Blog News - Written by BlueChampion on Sunday, March 4, 2007 21:15 | 1,094 Views | 18 Comments | Add Comment
Hold on! You’ve stepped on the right BlueChampions!
Guys! You’ve come to the same BlueChampions. This is the new look. I’m sure most of you wont like this, but I think this should grow on you, for you to love this new look. Some reasoning about why this change has happened now. ‘Dont change the winning formula’ is an old adage. Ask Jose Mourinho. Having won back-to-back titles, he still went ahead and changed his composition and he would still be on top, but for the injury curses. So, change is a good thing and let’s embrace it.
Some introduction to the blog themes that are used/to be used. The themes of the blogs are the ones which determine the look’n'feel of the blog, how the posts should look like, what color scheme to use, how the comment boxes look like, whether to have sidebar or not, if yes how they look and what they contain. I prefer two themes which are entirely contrasting in style and substance - Vistered Little and Hemingway.
‘Vistered Little’ - This is the theme that has been used in BlueChampions all along. This is more glossy, more colourful and looks better when we have more pictures and videos etc. ‘Hemingway’ - This is the theme, we have now moved to. This is very sober, black & white theme that loads swiftly and better suited for text based blogs.
I’m looking to re-vamp the whole look and feel of this blog. I’ve been posting quite a lot of videos and pictures in this blog which does not give me enough space to rant . . err . . write. And also, I would like this blog to be a community for the Chelsea fans and football fans to come and participate in high quality discussions. So, this would be an entirely text-based blog like Arseblog. This way the blog would load very fast as it would be text-oriented. The new theme would also be easier on the eye and makes reading stuff easier than in the earlier theme.
Some of the important changes, I’m looking to change from Vistered Little to Hemingway which would mean (i) No more pictures, absolutely no more (ii) No more embedded videos, but I’d provide you links for the goals, highlights etc (iii) No sidebar, no more opinion polls and those silly little widgets. I would try this out for some days. What do you say?
Update:
Well, as some of us still prefer to have the pictures, I found a hi-tech way of retaining the pictures at the same time saving some space for the text. Click the picture below and I’m sure, you’re gonna love this feature!
So, now I can keep writing about the formation, with this little thumbnail on the left. This way, it allows you to see the picture, download it etc and at the same time doesnot distort the post space. Joeblue & Marko! I think I’ve answered your question! Yeeaah! I just love technology, especially when it’s useful to me!
18 Comments
1. prats
prats! dont worry. we can always revert back to ‘vistered little’ when we want. Let’s treat this them like we have treated Drogba. Let it take its time and probably, this will come out trumps!
3. joeblue
I dont mind this new look especially cuz the older one sometimes took ages to load , cheers BC i see u take a lot of pains to provide the best , always count me in!!!!!!!
4. joeblue
Oh and for some news i almost forgot Manuel DA Costa of PSV will sign for CFC this summer , for those who dont know who he is, he is a young(20) promising defender able to play in almost every defensive pos!!!!!
P.S —Hope JM gets this defender right he surely has a short sight in the transfer market!!!!!
Thanks Joeblue, for your support!
I see that Chelsea is interested in the FC Porto defender Kleper Pepe!
6. joeblue
How will u give us the team news and probable lineups now BC?????
Joeblue: How’s this?
. Cech
Diarra Essien Carvalho Cole
Makelele
Mikel Robben
Lampard
Sheva Drogba
Simply put, we let the text rule the roost. Where we are now is typically the Chelsea way - substance over style!!!
9. joeblue
This is for Bingo and RH , i hav not declared that this cannot happen but there is a world of difference between ‘will’ and ‘can’ , nothing wld be better than CFC winning the league but sometimes over expectations r not a good thing!!!!!!
With the squad we hav got after all those injuries is way too thin to win 3 more titles , but mind u , for me the biggest deal is the CL and if we win that i wont be happier , lets hope for the best and prepare for the worst ,both side scenario m still proud of CFC !!!!!
10. joeblue
Fine for me BC , um is that lineup for Porto????
11. Marko
Ok, I think that change was step into wrong side. Just as Official CFC Site (but that’s another story).
I agree with you that there’s no need for videos (links would be enough), but photos should stay. You may resize them to get more space for text. And please change colur scheme or (maybe that’s better solution) use bigger font size.
If you want to compare your blog with arseblog you should make menu in header as they have and please justify your text. (but in my opinion: gunnerblog.com has better design than arseblog).
At last: Keep up the good work!
12. blue champion
Thanks for your valuable feedback Marko. I’m not trying to ape Arseblog as such. I just want to follow them in principle - no pics, no videos, more text and more discussions - that’s it. Let’s wait for more reaction. Thanks again.
13. Bingo
i kind of like this devilish theme. it’s got this eerie feel about it. you’re right BC. this is the right way forward for a fast growing blog, to go text based. i’d miss those pics and vids but there are many places to get that, but i come here only for the arguments, point-of-views, discussions and moans! in short, i love this new move.
14. chels
hey. i was shocked, to say the least. but this is good. this is strange but good. especially, i love the way comments are displayed and also the comment number! now it’s easy to reply to certain comments or reference them! great job BC.
15. blue champion
Thanks all. I hope this theme grows on you, as I had said!
16. RomanHoliday
I thought I’d made a mistake and typed in the wrong address. I do miss the pics though the clips took ages to down load any so don’t really miss them .
But this chocolate colour it’s a bit too sombre ,u gotta change it into a more uplifting , bluish and white and at least some cartoons or logo which loads much faster than pics to make it more attractive.
Yes u could say CFC and JM like the functional and effective method but a little artisry and color wouldn’t hurt either.
17. Shikhar
I hope you give the links to the goals etc. coz that was one of the best features of BC.
Good new look though!!
18. BeLâ„¢â€
I second Marko & Roman Holiday.
First, font size should be slightly bigger (a point by Marko).
Second, pictures are in & videos can be out to spice up the site a little.
Third, I thought perhaps you’d choose another colour for the background (a point by Roman Holiday). Remember that it’d related back to Chelsea cos after all it’s all about the Blues here. We don’t have to stick onto blue like that last round, it can be in white or even black (which is now) but work on playing with colours. Otherwise it’s slightly towards the dull bench.
That’s all for my say! Whatever the change maybe, it’s my preferred site. I’ll still come here just as often even with the change. Thanks for working this through to revamp this site. Appreciate it *smiles* After it’s the content!
Cheers (as always)
Christabel
aww……….no…..
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