Well after almost 8 weeks, I finally finished what I came to California to do. I rebuilt Snowboarder Magazine’s website using Wordpress from the ground up.
New SnowboarderMag.com!
It was a daunting task, to say the least, because the magazine has an incredibly large archive of features, photos, and videos dating back quite a few years. Luckily I had the help of a few other interns to backdate posts and media, which worked out great.
The largest complaint about the old site, was its user interface. Most people found it extremely hard to navigate, and they just couldn’t find what they were looking for. So I cleaned up the front page, added tabs for quick access to top stories, and greatly improved the commenting system.
Here is an example of the FEATURES landing page on the OLD site:
Ugh.
Few problems here! Whats the deal with the blank space under the ad on the left? The articles that are features are tucked away on the side! Instead of being showcased like they should! Also not much care was given to ad placement, sometimes they would fall right into the middle of a article or paragraph or sometimes cutting off someones comment!
This was all taken into account for the redesign, and I hope you enjoy it. So take a peek and let me know what you think!