Neatorama Update: A Lil’ Upgrade

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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March 18, 2008 at 5:19 am by Alex
Category: Blog & Internet

21 comments to "Neatorama Update: A Lil’ Upgrade"

MoonCake
March 18th, 2008 at 6:44 am
i like the comment box! it’s cute!
amy
March 18th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Cool tips!
Evil Pundit
March 18th, 2008 at 7:09 am
I’ve been seeing my gravatar in comments for a long time. Was it invisible to others?
Miss Cellania
March 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!
Jerse
March 18th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I like it
Brian Lutz
March 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.
Alex
March 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.
Selvo
March 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.
Selvo
March 18th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
P.S. The comment box made me lol. I love it.
Less Than Jake
March 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
is the font used on the headers new too? don’t remeber seeing it before
VonSkippy
March 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.
Alex
March 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 …
VonSkippy
March 19th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Gravatar test.
Testing one two three testing.

//crosses fingers
VonSkippy
March 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.
Alex
March 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!
duende2517
March 19th, 2008 at 5:00 am
testing here too…
Alex
March 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Ah, my gravatar is fixed! Turns out I had to clear out some caches.
G
March 19th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I like it! It’s definitely an upgrade!
Ali S.
March 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!
SenorMysterioso
March 25th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I might just make neatorama my home page
Aeris
April 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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