Feature update: design refresh
Despite the lack of posts on the this blog, we’ve been far from inactive on Autopendium :: stuff about old cars these past few months. There’s been loads of new features, tweaks, bugfixes and back-end improvements, all designed to make Autopendium the best classic car resource possible. I’ll be doing a series of catch-up posts, over the next few weeks to bring everyone up to speed.
First off, since the beginning of this year, we’ve been giving the site a bit of a design refresh. What does that mean? Well if you’ve not visited the site for a while, it’ll perhaps look slightly different to how you remembered it (but only slightly); if you’re a regular visitor now and then you may have noticed a few changes to colours, typefaces and positioning over the past few months; and if you’re a new visitor the site’s even easier to use.
What’s changed? Well, let’s look at the heart of Autopendium, the pages for classic car models and marques. This was what they used to look like:
Classic car model or marque information page
And this is what they look like now:
New look for classic car model information and resources
As you can see, we’ve been able to get a lot more information there, and hopefully you’ll agree that it’s all rather more concise and easy to use.
We’ve also updated the vehicle page from:
Information and resources for member's vehicle
to this, meaning when you go to your vehicle’s page, all the info you want is right where you need it:
New classic car vehicle information page
Along the way, we’ve also improve the look of the Autopendium Classic Car Events Directory, the Classic Car Resources Pages, and the front page.
The design work is, of course, a work in progress — it’s often better to make a series of incremental improvements than try and get everything perfect first time — so do let us know what you think. Comment, or send me a message through the site.
