We Got Big Button
We just launched our redesigned homepage. The first thing you will notice, at least if you’re not logged in, is the register button is REALLY BIG now. If you were ever drunk and tried to hit that button but missed, you now have to be at least 30% drunker than before to miss it.
But the news even bigger than the button is the new thing we’re currently calling “news departments” which shows the top post in one of several categories.
We’re going to talk a lot more about news and top posts in the next couple of days, but the one thing we’ll let slip now is that if you don’t have an avatar you won’t be able to make the top lists anymore.
Jul 27th at 4:42 am
how ’bout a real estate section?
Jul 27th at 4:58 am
Hey, you guys are just amazing.
Matt, If i was a girl I would want your kid!
HUgs from Portugal
Jul 27th at 5:01 am
how do you choose which blog falls in which department? my blog talks about all them!!
Jul 27th at 5:05 am
They look good!
Jul 27th at 5:06 am
Wow…
Cool new home page.
Really you guys rock.
Thanks a lot.
-உதய தாரகை
Jul 27th at 5:33 am
ha ha ha ha ha…..you should make the LOG IN button bigger too in that case….just in case I miss it
Jul 27th at 5:34 am
Thanks for posting about this. I had wondered what happened to the hot blogs list. I also hop you’ll put the link to the hot blogs and hot posts back on the main page. Knowing where I’m at on the list is great motivation to create more quality content. I look forward to learning more about how this all works.
Jul 27th at 5:41 am
@*!#. Now, I have no excuse to miss the Register button. Damn you WP guys, you’re incarnates of Dr. Evil, aren’t you?
Jul 27th at 5:47 am
yes, this is great.. those upcoming bloggers will get a push for sure ..
Jul 27th at 5:47 am
Me likey the change. Not bad! : )
Jul 27th at 5:54 am
Hawt Post, We Got Big Button…
i has feeling wp.com will soon have a lolcatz translation^^
Jul 27th at 5:54 am
if you don’t have an avatar you won’t be able to make the top lists anymore.
Hey, it isn’t fair! Better leave the idea, please… OK?
At least, the big button is much better than before. I like green, but not as much as I like blue…
(Here’s a Romanian, beware!
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Jul 27th at 6:08 am
The news categories are a great idea! Thank you.
Jul 27th at 6:18 am
good stuff.
Jul 27th at 6:28 am
will there be a “Search” button for everyone to search for everyone’s blogs? instead of just one blog that you are visiting?
Jul 27th at 6:34 am
this is excellent. i love buttons.
Jul 27th at 6:39 am
this is so nice. i wish more users will be into blogging.
Jul 27th at 6:39 am
The button is really big and really green, so even the colour-blind people will be unable to miss it!
And that idea about the avatars is just great!
Jul 27th at 6:48 am
Yay, catergorising and getting a file-cabinet freaky! Awesome, now hopefully I can find some blogs that I can read through without snoring.
Jul 27th at 6:49 am
This is so cool. Things look much tidier and organized.
Jul 27th at 6:54 am
LOL.. OK.. At least this can prove that I am not drunk.. and although I am drunk, I can still see it vividly.. :p
Jul 27th at 6:54 am
cool!
Jul 27th at 6:59 am
this news department would be really useful … no use to traverse to the tag page and then find the links you want … a really useful addition
Jul 27th at 7:16 am
wooo…new look huh? I miss the yellow
Categorizing and tags…kinda redundant right?
A clean look nonetheless
Jul 27th at 7:24 am
30% drunker … funny stuff
Jul 27th at 7:28 am
Umm, I never make the top lists anyway! LMAO! Ask me if I care…:)
AXE
Jul 27th at 7:38 am
long live avatars!
Jul 27th at 8:01 am
New buttons are better than old buttons. It looks better and cool!
Jul 27th at 9:33 am
Is there any plan for the News Department to appear on the homepage with other languages (like id.wordpress.com)?
Jul 27th at 9:34 am
Hafiz, totally! But first we need to figure out the translations of the various words we use to target it.
Jul 27th at 10:11 am
It is a tough job.. I know
Jul 27th at 11:21 am
cool deal
Jul 27th at 11:23 am
I think there should be a ‘growing’ or ‘gardening’ section for top posts, with the amount of people doin allotments at the moment…def a good idea, and should raise the profile and help the environment too!
Jul 27th at 11:25 am
the big button is a big change – physically.
the news departments are even a bigger change – in all regards. we won’t get to see the same old top blogs for months on end — what a relief!
but why are some categories preffered than others? at least ALL the recent tags deserve exposure!
think about it!
Jul 27th at 11:41 am
Good, good.
Jul 27th at 11:42 am
Great idea! You’ll need a “cooking” button then
Jul 27th at 11:52 am
How about an “arts” department? Could cover photography, music, fine arts, film, etc… that’s a pretty big hole you have, otherwise.
Jul 27th at 11:53 am
green??
Jul 27th at 12:23 pm
Now I’m no colour expert but aqua green?! its a bit of a sickly colour dude
Jul 27th at 12:28 pm
such a stupid thing!!
why dont u just make a page-sized button??? and why not even much green and eye-killer???
i dont like the idea of departments, it was better the list of recent and popular posts…. in this way no one can figure out what’s going on
Jul 27th at 12:28 pm
This is a big relief (not that I expect to get into the top lists!) because it will give deserving people in different fields a chance to be noticed.
Jul 27th at 12:29 pm
You should have an “In Food” there’s a lot of upcoming food bloggers moving to wordpress, because, well, it rocks! we’d love to get some recognition too.
Jul 27th at 12:30 pm
love the news depts idea — how about a category: ‘In environment’ suggests the environmental journalist modestly.
Jul 27th at 12:52 pm
I hope you can include Real estate in spanish… Thanks WordPress.
Jul 27th at 1:18 pm
Either “drunk” or spending too many hours working on our blogs!
Thanks for all that you do.
Jul 27th at 1:41 pm
yes a real estate section would be good.
Jul 27th at 1:44 pm
Very cool.
Jul 27th at 1:49 pm
why is that button green like traffic signal?
Jul 27th at 1:55 pm
Bravissimo! You guys rock our worlds!
Jul 27th at 1:55 pm
Whatabout ” In Photography”
Jul 27th at 2:16 pm
Nice improvement.
Jul 27th at 2:19 pm
I haven’t even been to the home page to look and I’m already excited out of my mind. Let’s surf these categories while we’re wearing our new WordPress tees! Oh it’s so fun I can’t stand it.
Jul 27th at 2:27 pm
Am really liking the new look, the new button, the new news…way to go, WP peoples.
Jul 27th at 2:37 pm
I rate making the top lists as impossible, so that doesn’t matter to me. I do like the new look, it’s cleaner and more modern.
How about adding a category or two for random blogs that change every couple of hours?
Jul 27th at 2:37 pm
Brilliant – I like wordpress even more now! You’re great!!
Jul 27th at 2:51 pm
um… how about “in Technology”? In the past, many of the top posts or top blogs were related to technology. Seems to me that “in Technology” would be a likely candidate for a button.
Jul 27th at 2:53 pm
There is a “Technology” section, and several of the others like “Art” that have been suggested here, but on page load we select a random 8 of them, so if you reload you’ll see different stuff.
Jul 27th at 3:25 pm
The categories are a nice enhancement!
Jul 27th at 3:30 pm
bigger log in button please
Jul 27th at 3:33 pm
Surely you jest.
Jul 27th at 3:40 pm
That’s the way to keep perty pictures on your website
Jul 27th at 3:52 pm
Nice….still waiting for more three column templates with changing header images when someone refreshes the page. That would be awesome!
Jul 27th at 3:54 pm
Did I miss the Food Button? A lot of “Foodies” out here!
Jul 27th at 4:06 pm
Neat new homepage. You’re definitely right about the BIG sign up button now- first thing I noticed (;
Jul 27th at 4:07 pm
Good for you! Congrtats!♥
Jul 27th at 4:17 pm
Avatars ftw, and top lists!
Jul 27th at 4:19 pm
This does look great and will def. help me peruse other sites!
Jul 27th at 4:44 pm
Nice.
Jul 27th at 4:47 pm
Great new look guys, thanks for all the hard work.
Jul 27th at 5:19 pm
How about a news button for music?
Jul 27th at 5:25 pm
Please change the button color.
Jul 27th at 7:04 pm
Who the hell told you teal would look good with dark blue? Windows 98?
Jul 27th at 8:26 pm
So much cleaner, the home page is. I love tidy and uncluttered, so two thumbs up from here!
Jul 27th at 9:18 pm
Big. So big
Jul 27th at 10:05 pm
I just thought of something. Right now, you’re using tags to select the blogs, but what if the purpose of a blog is to talk ONLY about food, for example. In this case, the writer of the blog would never use the “food” tag (it’s kind of redundant since the whole blog talks only about food) and consequently, that blog would never appear in the “food” category. So what about creating a way for every blog to select a few “categories” to which they generally belong to? In our profile, we could have a few “select three that most apply to your blog” categories (personal, food, arts, politics, cars, etc.) and then these categories would be used for the selection in the news department. That way, you would also avoid having to use tags in foreign languages!
Jul 27th at 10:18 pm
lol @ 30% drunker.
I was trying to show a new staff member to my blog how to register and it took me 10 minutes to find the button before XD. Thanks!
Jul 27th at 10:29 pm
I just wanted to drop my two cents for a “craft” section … this would cover knitting/crafting sites and those who sew and stamp and scrapbook and whatever else!
Jul 27th at 10:58 pm
cheers
Jul 28th at 2:07 am
I second the food news and suggest religion as well.
Jul 28th at 2:18 am
Another couple of categories that would be good are “Media” and “Entertainment” (and “Technology” as mentioned above). Looking forward to categorized browsing!
Jul 28th at 2:29 am
Hey, Guys. You did great!
Ngejar setoran ah…
Jul 28th at 2:54 am
Entertainment section?
Photos or Photography section?
Music section?
Jul 28th at 4:00 am
Supersize us all???
Jul 28th at 4:58 am
Hmm – maybe add a business or finance section?
Jul 28th at 5:13 am
Hmmm, 30% drunker? I like to think I can still use a computer after many beers. My typing may slow down to around 5 wpm, since I am going forward as much as I am backspacing!
Jul 28th at 6:45 am
Love the news departments and green (big button) is my favorite color… fantastico.
Jul 28th at 1:50 pm
Hi there, Making my own log since 6 weeks now, I just love all the features you have!! Could you also make a category: Spirituality? That would be a word that could be appropriate for my log. Thank you. Greeting from The Netherlands. Christine.
Jul 28th at 2:10 pm
What big button? Oh… never mind, I see it. Thanks for not using red.
Jul 28th at 3:03 pm
Love it! WordPress….always thinking. Very progressive, which I like.
Jul 28th at 4:09 pm
Cheers!:)
Hahahaa…
Jul 28th at 4:41 pm
Great stuff…thanks WordPress…Keep up the good work guys!!! Have a great day everyone!
Jul 29th at 3:55 am
Yeah, that’s just what we need, more drunks starting blogs …
Jul 29th at 4:50 am
Since the page only shows 8 random topics, will there be a way to browse other topics or more post within a topic?
Jul 29th at 5:06 am
Nice! Hopefully I won’t miss it….
Man, peoples @ WordPress sure do work hard!
Jul 29th at 12:26 pm
what should i do if i’m 50% drunker and what’s wrong with red…. Hurray, for an art department…..t
Jul 29th at 2:44 pm
How about Regional news categories–i.e. by state in the U.S. or by country or province etc.?
Also, how about Activism as a category?
Also, patient and doctor and nurse blogs as a category?
Okay, I like lots of categories….
Jul 29th at 4:58 pm
I have an avatar!
I have an avatar!