{"id":17134,"date":"2012-01-27T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=17134"},"modified":"2012-01-28T08:19:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T08:19:24","slug":"out-with-old-in-with-the-new-new-site-design-same-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/out-with-old-in-with-the-new-new-site-design-same-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with old in with the new. New site design…same me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So here we are. About 6 months later than I had hoped but better late than never. My site is reborn with I hope a cleaner, fresher design. Easier to find content and more pleasing to the eye.<\/p>\n

What has changed?<\/p>\n

Obviously cosmetically it is totally different. New background by my frequent shooting partner James Miller<\/a> (maybe Percy is TOO big on my shoulder?). Cleaner less obtrusive ads (yes I know there are two on this post) but the top banner is now just one that rotates every new click instead of 6 rotating. Much nicer. Same with the side banners.<\/p>\n

We now have top posts rather than most popular posts. Ones which I think would interest you the most. A nice simple twitter feed and a Facebook “fan page” link, this is where you go to see what I am doing every day if you have not already been there.<\/p>\n

Very important to me is my work. So the films section is now organised by which camera they were shot on AND genres…although this is a work in progress. I need to add a Documentary section. Again, nice and organised.<\/p>\n

There is a very cool events section on the main page and under the menu. Ever wondered where and when my next workshop\/ meet up is? Now you know!<\/p>\n

There is also now a better and clearer education area with nice clear sections. If you have any suggestions about organisation of this section or any other please let me know below. I am trying to make this easier for you! I know every single post that I have done but you do not, so if you can suggest even easier ways to find stuff do let me know!<\/p>\n

In one week’s time I will launch my forum. Yep a forum. I have had a forum before…it was a bit shit to be honest. Then I used buddypress in wordpress. Even worse. So now we will have a proper professional forum integrated perfectly into the website. Comments will still be on the posts unlike say EOSHD where he has moved all comments to the forum. That is not what I want. I want a place where new and experienced can meet and help each other out.<\/p>\n

I have had mixed experience with forums in the past. The one that stands head and shoulders over the rest is DVinfo. A place where you can ask questions without being attacked, hounded or banned! It will be a REAL NAME only forum and will have to be heavily moderated. The moderators will be selected amongst my readers. If you interested email me at work@philipbloom.net telling me about yourself and why you would be a good moderator.<\/p>\n

It will be a place for you to ask questions about my work or ask in depth questions…this is the place to do it, rather than commenting on posts. I want to try and keep the right things in the right places. It may well be a total disaster…but that is down to you. Together we can make it work.<\/p>\n

Ideally within it I will also have a database of shooters\/ soundos etc in different areas. So if you are looking for help, it’s the place to go to.<\/p>\n

There will be different sections for the different cameras. For different gear and to showcase your work. Again, it will be a work in progress but I hope you sign up!<\/p>\n

I will try and keep the content up like I have been. I cannot do daily posts as my day job of shooting gets in the way, but I will post as often as I can and will continue to have guest posts like I have had in the past from Preston Kanak and Eve Hazelton. I will continue to be me. Helpful, funny (I hope), occasionally short and snappy (sorry but I am human and get stressed!) but what you see with me is what you get. I am honest, true to my word and don’t do BS! Remember my ethics statement when in doubt!<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, BTW we should have facebook\/ twitter comment integration soon to make it easier to leave comments…but still not anonymous which I don’t do!<\/p>\n

So bear with me. I doing my best to make the new site as seamless as possible. There WILL be glitches. A lot of them as the site only went live today so it’s the real test!<\/p>\n

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