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- Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:58:26 +0000
Observant viewers may have noticed that Gaia has a brand new look and feel! We've made some big changes to the site's layout and navigation in order to provide a better-looking and more streamlined experience. Here's a brief rundown on some of the changes:
Get out there and explore the world!
- -We've added some new pages. Clicking the "News & Events" link beneath the header will take you to a new page where you can get a quick overview of the latest happenings, and the "Market" link will bring you to an overview of Gaia's shops, Marketplace, trade system and more. Many other pages have been revamped as well, so be sure to have a look around.
-The new "Shortcuts" bar in the site's header gives you quick access to your avatar, inventory, subscribed threads, guilds and journals.
-Your avatar is now full-sized in the header! The old layout showed a "squished" version of your avatar, but now it's shown in all its glory.
-A new logo! Lanzer recently explained the logo change in a journal post:
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We've been thinking a lot about Gaia's logo. When our logo was first created, there was no Gaia community. The Gaia logo reflected our vision of what Gaia was at the time, but the community has grown and matured so much since then that it no longer seems appropriate. Gaia was once a website that created a community, but throughout the years it's become a website that is defined by its community.
With that in mind, we decided to create a logo that does a better job of reflecting the style and spirit of our members. We wanted something that looked cooler, more unique and more fun. We put in a lot of thought about who we are as a site and as a community, and we came up with something that, in our opinion, really looks the way Gaia feels.
With that in mind, we decided to create a logo that does a better job of reflecting the style and spirit of our members. We wanted something that looked cooler, more unique and more fun. We put in a lot of thought about who we are as a site and as a community, and we came up with something that, in our opinion, really looks the way Gaia feels.
-The new layout is a little bit wider. While Gaia's old look was designed with 800 by 600 resolution in mind, the new layout is designed for 1024 by 768 resolution. This size increase allows us to put more information and features on every page.
-Though the new header may look tall, it's actually shorter than the old one. Mysterious!
-You may have noticed that the site took a little longer to load the first time you viewed it. This is because the code for the new layout was being cached in your browser. After the first load, the rest of the site should be faster.
-Many of the site's pages (such as the forum index and marketplace) remain unchanged for now. We're gearing up for phase two of the site update, which will bring Gaia's new look to every page across the site.
-We announced this long ago, but it has finally come to pass: the Channels page is no more. As we continue to refine the interface, we plan to add enough customizable elements to effectively replace Channels.
-As with any major release, there are still a few bugs buzzing around here and there. We'll be working very hard on ironing all of them out this week.
Get out there and explore the world!
