Neatorama Update: A Lil’ Upgrade

By Alex in Blogs & Internet on Mar 18, 2008 at 5:19 am

Does Neatorama look different? That’s because we’ve just completed an upgrade to Neatorama’s look and feel (it went pretty smoothly, thanks WordPress!)

Hopefully you guys will like these two new features:

  • Single post pages now have "next post" and "previous post" links, to make it easier to navigate
  • User comments now have PG-rated gravatar enabled (don’t have one yet? Get it here)

Well, that’s it for now. We’re still moving little things around, but if you guys catch any mistake, please let me know (and thanks in advance!)


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Neat stuff from the NeatoShop:

  1. MoonCake
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 6:44 am

    i like the comment box! it’s cute!

  3. Evil Pundit
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I’ve been seeing my gravatar in comments for a long time. Was it invisible to others?

  4. Miss Cellania
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    The previous and next buttons will make things easier for a lot of people. But for fun, I can’t wait to see what gravatars the regulars select!

  6. Brian Lutz
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I don’t see a whole lot of difference, but since I usually read on RSS these days I might have just missed it.

  7. Alex
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    It’s a minor upgrade :) Just a lot of subtle color since I like Neatorama to remain with mostly white background.

  8. Selvo
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Looks good. Nice to see you didnt tamper with how simple it is. I hate it when sites are complex. And your next post and past post made it more simple to navigate. Also, Thanks for the gravatar! It makes comments more remember-able of people who say it.

  9. Selvo
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    P.S. The comment box made me lol. I love it.

  10. Less Than Jake
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    is the font used on the headers new too? don’t remeber seeing it before

  11. VonSkippy
    Mar 18th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    I loved playing Gravitar when I was younger – wasted many a quarter on that game.

    //oh gravAtar – never mind.

  12. Alex
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    The font used on the header is the same – just a little bit bigger. The font on the sidebar is new (there anyways, it’s always been on the bottom).

    @Selvo: it’s a gentle hint for commenters to be nice. Maybe it’ll work subconsciously ….

    Just did another round of optimization, this time trying to increase page load. I think we’ve managed to serve the content up much faster now, with much less “lag” from the ad server.

    Funny thing: I can’t get my gravatar to work. Must find that bug later …

  13. VonSkippy
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 2:38 am

    Gravatar test.
    Testing one two three testing.

    //crosses fingers

  14. VonSkippy
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 2:40 am

    So what is the pixel dimensions on the gravatar? It seems to be a wee bit smaller here then on the test display on the main gravatar site.

  15. Alex
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    It’s 32×32 pixel – the one at gravatar is 80×80. I like your gravatar, VonSkippy – now if only I can get mine to work!

  17. Alex
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    Ah, my gravatar is fixed! Turns out I had to clear out some caches.

  18. G
    Mar 19th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    I like it! It’s definitely an upgrade!

  19. Ali S.
    Mar 25th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Yeah! Love the update Alex! And the features are awesome! I’ve been visiting my sister and my brother-in-law in Philly for her College graduation and just got back two days ago with a pounding headache! ;)

  20. SenorMysterioso
    Mar 25th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    I might just make neatorama my home page

  21. Aeris
    Apr 5th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    I wish i could get mine to work…. <.< i don’t think the instructions on here or the gravatar site themselves are very userfriendly (although i am one of few who seem to have issues :D )


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