In the life of every website there comes a time where the old design starts to show its age and look, well, dated. And since we wanted to tune up the site and see its success last long into the future, we've spent a significant amount of time developing a new look for the site.
In terms of how the site functions you'll find that things are very similar to the previous version. For customers, you can still make requests for unique content, search or browse through the archives of articles, communicate with authors and buy the content that you need to develop a health flow of visitors to your site. From the customers side these changes are almost entirely cosmetic. One thing that customers who have been using the site for some time will notice is that the category system has changed significantly. Previously we had all the articles separated first by writing style and then secondly by topic. We've changed that so articles are simply separated by topic. This should make it easier to see all the content that we have available in the topical areas that interest you. In doing this we have had to pair down the number of categories. Consequently, some of the more specific topics are no longer on the site. Among the categories that got the ax was Articles >> Middle Ages >> Dragons and Travel >> Canada >> Yukon. Not that they aren't worthy categories, but they didn't see a particularly large amount of action. We're hoping that using the search function will allow you to find the specific articles that match your purposes.
You will notice a number of changes, although the basic process of submitting articles, responding to requests, accepting of refusing offers is effectively the same. That said they will also notice some that we've consolidated a number of the pages in the authors account to simplify the process of being active and involved in the Constant-Content community. There are some small changes here and there which authors who have been writing with us for some time will notice, but like any good design project we're hoping that in fact you don't "notice" that many changes and that the improvements that we've made will feel natural and easy to use.
As always if you have any suggestions for improvements or get stuck somewhere by all means let us know. The best way to get in touch is to send an email to support@constant-content.com. We'll be rolling out regular blog posts highlighting new features of the site in the coming days to help you get acquainted with the new look and feel.
shane dayton Says: May 15th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
The new look is fantastic, and I find it much easier to navigate my way around. Thanks for making a great site even better!
Ellery Lewis Says: September 4th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Website design matters a lot to attract website visitors..If initially you are not getting as much traffic as you expected then its better to change or improve website desing...
Jesus Says: May 8th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Money *well spent*. This is a beautiful design that's made the purchasing and account management much easier. Thanks.