Welcome to MotoringFile 5.0

Philip Hubertus Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Very nice! Thanks for keeping up and evolving MotoringFile. It fuels my MINI passion since years.

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Richard Wezensky Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Love the new look, but I miss the Chevron.

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hardingsan Dec 7th, 2009 Link

it looks to me like the banner is bigger, but the actual content is the same size as always. not sure if i’m missing it or it’s not working.

i like the “articles by mini model” pulldown. that’s a nice touch.

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Gabe Dec 7th, 2009 Link

it looks to me like the banner is bigger, but the actual content is the same size as always. not sure if i’m missing it or it’s not working.

The content area went from 468 px to 640 px.

So for instance, here’s how an image would have looked before the upgrade:

And this is how they’ll look from now on…

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hardingsan Dec 7th, 2009 Link

weird, i came back and it looks wider now. not sure what happened the first time but it looks good now!

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lavardera Dec 7th, 2009 Link

very nice – glad that MF has the same wider layout as BF now

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Veggivet Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Very nice overall look. Keep up the good work, guys.

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AN Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Looks really good.

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Mike Roberts Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Had to reload to get the new layout. If you aren’t seeing it as described, try that first.

Good going, Gabe.

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Chrissy (lilcoopr) Dec 7th, 2009 Link

I miss the chevron in the logo too, Richard.

I like the wider pictures though! :)

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Chrissy (lilcoopr) Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Oh wait, it doesn’t let me edit my above post… but I found the chevron… behind the text. Sorry, I missed it at first with all the shades of grey in the image! Ok now it’s cool :D

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Kevin Konrad Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Looks nice.. but netbook screens are 1024×600. Maybe shrink it to 600 for compensation?

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goat Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Looks good… nice work! Any chance of seeing a mobile variant of MF in future (for us iPhone surfers)?

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Jay S Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Excellent revision! I love the new header, and the typography, as usual, is elegantly handled. Well done Gabe!

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Stitch Dec 7th, 2009 Link

New MotoringFile layout = hotness

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Paul Strieby Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Very nice, Gabe!

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Art Payne Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Great job. Love the site. You guys are the best.

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Art Payne Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Now — just put that coupe in my garage ;o)

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Ian C. Dec 7th, 2009 Link

Like the page layout, don’t like the header / MOTORINGFILE text. But just my opinion – apparently most here do like it!

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Dylan Bland Dec 8th, 2009 Link

Looks great on my 27 inch iMac. Looks terrible on my 13 inch Macbook – but hey :P I also think MF and BF would work better as two column sites…three columns is overkill and is what’s driving the extra width needed inside the main content area.

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DUDE! Dec 8th, 2009 Link

Gabe… I missed this post and commented elsewhere on the new look.

“Gabe… nice to see that I now know I’m at MOTORINGFILE!… ;-)

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DUDE! Dec 8th, 2009 Link

BTW… The Chevron is still there.

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Gabe Dec 8th, 2009 Link

“Gabe… nice to see that I now know I’m at MOTORINGFILE!… ;-)

Funny you noticed that. I actually created several different designs for the header and my plan was to try them out and various times throughout the week. Here’s the first:

The second version has just gone live:

So far I prefer the 2nd version as it allows the photography to take more precedent. Thoughts?

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DUDE! Dec 8th, 2009 Link

1st one is the best though I think a combo of the 2 would work.

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lavardera Dec 8th, 2009 Link

I’m a typography guy so I like the first one better. Definitely more interesting with the tight kerning.

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hardingsan Dec 10th, 2009 Link

i like the second one. i feel the picture is more important than the site name. if you’re here in the first place you probably know the site name.

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hardingsan Dec 10th, 2009 Link

i did like how you could scroll through the pictures without clicking through to the entire story and that it was hotlinked to the flickr account. is that feature being removed for good…?

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Richard Wezensky Dec 18th, 2009 Link

2.0 works better for me.

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