The Little Guy Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 It has been 5 years since I started PHP Snips, and now we/I have finally decided to give it a makeover! We also added a few new features, such as: - Download button - Search bar suggestions - Screen shots - Toolkit - Like / Dislike Comments - Member Profiles - Personal news feed - Follow Member - Contact Member - Settings - Email When Someone Comments on your code/profile - Email When Someone Votes on your snippet Some of those features are "Members Only Features" The old site: http://phpsnips.com The new site (/beta.php will be removed once we go live): http://beta.phpsnips.com/beta.php So, what do you think of the new site, and what other suggestions do you have? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I think the new site needs more color. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1351204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 So we haven't added an new colors (not sure if we will yet) but we have moved the beta live, so now the new link is the "Old site". Please tell me what you think still! Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1352058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Judging by the home page, I find it difficult to navigate. Where is the main navigation? Categories? Can't really go any further because most of the links are returning 404s. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1352299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noober Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You have a lot of text and links the same or similar color and nothing honestly stands out. I would suggest finding a good graphic designer to help you out. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1352374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanCH Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Absolutely hate the twitter feed right below the header. Why are you giving so much priority to that? At least make it so the user can close it Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Absolutely hate the twitter feed right below the header. Why are you giving so much priority to that? At least make it so the user can close it We were actually thinking of getting rid of that and putting a tag cloud, or categories (mysql, math, images, etc.) there. What would you think of that? Judging by the home page, I find it difficult to navigate. Where is the main navigation? Categories? Can't really go any further because most of the links are returning 404s. The main nav is now icons on the top right, letter searching is to the right of the searchbar. Which links return 404's? I think the new site needs more color. I have been trying to find more colors to use, but I can't find anything. I have tried orange, but my co-worker says it looks too much like Halloween colors. Any Suggestions? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Judging by the home page, I find it difficult to navigate. Where is the main navigation? Categories? Can't really go any further because most of the links are returning 404s. The main nav is now icons on the top right, letter searching is to the right of the searchbar. Which links return 404's? I still find the navigation a little pants to be honest. What about categories? A lot of the people who use a site like yours possibly won't know exactly what it is they're looking for (don't know the name), so will drill down into the categories looking for something along the same lines. What if you miss out on a really good snippet because the publisher used "DB" instead of "database" everywhere? It also just makes general browsing about a lot easier/possible. The 404s seem to have been fixed now by the way -- it has been nearly three weeks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I'd go with Red or Green (not both) as a primary color, and keep the blue accents. It looks like a spam-site landing page. You know one of those "search pages" with links, on a domain that got snatched up. The tweet at the top says "Contains 542 different stopwords or noise words!" What does that mean? I would try changing the font size difference between a header and text to be much more different. (larger headers). Categories/Tags especially in a cloud. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 I'd go with Red or Green (not both) as a primary color, and keep the blue accents. It looks like a spam-site landing page. You know one of those "search pages" with links, on a domain that got snatched up. The tweet at the top says "Contains 542 different stopwords or noise words!" What does that mean? I would try changing the font size difference between a header and text to be much more different. (larger headers). Categories/Tags especially in a cloud. I chose green, I kinda like it, but maybe a different color green and I would like it more... What are your thoughts? The tweet you saw had to do with a conversation. The fonts are bigger. If I go any bigger some will wrap to a second line (some spots that's fine others it is not). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 I forgot to mention, here is a demo account: user: demo pass: abc!23 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyph Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Way too much white-space on the main page. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/263660-php-snips-20/#findComment-1357272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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