will be a few bumps in the road as the team behind it get things up and running – do checks – find glitches – carry out fixes etc
We ask for your patience and understanding as we do this as it will probably take us a little while to iron out any issues. If you find any issues/bugs/dead links etc please feel free to let us know in comments below. Your help in this will be greatly appreciated.
Once things are stable I’ll write a post outlining some more of the changes and thinking behind them and I’d then love to hear some discussion on what you think. Your constructive feedback will be appreciated and will help make ProBlogger a better resource for all.
Darren nervously backs away from the old orange design….
*crosses fingers*
testing
Looks fantastically fresh and inviting Darren. Your team that’s been working behind the scenes to put it all together has done an awesome job.
Huge Kudos…
Wow! Looks great Darren, I’m off to explore.
thanks Stuart – still a few more little bugs to fix but we’re getting there.
I can’t believe I’ve been waiting impatiently for this like a first date or something. Cool! I like it,but like others, I only care about the content.:)
don’t break anything Glenn
Darren,
The new design looks great… Iam off to explore
Note to everyone: there are still a few CSS issues and some of the pages are not setup yet – impossible to do without pushing the site live, so I am fixing them all now and it should be done ASAP :)
I’ll do my best now to Darren, found an array of bugs but I won’t report any for a few hours, I’ll see if you guys sort them out first before I hit you with more. I just popped you a quick email regarding a DPS post by the way.
Once again, loving the new structure.
Wow, What a stunning new design, Darren!
I love it!
You’re giving me a lot of ideas for my eventual redesign down the road, especially with regards to your new redesigned footer and your switch to a single right sidebar.
Excellent job!!
Looks great, awesome !
For me the jobs link doesn’t work. Other than that I am liking the new design. Less cluttered, fresh and a few new ways to discover great content.
Darren,
Great work by you and your team. This theme is GREAT!
Are you sure there are some bugs? I can’t see them :)
I am so excited to be part of the new era for ProBlogger. I am sure we are going into a new level with the new design.
Keep up the great word Darren.
You’re Da Man!
Wow…it’s VERY different. I don’t think I expected anything so drastic when I saw the title of this post in my feed reader, but I definitely like the new design. Much cleaner, and easier to navigate.
I don’t know if I like having so much of the content at the bottom of the page like that, but overall, I like this new design quite a bit.
Just like everyone else has said, I didn’t expect this much change. It looks fantastic though. Simplistically beautiful.
Woah, very different and not at all what I was expecting.. but still good! I agree with the previous poster that having so much important stuff at the bottom seems odd..
Very nice!
Looks great so far!!! :-D
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Stunningly brilliant!
(I am having trouble saying anything else :)
fantastic. I love the new design :)
It will be interesting to see the number of click-throughs you get from this rss post. I’m sure everybody is clicking through to the site to check out the new design.
Fantastic! :)
Very nice. I love the new front page.
I fear change.
Just kidding! Looks great so far, nice clean layout.
thanks everyone – you’re all being very generous and supportive and are giving us energy to get all the bugs ironed out.
We’re knocking them off slowly!
Darren,
Love the new look!!!
That’ll do pig, that’ll do.
like it MUCH more than the orange.
Looks much improved, I love it! :)
Just a couple bugs I’ve noticed:
– The “Advertise on ProBlogger” image link is setup wrong…it leads to a blank white page when I click on it.
– Under “Problogging Resources” at the bottom of the page, the link labeled “My Review” under “Get a Real Blog Videos” leads to the product instead of leading to your review.
I love the new look. Good work.
Well this is interesting; heads off to explore aswell ;)
Nice – looks slick – I’ll be exploring more later… Congrats on the new design update!
It looks stunning! It’s so much nicer to read from, and the all of links are ordered so much better. It’s making me want to re-explore different parts of ProBlogger all over again. :D
The homepage is fantastic. Everything from the featured post to the ajax “best” links. I love it all. :D
Just noticed the completely new homepage. Some very clever ideas and great ways to organise the content with your fancy javascript / ajax section in the middle :)
I think I´ll need to get used, I like design but perhaps it is less personal. However, it looks great! Just two things, you should maybe choose the thumbnail of the video, you look a bit strange :) and advertising link on sidebar is not working! Anyway, congratulations!
wow…i like this very much! It will be much better for printing articles and its much cleaner and easy on the eyes.
I am really liking the new logo…its very visually intriguing!
thanks for all the great information you share with the blogoshere.
Congrats Darren, looks great!
I have been reading your blog for a few years now, and was very used to the old design.
I’m glad you kept the /blog section for easy reading, and the home area looks great also.
The new design is very professional Darren. I’ve also noticed some bugs and I have a few comments but I will wait until the transition is oficially completed because some of them have already been fixed.
The number of comments on the homepage for this post is different to that on the actual post
Plus should the problogger logo when clicked on a blog post take people to the blog or the homepage? I would expect it to take me to the blog
Simple and clean layout!!!
Wow! Way kewl! LOVE the design!
And that is my very first reaction as your blog loaded on my screen. Haven’t even had a chance to notice any quirks which you’ve probably worked out by now anyway.
Holy crap! It’s so sexy! I love it! Congrats to whoever it was who designed the layout.
Wow! Nice upgrade!
Wow, what can I say…I’m in awe of this new design! It looks great…Awesome job!
Very, very nice, Darren.
I love that the home page is being turned into a more portal/cms style and you’ve seperated the blog from the main domain – leaves you more room for future endeavours.
If this is an indication of where blog design is going then I’m liking it.
The link you have to advertise on ProBlogger seems to be dead.
https://problogger.com/wp-content/themes/problogger2/advertise
Darren, the design looks ripe… very nice…
The new design is great. That is one massive footer. The sponsor blocks are messed up for me at the moment but I guess you guys are working on that. Looks great!
Much cleaner!
Personally, I think I’ll miss all that happy orange-y-ness — but this color scheme is a nice replacement. :)
Quick note about your new logo which I really like…
Two things registered in my mind immediately upon seeing the bluish-gray circle around the “P”…
First thought: Atoms, protons, nucleus, creating
Second thought that immediately followed first thought: Unity, linked around the world