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.
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how ’bout a real estate section?
Hey, you guys are just amazing.
Matt, If i was a girl I would want your kid!
HUgs from Portugal
how do you choose which blog falls in which department? my blog talks about all them!!
They look good!
Wow…
Cool new home page.
Really you guys rock.
Thanks a lot.
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ha ha ha ha ha…..you should make the LOG IN button bigger too in that case….just in case I miss it
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.
@*!#. Now, I have no excuse to miss the Register button. Damn you WP guys, you’re incarnates of Dr. Evil, aren’t you?
yes, this is great.. those upcoming bloggers will get a push for sure ..
Me likey the change. Not bad! : )
Hawt Post, We Got Big Button…
i has feeling wp.com will soon have a lolcatz translation^^
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! 😆 )
The news categories are a great idea! Thank you.
good stuff.
will there be a “Search” button for everyone to search for everyone’s blogs? instead of just one blog that you are visiting?
this is excellent. i love buttons.
this is so nice. i wish more users will be into blogging. 😀
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! 😀
Yay, catergorising and getting a file-cabinet freaky! Awesome, now hopefully I can find some blogs that I can read through without snoring.
This is so cool. Things look much tidier and organized.
LOL.. OK.. At least this can prove that I am not drunk.. and although I am drunk, I can still see it vividly.. :p
cool!
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 🙂
wooo…new look huh? I miss the yellow 😦
Categorizing and tags…kinda redundant right?
A clean look nonetheless 🙂
30% drunker … funny stuff 🙂
Umm, I never make the top lists anyway! LMAO! Ask me if I care…:)
AXE
long live avatars!
New buttons are better than old buttons. It looks better and cool!
Is there any plan for the News Department to appear on the homepage with other languages (like id.wordpress.com)?
Hafiz, totally! But first we need to figure out the translations of the various words we use to target it.
It is a tough job.. I know
cool deal
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!
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!
Good, good.
Great idea! You’ll need a “cooking” button then 🙂
How about an “arts” department? Could cover photography, music, fine arts, film, etc… that’s a pretty big hole you have, otherwise.
green??
Now I’m no colour expert but aqua green?! its a bit of a sickly colour dude
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
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.
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.
love the news depts idea — how about a category: ‘In environment’ suggests the environmental journalist modestly.
I hope you can include Real estate in spanish… Thanks WordPress.
Either “drunk” or spending too many hours working on our blogs! 🙂
Thanks for all that you do.
yes a real estate section would be good.
Very cool.
why is that button green like traffic signal?
Bravissimo! You guys rock our worlds!
Whatabout ” In Photography”
Nice improvement.
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.
Am really liking the new look, the new button, the new news…way to go, WP peoples.
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?
Brilliant – I like wordpress even more now! You’re great!! 🙂
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.
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.
The categories are a nice enhancement!
bigger log in button please
That’s the way to keep perty pictures on your website 😉
Nice….still waiting for more three column templates with changing header images when someone refreshes the page. That would be awesome!
Did I miss the Food Button? A lot of “Foodies” out here!
Neat new homepage. You’re definitely right about the BIG sign up button now- first thing I noticed (;
Good for you! Congrtats!♥
Avatars ftw, and top lists!
This does look great and will def. help me peruse other sites!
Nice.
Great new look guys, thanks for all the hard work.
How about a news button for music?
Please change the button color.
Who the hell told you teal would look good with dark blue? Windows 98?
So much cleaner, the home page is. I love tidy and uncluttered, so two thumbs up from here!
Big. So big
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!
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!
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!
cheers
I second the food news and suggest religion as well.
Another couple of categories that would be good are “Media” and “Entertainment” (and “Technology” as mentioned above). Looking forward to categorized browsing!
Hey, Guys. You did great!
Ngejar setoran ah… 🙂
Entertainment section?
Photos or Photography section?
Music section?
Supersize us all??? 😀
Hmm – maybe add a business or finance section?
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!
Love the news departments and green (big button) is my favorite color… fantastico.
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.
What big button? Oh… never mind, I see it. Thanks for not using red.
Love it! WordPress….always thinking. Very progressive, which I like. 🙂
Cheers!:)
Hahahaa…
Great stuff…thanks WordPress…Keep up the good work guys!!! Have a great day everyone! 🙂
Since the page only shows 8 random topics, will there be a way to browse other topics or more post within a topic?
Nice! Hopefully I won’t miss it…. 😉 Man, peoples @ WordPress sure do work hard!
what should i do if i’m 50% drunker and what’s wrong with red…. Hurray, for an art department…..t
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….
I have an avatar!
I have an avatar!