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View Full Version : Good idea to re-work a sites design or bad?


Neil V
08-11-2005, 03:20 PM
Hey all,

My site, Ninjaturtlesnetwork.com has been rather stale as of late, and we've started to zero away from focusing soley on Ninja Turtle news.

Instead, over the past few months, we've been focusing on Entertainment and Media news, DVD Revies, etc, in order to liven the place up and attract more visitors.

Do you t hink I would lose visits to the site, or gain more visits if I made the switch over? The old site would still exist, but it would have a new front page, tentativley titled MediaNewsPortal.com .

The way I figure it, if you're interested in Ninja Turtles, you're also interested in Thundercats, Batman, Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seinfeld, etc...so why not focus and expand?

I just don't want to drive away the few loyal audience members I have by compeltly switching the format up....

So, sould I go ahead with it? :)

Thanks!

webhostingwiz
08-11-2005, 03:21 PM
i think its a good idea.... especially if you have a few loyal audience members. good luck with it!

Neil V
08-11-2005, 03:30 PM
I also realize that there are already sites like this out there, like Dark Horizens, etc. One of the things that I hope will set us apart, is that we'll also have sites with original content based on the s hows we report about. For instance, if someone has alot of Batman contacts, they could do an interview site based soley on those contacts, and we'd post 'em on the main page as news, etc.

Plus, I'm ALWAYS online, and never take a day off from it, so our news might be posted faster if the other guys take vacation days :)..

forumrating
08-12-2005, 05:41 AM
i feel you should make the changes and update the site, visitors do like new content and more information, something new makes more sense, u will surely get more visitors :)

outrigger
08-12-2005, 07:00 AM
Often a change will inspire new activity and occasionally will help your site. If you are not sure put a notice on your site asking for feedback at least then you will know.

Also the change will show thatt you are active and always looking to improve your site.

best of luck...

Neil V
08-12-2005, 09:47 AM
This is the earely design I have for it...

http://www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com/12-00.php

I plan to put linkns to our various sites organized by category to the left and right sides, and news in the middle. Right will be film site links, left TV links. And below on the bottom, copyright info..

webhostingwiz
08-12-2005, 02:13 PM
correct the spelling of... "Engineers" and its "NASA"

Neil V
08-12-2005, 02:16 PM
Yeah, I noticed that was wrong as soon as I put it up. I just havn't had the time to correct it though :).

edit-fixed now though :).. I also fixed the wrong you're to the right one.