After many months of preparation I'm proud to present you the new BlenderNation design! The old theme was over 6 years old and badly needed updating. We've worked closely with a renowned design studio to create a new, refreshing look that reflects the colorful composition of the Blender community.
The new theme is also better optimized for Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and is accessible for people with a disability. Overall, I believe we've made a major step forwards and we're good for the next 6 years!
*removes from to-do list!*
430 Comments
Happy April fools day :)
bernbern, why did you reveal it? Come on...
@bernbern: Let's hope so, the colors make BlenderNation into a girlscamp.
But, what if... ?
PS : is it mobile friendly ?
Poisson d'Avril :-)
Haha! Love the menu design! xD
@bernbern
I seriously hope so because this design is really terrible. My eyes get tired after five minutes of trying to read white font on pink background.
AHaahahahahahahahha. This one really got me, i'm still recovering from shock! =D
This is the first year you didn't get me! For once! :)
Had me going then, the pink...lovely choice
Good one!
You had me there for a moment!
While I kinda like the look, today is probably not the best date to announce such a thing :)
Please do something about that Nanoplex theme, this is how it looks in IE7:
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=10523
i got to say, the white over pink really gives it a special touch... and pain in the eyes :P
i got to say, the white over pink really gives it a special touch... and pain on the eyes :P
Wow, you totally had me going there. That is, until I read bernbern's comment. Nice one, haha.
You have to admit, it's a rather unusual design, refreshing to a certain extent, but ultimately not quite as good-looking or useful as the original skin.
You have to admit, it's a rather unusual design, refreshing to a certain extent, but ultimately not quite as good-looking or useful as the original skin.
I love, it's really friendly user.
good fishing.
I love, it's really friendly user.
good fishing.
this is very good design I think
I waited for this good news since this morning
I waited for this good news since this morning
I wish that this is an april joke or something, because this is the baddest design ive ever seen! BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN, PLEASE!
Gosh! You sure got me with this! Happy April Fool's day!
very... colorful... all the red... ah, sorry, my eyes are bleeding.
That was long overdue... I love this new theme.
The hard work was definitely worth it. Congratulations!!
my eyes... it hurts...
Where can I like this? :p
LMAO sooo gay
gosh...it's soo pretty. It blends with the current design theme with blender perfectly. Thanks blendernation.com for making this awwwweeeeeesssssssoooooooommmmmmmmmeeeeeeee theme.
gosh...this is really pretty. i love it since it really reflects the new upcoming blender 2.57 design theme. many thanks blendernation!!! - it's an aaaaawwwweeeesome design.
Almost got me there, Bart. I was like 'what the?!'. Happy April Fools Day, pal. ;) (searching for the 'Post Comment' button which must be hidden somewhere else by some high contrast color... oh there, found it!)
-Reyn
Great Design ! I love it !
Almost got me there, Bart. I was like 'what the?!'. Happy April Fools Day, pal. ;) (searching for the 'Post Comment' button which must be hidden somewhere else by some high contrast color... oh there, found it!)
-Reyn
That's ... interesting ... :p
Hmm, nice, err, ehh, colors?
But... what if... ?
PS: is it mobile friendly?
Haha, you almost got me there :)
Dammit bernbern, you've ruined it!! April fools is only funny when you read comments of idiots who believe stories like this! Oh well, till next year.
Nice colour choices. :D Totally chic. :)
LOL nice one. Happy April fools everyone.
I will post this again, because there it is important! BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN! the new design is the baddest design Ive ever seen, I hope that this IS a 1 April joke!
pff.. way to obvious.
That's ... interesting :D
Good lord. Thank you for reminding me bernbern. :D
Holy shmoly!
Looking great! :D
nice one.. not the usual unbelivable news..
happy 1 april!
I love the new design! This site really needed a fresh dip of colors and variety. :)
White letters against the bright background are hard to read... (also i am not a big fan of pastel colours :)
Blend with you.
I only hope this is a joke.
You never know with young artists.
They usually forget the second lesson, being : "Now you know how to work with the colours, learn to keep your hands off it".
I only hope this is a joke. Bart has a smile on his face.
But you never know with young artists.
They usually forget the second lesson, being : "Now you know how to work with the colours, learn to keep your hands off it".
:P
:D :D :D
Nice! I like it!
...meanwhile, I have a birthday today!
Wow. I went here and I was like, "Whoa..." I like it! I like the colorfulness, the new feature allowing you to reply to people's comments, and I'm definitely digging the making the site more accessible for people with a disability thing. Cool. This was a pleasant surprise!
lol, it MUST be a joke :-)
my eyes are bleeding!
Wow. I went here and I was like, "Whoa..." I like it! I like the colorfulness, the new feature allowing you to reply to people's comments, and I'm definitely digging the making the site more accessible for people with a disability thing. Cool. This was a pleasant surprise! What a defining moment for the Blender community!
I can feel a migraine coming on!
You had me worried for a bit there...
Then I saw the date.
lol, it MUST be a joke :-)
my eyes are bleeding!
lol, it MUST be a joke :)
my eyes are bleeding!
Love the new design!!!!
Love the new design!!!!
"After many months of preparation" hehe... It's a standard wordpress theme :P
My eyes are bleeding!
WOW...what a surprise...congrats guys :)
The white-on-pink comments are unreadable even to people without disabilities. The white-on-light-grey "Post comment" button is all but invisible.
Nice one!
Sure fooled me for a moment :)
WOW...what a surprise...congrats guys :)
My eyes are bleeding. Nice joke!
Looks good indeed, but:
Readability?
White on pink???
WOW...what a surprise...congrats guys :)
LOL :D
You could leave it like this :)
I bit the joke last year. On 2011, I was ready for it.
Where are the buttons? the images? EVERYTHING?!
this is really a very nice site :)
(yes I fell for it.)
You know... I really like this wawe-esque background of logo ^_^
Hi!
I don't want to disturb you, but this new theme is very difficult to read on my screen, white comments on pink background are a disaster, and the fonts don't seem to antialias.
I'm very sorry, I love your site, but everything was ok with the previous one, this one seems to be less professional with all this differents color around.
Hi!
I don't want to disturb you, but this new theme is very difficult to read on my screen, white comments on pink background are a disaster, and the fonts don't seem to antialias.
I'm very sorry, I love your site, but everything was ok with the previous one, this one seems to be less professional with all this differents color around.
Ah ah ah .. I've just understood that I've been caught!!!
Nice to have a new design, but these colors are... umm... awfullll! I can't read anything because of the screaming colors! I liked that old good orange color.
the pink looks bad
the pink looks bad
Good god this is horrible.
This is the kind of crap that makes me really not like April 1st
You should make a theme for Blender like this :P
Not falling for it though ;)
Please change the color theme more uniform of its own! And still I can't read most of the text because of too low contrast between text and background.
Please change the color theme more uniform of its own! And still I can't read most of the text because of too low contrast between text and background.
It's like LEGO meets My Little Pony...
i hope its just 1. april!
Congrats, this site looks very future proof.
Thanks for your hard work.
*removes from to-do list!*
Hmm, not really, start on your next design today :
Thank you for your hard work.
"*removes from to-do list!*"
Not relly, start on the new design tody :P
wow, I HOPE this is an April fools joke....please bring the old site back, this one seems much less accessible...I like the "news at a glance" with the small images from the old layout.......ahhhhhhhh this one is just horrible.
I hope this is april fools, this site is horrible.
I wish this is an april fools joke! BRING BACK THE OLD DESIGN!
sadly to say i don't think this is a April fools.
B-mesh will be released today too.
damn! How come I see 3 april fools jokes in a row and still fall for every one of them?
PS. I will sue for eye damage by the white-on-pink.
It's awfull @_@
It's awfull @_@
LOL. If its true then new design is lame as hell. If not - not funny ^^
test
Thank god.. i hate these colors!! i can't read the comments x(
White on pink. My head hurts ...
April fools? we can only hope
wow, totally different design :)
Hahaha Happy April Fools Day. Mmmmmm. Delicious lack of contrast.
Hahaha Happy April Fools Day! Mmmmmm. Delicious lack of contrast.
Must be an April fools joke, the text is undreadable.
How yeah!
Super cool!
How yeah!
Super cool!
How yeah!
Super cool!
april fooolllllssss
This better not be a joke!!!
This looks sweet, guys!
okay you had me going...
Nice april fools dudes.
As google would say... +1
horrivel
omg! the pink! :P
:O
:P
Much better :p
I have given up trying to reply to someone about a hardware issue surrounding 3dconnexion mouse.
Functionality in firefox leaves something to be desired.
I prefered the forum the way it was. It was easier to read and follow.
Please say it's an April Fool. Is the "renowned design studio" in springfield and president is
Please say it's an April Fool. Is the "renowned design studio" owned by homer simpson?
Aaaaa, kill these colors, please!!! My eyes hurts.
I hope that this 1st April joke. :)
Aaaaa, kill these colors, please!!! My eyes hurts.
I hope that this is 1st April joke. :)
APRIL FOOLS :D
It's PINK and there's NO thumbnails?
omg - please let this be a joke
Yes, today I was expecting something...big ;)
...One can only hope! (But, okay... I'm willing to be open minded...)
got me :)
Okay, I think we got it...
Back to a readable design, please...
Okay, I think we got the april joke...
Please go back to a readable design.
xD this new design is awful
I like it - it just seems very - I don't know how to say it, except that it seems very quote-unquote "nanoplex". ;-)
Bart do you know the term Augenkrebs? It`s german and says something like eye-cancer. But nice one as every year.
Great site design indeed.. lol
Wow, had me fooled Bart until I saw the first comment.
I was about to give you an ear full, something about a room full of (politically incorrect term here) designing a site about Blender with no knowledge of what Blender is.
Got to be the worst design ever (unless it was a breast cancer awareness site).
Wow, had me fooled Bart until I saw the first comment.
I was about to give you an ear full, something about a room full of (politically incorrect term here) designing a site about Blender with no knowledge of what Blender is.
Got to be the worst design ever (unless it was a breast cancer awareness site).
I REALLY do hope that this is a joke ;)
I REALLY do hope that this is a joke ;)
I REALLY do hope that this is a joke...
Please tell me this is just a joke...
yes, this is a big improvement and much easier to navigate and the color combination is superb
yes, this is a big improvement and much easier to navigate and the color combination is superb
hope so
And now I wish I was color-blind...
My head hurts...
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. i think color and design on the comment portion need a serious redesign.
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. i think color and design on the comment portion need a serious redesign.
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. i think color and design on the comment portion need a serious redesign. where is login option
you need to change the text color of the bottom here. White on what looks to be pink should be black.
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. i think color and design on the comment portion need a serious redesign. where is login option
Well, it's a little bit pink and of course unexpected, but we maybe will become used to it.
yes know this very well might be (and probably is) a April fools joke but that doesn't stop me from critiquing the theme. White on the comments area pink is almost unreadable.
i fell
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. i think color and design on the comment portion need a serious redesign. where is login option?
anyway i like it. go blender goooo....
ha ha! you got me! (moment of panic/confusion) well done.
If this is not an April fools day prank I will be annoyed.
I don't see the funny side in making a site unreadable.
Wow, I just hope that this IS a joke ;)
You sly dog!
Very web 2.0.
I like, I like.
the comment box tastes like strawberries!
Lovely - NOT!
AAAGGGHHHHH!!!
MY EYES!!
Where are the unicorns??
Seriously, where are the unicorns?
Design is cool. but what ever happened to the images and videos in the previews of the home page. I only looked at stuff that interesting from the home page.
OMG this is hard on the eyes
This is hawt.
And by hawt I mean I may throw up now.
Ditto to Bernbern! ROFLOL
OOOooooooo!! Wow! :)
It's ok.
Haha! Good one... :S
It needs more pink, and polkadots. :)
Love the design ;)!
this BETTER be an april fools joke! it looks horrific! lol.. huge ass purple boxes.. gah! heh
MY EYES! IT BURNNS
I have tried to reply to someone on the 2.57 release page and am unable to do so.
This "renowned design studio" is called "Nanoplex Theme" ? :p
I think this site design is the closest I'll get to experiencing an actual acid trip. It's like falling down a manhole into a world of pastel skittles. Do I go or do I stay?
Looks VERY kewl makes me wanna redsign my site now (as if I have time)
*ROTFL* just in time for the BMesh merge into trunk!
Wow! The colors are SO vibrant and upbeat, the large fonts make it so easy for me to read, the content is so easy to find and simple, the look is so uncluttered, and, since all the space is taken up with colors, you don't need to be concerned with having any meaningful content to actually read. Brilliant!
This is a good one. I was taken in. I was wondering, which "disability" is this accessible to, allergy to images?
Haha :D
the comment section has a too bright background which makes the text hard to read.
i whish the images were still on the page!! its kind a boring like this (sorry)
Better be April fools...
Dude, where are the unicorns??
Hmm, errr, yeah, nice, uuhh colors?
Star Trek - enter the new frontier!!!
It's fantastic.
Skeptic. I'm not too sure about this white textbox and background (and especially fine print text) against varying intensities of bright pink - or white fine print against bright anything. And if I hadn't been here before, it would be difficult to tell the name/e-mail/website as a place to put text, and the post comment button as a place to click because it all blends together. UX designers would go mad!
Hope it's a joke, because this theme is painful :D
As a graphic designer I said "Glup !", and I see "1st April" on my computer !
Seriously, that coulours pricks my eyes !
mmm... a change always is hard :/
but is ok, I think.
Greetings
That's cool
It is horrible
Oooo. Lots of colors. Lack of contrast for reading though.
THIS IS HORRIBLE!!! I HATE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE COTTON CANDY CAUSING ME TO GAG, I ALMOST CHOKED TO DEATH.
THE DESIGN DOESN'T HAVE ANY VISUAL CUES ON THE FIRST PAGE (YOUR READERS ARE VISUAL PEOPLE, THAT'S HOW WE NAVIGATE THROUGH OUR LITTLE WORLDS. ) WHEN I BROWSE A PAGE HERE I'M USUALLY LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HEAR, (I QUICKLY GLANCE FOR PHOTOS) YOU TOOK THAT AWAY AND REPLACED IT WITH HARD TO READ FONTS (VERY WEAK) AND IN SOME PLACES FONTS THAT ARE WAY TO LIGHT AGAINST A LIGHT BACKGROUND. THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK ON THE TODO LIST.
I ALMOST NEVER POST COMMENTS IN THESE THINGS, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE ENERGY AND EFFORT MANY PEOPLE GO THROUGH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING.
DON'T KNOW WHERRE YOU MIGHT EVEN THINK THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!!!! OUCH
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The pink comment section with the white text is quite annoying.
White text on light pink and light grey is really hard to see.
White font color in comments area is hard to read (low contrast with background). Site design doesn't looks friendly (too many colors or bad colors) and menu is quite strange. But it's only my opinion. Blend with you!
argh colors, not possible to read without drop an eye!!! sorry
Completely unusable, but I love it !!
(as long as my beloved site is back tomorrow :) )
Cool ! Don't like this pink color though. I guess it is provisonal
april fools day, damm, you scare me, this is so gay.
IMHO The colors really pop but overall look is generic. Could use some identity on the header.
Very funny, Scotty.
Now beam down my clothes.
Change the background color of Reply section!!! I' can't read anything!!!
It's alright. I'll get used to it. Kind of reminds me of OpenOffice.org.
Oh my god, these colors hurt.....
You got me for a few seconds until I read the first comment.
Very original April fools day :)
I like the "renowned design studio" and "refreshing" parts!!
Especially when you can read "Powered by WordPress and the Nanoplex Theme" at the bottom of the page LOL :D
aww I kinda like this design
It´s great. I like the new look and the visual more clean. Congratulations for designers and people responsable for this change.
Sorry, but this new site hurts my eyes.....and my mind. Can't read the pink on white.
Bad!!
Please tell me this is a joke.... -_-
april fool day, this look very female, not for the women but for the the whole comunity.
It's alright. I'll get used to it. Kind of reminds me of OpenOffice.org
:(
Oh sh*t!!1!!!!eleven!! What happend? But... I sort of like it. Why not keep a modified version?
So much nicer than the old one!
Very nice.
Needs more colors. lol
Looks like a cool joke )) It's unhandy ))
Not going to lie to you. I am not a fan of the new design and I am all about color. Not trying to be a troll, but the old design was a little more intuitive, even if it was 6 years old.
I hope this ISN'T an April fools joke, because the new design ROCKS. Finally people will start to take Blender SERIOUSLY. Thank you SO much!
Nice, really fresh looking pink!
Tradition! :D
Good for the next six years once you modify this bit - white text on a light pink background is not great at the best of times. Apart from that - nice job.
I like It. Remember me Ice-cream :P
What "disability" would that be, exactly?
Ficou um pouco extranho, mais legal !! ^^
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!
Love the new design. Cutting edge like the 2.5 UI, but you forgot a "tear-off" feature.
Wow! Looks like you got some help from the Gawker(aka. Gizmodo, Kotaku) web design team on this ! ;)
I like it!
Pink on white, awesome.
Ohh, my. You have been the victim of design goofs...
The problem with designers are that they are exactly that, designers. They have no clue if it is practical or not. For example: White text on pink background, white on light grey, seriously, how smart is that?!?
The choice of font (HelveticaNeue-Light) is a non-standard font in Windows, rendering like crap on a Windows system (I guess the design goofs only tested it on a Mac).
The new design looks... new, but it doesn't utilise the space effectively. You could fit more news on a page before. Before it was easy to spot interesting news by looking at a picture or movie clip, now we have to "open" each news to see any pictures.
Seriously, I would hold on to that invoice before they fixed the most obviously flaws.
Please, at least, reconsider the choice of colour combinations
I hope this is nothing more than an april fools joke because frankly, this design sucks.
In my opinion there should be more pink
I tried to post a comment but got "Server error", then when I try to repost it I get "Duplicate..." and still it doesn't show...
I hope this is an april fools joke because frankly, this design sucks.
very elaborate April fools joke
oh! where are the home's thumbnails!!!
And I think that the "pinky" look is too much teenager. It could be something like soft blue or green to better fit the reading view, seriously! I think the better color is in the posts. That orange is pretty well.
oh! where are the home's thumbnails!!!!
I think that the "pinky" style is too much teenager. It could be replaced with a soft blue, green or gray to better fit the reading view, seriously!! I think the better color is in the posts. That orange is pretty well.
Wow. The white comments against a PINK! background sure are hard to read. Can you please reconsider the coloring? Looks a little like a Fisher-Price toy :) Seriously, unless this is indeed an April Fools joke... uh, must be.
The comments are hard to read, because of the non-bold white type on a light pastel background.
Overall, I like the new look. But on my browser, Firefox, the comments section has white text over pale pink. It's a bit difficult to read.
Schock ... lol ... Oh dear hopefully this day is over fast ;-)
Great!
Why must you do this to us!!!
I don't know what's real anymore D:
Huge and awful.
I just remind we're April 1st. God! You scared me
You fooled me for a sec... :D
Change it back. Please.
It hurts
so professional! so unsuspecting...
You are surely joking, right? White text on pastel coloured backgrounds? That'll be easy to read on my laptop in my sunny conservatory then. And, anyway, what about people with genuine accessibility needs? April Fools joke, right? I hope so.
Ha-ha!!
I like the new design, but the white text on light pink background is kind of hard to read in my opinion.
Oww, so much wasted space, it hurst my EYES.
Also, happy April fools day.
ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ ......{ANCIENT GREEK )
no se lee bien
Delicate-- Love it! LOL!
ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ ( ANCIENT GREEK )
yeah, sure... ;)
Oh my eyes...they are burning!! :P Nice joke :D
April fools right ?
Nice abrils fools joke ^^
nice - overall look and especially comment section colour reminds me of http://www.pollypocket.com/ :)))
Where are the images, where are the images??? This is too much text... it hurts my eyes...
hmmm.... looks nice although i would love to get back those small images on side that lets me actually look at stuff i really would love to instead of just clicking on links =D
I hope the colour scheme is the April Fools Joke.
The layout is kind of cool though.
yeah nice aprils fools day joke :D
but i still dont understand why there is no FAVICON of the website
and what about FAVICON
Nice, got worried there for a moment Bart.
Haha! Good one...
PS: please...tell me it's a joke ¬¬
Honestly, that's really a good design :)
Maybe you should reduce a little bit from 20 or 50px but it is nice!
Reduce and keep it! pls
It's like being assulted by a fruit salad!!
It's like being assulted by a fruit salad!
The new design is an eyesore and it doesn't work on all browsers.
Comment posting seems to be a bit messed up :\
I actually kinda like the new design...
Even though it will probably disappear tomorrow.
"Posted on April 1" *ggg*
fonts are hard to read. fonts should be black or something. where is login option?
I don´t like this template. I´m using Firefox and there are a lot of troubles.
I like it!
I appreciate the effort and visit often... however, as a graphic designer I am compelled to point out that white text on light backgrounds makes at very hard to read, the contrast needs to be changed to increase ease of readability. If it is an April Fools day issue then I will await the corrected colors, either dark text or darker background, please....
Again, thank you for the efforts, I enjoy the site.
Paul
the top part looks perfekt but ne pink commentbar is not realy readable i would change the colour to get more contrast for the text or change the text color to black! white one cream white pink doesnt work.
greetingz
ps dont get mad
funny, but my eyes hurt now.
the top part looks perfekt but the pink commentbar is not realy readable i would change the colour to get more contrast for the text or change the text color to black! white one cream white pink doesnt work.
greetingz
ps dont get mad
Haha Happy April Fools Day. Mmmmm. Delicious lack on contrast.
Sure it's a bit over-the-top, but some aspects actually do look more modern than the old site. The enormous header-links make for easy selection on a mobile browser and that ain' a bad thing.
Overall it needs more drop shadows and maybe some lens flares though.
Nice colours :)
Happy April fools!!! :P Nice one!! lol a lot of work went into this
lol, it hurts the eyes. Happy april fools day
wow amazing !!! so lovely !!! I am such a fan of pink.
Colors is not good. It is serious?
Maybe it would be better if you have pictures done in a circle news, at this place:
http:// thedymo.y0.pl/ BN.jpg -remove space. I'm not very well speak english.
Nice, looks mucch better!
Wow! Nice colours! :-)
And if you take a picture, next to the message. FE this: http:// thedymo.y0.pl/ BN.jpg - remove space. ;)
And if you take a picture, next to the message. FE this: thedymo.y0.pl/BN.jpg - remove space. ;)
And if you take a picture, next to the message. FE this: thedymo.y0.pl/BN.jpg - i'm not very well speak english, sorry ;)
refreshing look that reflects the colorful composition of the Blender community:))
Hmm. It's very, very different.
Meh. Honestly, I prefer function over style, but I'm not too thrilled with the design here, either. The blue swoosh header takes up a LOT of real estate, and the longer drop-downs trail off the page, so I gotta scroll down to use it.
Unless this is an April Fools' Day gag.
My eyes bleed!!!
I'm not sure that Nanoplex is considered as an april fool by its creator too... :-)
Wow! That's a change!!
the comments area pink is too light for white text.
This is awesome! Keep it like so until next year's April 1st :D
hah! I almost closed the tab because I thought it was one of those advertisement sites :D
other then the colors and some of the layout, it is kinda nice. I do like the side-by-side comments.
other then the colors and some of the layout elements, it is kind of nice. I do like the side-by-side comments.
Nice, but there are parts that are hard to read. White text and bright background :S
Well done! But better if you give picture, oposite news: thedymo.y0.pl/BN.jpg
An Image, where? thedymo.y0.pl/BN.jpg
Lovelly, but I think that the images are really a need. The rest is clean and great...
I liked the old one better, this one looks cheap.
Great looking site but sadly not very IE9 friendly atm. Read up on this WP Theme and it is being fixed
Ooooh! Wow! The colours! It's hurting my eyes!
You should not have let the designers aimed for a launch on the 1st of April. They might then have come up with something a bit less of a fruit salad! :-)
Please give me the name of the "renowned design studio": we need it over here for our so-called "rainbow nation" of South Africa! :-)
White text on pink background is hard to read I think...
I think that a header with blender images is missing!
If this isn't April fools, well, I think I like the old version better with the images for quick browsing
I really hope this is a joke, cause it's kinda ugly, lack the pics for quick browsing, and doesn't seem to allow replies half the time
I really hope this is a joke, cause it's kinda ugly, lack the pics for quick browsing, and doesn't seem to allow replies with google chrome
Um... Right. Quite radical. Hm.
I fell for it...
I'm very appreciative of all the work that goes into keeping this site up'n running. It's always my first stop when I boot up my PC at the end of the day and will continue to be. How ever, I liked hav'n a screen shot or pic of the topic with the post. The new look seems kind'a blah. It's not all about me though. I'm sure in many places around the world the smaller bandwith will be appreciated. And again, thanx for all the hard work !!
"The new theme is also better optimized for Search Engine... and is accessible for people with a disability."
Hi BlenderNation,
I'm all for new, but have to say, as someone who has dyslexia, that the new look (colour scheme and fonts, especially the white text on pink background) are very very difficult to read, is it meant as a fun design for 1st of April?
Kind regards,
David
O.K. I admit it. You got me!!! I hate April 1st.
Happy April fools day n_n
Happy April fools day
let's live it as it is. maybe this layout is not most beautiful thing i've ever seen, but it's damn eye catching :D
MORE COLOR !!
Poisson d'avril
what about the "FAVICON"
I can't find the "login" section... Very strange.
Sorry, Bart... I thought it was an "april fool joke" about the redesign... I think that older version was more handy... And colours... Two rose tones looks too bad for reading long texts..
I'm still not sure about... Are you joking? )) I'm not a troll everybody saw my comments here and I didn't trolled.
Expanding menus are dissapear if I move mouse a bit from it.. and it takes more then one screen. It's not comfortable.
nice april fools joke
but
what about the "FAVICON"
I can't find the "login" section... Very strange.
Sorry, Bart... I thought it was an "april fool joke" about the redesign... I think that older version was more handy... And colours... Two rose tones looks too bad for reading long texts..
I'm still not sure about... Are you joking? )) I'm not a troll everybody saw my comments here and I didn't trolled.
Expanding menus are dissapear if I move mouse a bit from it.. and it takes more then one screen. It's not comfortable.
/Moolah
I'm rather fond of this new design. It kind of suits my iPad which I don't have.
Haha! Other than the colors, it's not too bad though. You need to relearn the art of writing horrible HTML code. lol
it must be because of April 1st. This has got to be the ugliest theme i have ever seen. :/
...positively ghastly.
Will anyone hate me for saying that I like it? Just needs the image rotator put back up, and the comment posting section cleaned up a little... And then it'd really rock!
I really hope this is an April Fool's day joke... I can't see pictures, video, or anything elese, the colors are over-the-top, and it looks like whoever designed this put all their effort into making it look passably pretty and totally ignored the need to present information. I want to see the news, and as this is a website devoted to a visual product the lack of visual details is a jaw-droppingly poor design decision.
Lol, you got me every year... I'm such a fool.
Will anyone hate me if I say I actually like it?
It just needs the image rotator added back in, and make the 'post comment' section look a little prettier. Then, it'd rock :D
I'm having a hard time believing only two people have commented.
Is it just me, or do comments no longer work?
haha, april fools! or you better be, or else... >=|
:P
...Called color-blindness.
White text on a pink background is hard to read.
Cool and fresh design.... maybe some colors aren't easy to read, for example white text on light pink.... good change, Just no the right colors
This April fools joke is not a joke. Absolutely looks better than all the template sites that look exactly the same w/the same format. Hate the banner/box 'design' thingy on top/bottom, Love the typeface, love the colors especially the orange, I would maybe make it a bit less feminine, needs just a bit of tweaking to fix the hierarchy so you're certain where you want your audience to look/go first. Last thing, it definitely needs pictures, or 'A' picture/image, either on top or for the background. #win
Niiiiiiicccccccceeeeee! Blender defiantly need's a forum like cgchannel,cgsociety, this a cooooollllll start.
must e because of April 1st. this has got to be the ugliest theme i have ever seen. positively ghastly.
I'm hoping this is an April Fools joke
hahahahahahha!!!!!!!!
white text on light colored backgrounds & no images on the main page that must be an april fools joke!!!!!
...actually i like this site too much for this joke to be funny, please make readable asap.
i think i just vomited a little
The new web facade looks kool, but comments zone need another text or background color, isn't good contrast...
White text on light pink? Fire your design firm! ;)
White text on light pink background.... fire the design firm!! ;)
white letters on pink are HARD to read...
white letters on pink are a bad idea...
-.-
pink?????? sorry to gay!!, like the lay out though easier to use as well
Phwoar!
This is an April Fools, right? I hope so. It's all bling and no substance. There needs to images!
It's nice! I liked the pink color on the comments
Nice but really it could use more pink. ;)
Nice but really it could use some more pink.
I really hope this is a april fools joke, cause this reads horribly XD
Oh my gosh I am blinded by pinkness.
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wow. . .
:P
this sucks... I hate april 1.
i like the new look
I love change but I'm sorry, white on top of light pink is not very easy to read.
Yuk!
You got me!
looking good well done
:)
GAA- I hope this is an April Fools joke
Are you trying to give me a seizure? :S
PS. If you're wondering, it's a joke. I don't have epilepsy or anything like that. DS.
SOooo much better now. Whoever made the previous design should be sent to the guillotine.
The new color scheme is much easier to read from and doesn't strain my eyes like the old theme. The little bit of contrast really helped!
...Only two comments?
Happy April Fools Day :D
Fire the design team!
" Juu Looking Good Baby , juu looking real good .... " , Freddie Prinze
You have very long first april.
Bad!
Ohhh wow thats a great april fools, or a really really bad site.
The new theme somehow ate lots of outrageous comments - it seemed like you didn't like it so much after all. Oh well, on to next year's April 1st then! :-D
I admit: I fell for it. I even believed the 'renowned design studio' bit. But then a comment brought me back to reality :)
Nice one!
Oh =( it was nice pinkypinky!
I guess I was the only one that really hated the joke design
No I hated too... :(
Loved it at first ... then hated it ... then kinda liked it again. In the end hated it though :p !
top marks for April fools efforts to Bart ;)
It had to be april-fools. I noticed the link to the original designer and the design was something like more than 5 years old.
And it was horrible. It tired my eyes within five minutes because of the lack of contrast between text and background. White text on a coloured background hardly ever works.
Halleluja, only a joke!
Ahahah, the only april's fool that really made me laugh!
I don't understand what problems you all have - it was just lovely - reminded me of Polly Pocket ads :-P
The only one I believed yesterday...
Great news today ! It was so ugly.
Thank you so much....
Such a relief. The thing that I saw yesterday one of the worst design ever!
So good to see Blender Nation back in its usual boring and beautiful design!! That april 1th stuff was a real shocker!! (shiver)....
I was almost cheated )) So good try that I thought.. "oh it can't be - so serious work... but a strange coincidence" ))
Bart, that was great joke! )))
Ahahahah, very funny !! It was hoorrriiiibbbblllle :)
AhAh ! Well done Bart ! I wrote 4 lines of comments before thinking that it was an april joke ! The header was cut and the title not visible unde IE7. I couldn't send my post... the links were not active and the theme was like a ugly Valentine card... It was scary !o)
I saw the site link (on blenderguru facebook) clicked on it, saw the design and it imediatly came to my mind: "Fool's Day"
That was a good one :D
thank god i can look at the site again without eyepain.
I did kinda liked fooling around with a strange new interface, but yeah, dealing with the horrible white text on bright color background and the strange layout after a while did bother me. I thought the site was still in development at first or something. But after I played around with it, and seeing Comments jump around and stuff, it was a pretty inconvenient design, and after I saw the Comments popping around on one page, it seemed like something was up. And then the site restored itself again. But before that, I even sent a post at first glance, saying I thought I liked it, trying to make myself like it. Maybe it was my sleep deprivation or something. I should've know it was an April Fool's joke! LOL I feel like such an idiot! X-D Good one, guys! (I hope you DON'T change anytime soon!)
I completely believed it. I'm pretty gullible anyway, so it's not that big of a surprise
This reflected how the owner loves and is devoted to Blendernation!! ^_*
I was completely fooled by that awful design!
Right on!
That image reminds me of the handbills they pass out on The Strip in Las Veg as.
"Mistress Suzanne has visual treats for you......."
rats I missed it, anyone got a screen capture?
I am so glad that was a joke, cause that was hideous. It was so ugly.
oh haha you devil!
I thought it for real. I do not like it design. but colors cool!!
I should knew
I thought maybe owner insane. lol
cheer
btw I 'm glad it back.
@Sam : actually, it was the nanoplex theme for wordpress...
You can see it here: http://nanothoughts.com/
@sam: actually, it was the Nanoplex theme for wordpress.
You can see it by googling this name
... by the way, it was the funniest april joke I saw on the web this year, althought it's not very kind for the people who put a lot of work into it...
I know it was a joke, and thank goodness it was, too!
Oops, I meant I *knew* it was a joke, not "know."
Had me going.
Good job my comment did'nt go through.
Good one!
I didn't want to say it was horrible so I said nothing!
Anyway, the current design of this site can last for years:)
ups- you really fooled me.
Yes, it wouldn't be the first time that a website "improved" itself from an unspectacular, well working design to something "modern, cool" that doesn't fit the needs of its audience.
It is clearly visible that the theme has seen a considerable amount of work - so i believed it.
For a rehabilitation of the themes author(s) i think it's not -that- bad - but its not the right one for Blender Nation. There -may- be websites where it works (esp. less Text-oriented sites)
Notice:
Good design is when you don't have to mind about it.
BlenderNation forever!
Thank god... I was afraid to look today. hahahaha
Good one. ;D
Certainly got me going.
Don't know why, but some of the tutorial pages are broken again.
There is one exception. The "Community News" webpage at [www.blendernation.com/stream/], has a slightly different version of the top row selection bar. The "LINKS" selection on this one particular page resolves to the properly functioning webpage titled "BlenderNation - Links ... Unlocking Blender resources", at[www.blendernation.com/LINKS/].
All the other blendernation webpages have a top row selection menu bar where the "LINKS" selection points to [www.blendernation.com/TUTORIALS/], and this page is half-broken. The beginner tutorials such as "pawn in a hurry" and the 'NURBS dolphin' tutorial are listed here, and they all direct to empty pages. And while there is a hypertext link in the page description that points to a working webpage at[www.blendernation.com/CATEGORY/TUTORIALS/], that particular page is like a partial copy of the "Unlocking Blender resources" page with all the sorting and grouping widgets taken out and missing.
I went into too much detail here, but I wanted to be sure what I noticed was fully documented and I don't know how much of it was already known about and how much was unknown.
I dont think you should bring disabled people into it, your all dead in 100 years!
Anyone got a screenshot?
Wasn't there on april 1st and am very curios :)
Heu, for my part, I really liked the design, ok it was a bit too large but with proper proportions it is really appealing, refreshing and original for "3D" portal!
I am really astonished by the comments above... You can't say that the current white page is beautiful, better or what we could say: "designed"!
Bart, i'm pretty sure you liked it too, don't be shy :)
I'm glad it was only a aprilfool. I didn't like the "new design".
The old design works, why change it?