April 23: Prepare to have your minds blown!

by David Fucillo on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 AM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. Nonetheless, change is soon to be afoot here at Niners Nation. The tech folks put up the bat signal late last night to let the football sites know we'll be making the switch over to SBN 2.0 this coming week. First off, for those who have no idea what I'm talking about, the baseball and basketball sites have switched over, so check out your Bay Area teams at Athletics Nation, McCovey Chronicles and Golden State of Mind. While there will certainly be slight differences, this will be the new format of Niners Nation.

So on April 23, NN will have that fresh new blog look to it as we make the switch to the new format. Obviously change takes some time to get used to, so thankfully we'll have a few days to mess around with the site prior to the draft. I can say that our open draft thread will refresh new comments in a much easier manner, making it easier to post your thoughts more quickly. Our main tech guy, Trei, will have a run down posted on the 23rd and obviously I'll be answering questions as they come up.

So soak up the current look for the next 5 days because Niners Nation is entering a new era. The changes will make this a much more all-encompassing site and I think you'll find it more user-friendly once you've gotten used to the upgrades. I'm really excited about this and will do what I can to make this as smooth a transition as possible.

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It's not bad

at the basketball blog that i'm in, Sactown Royalty, we just made this change. its not bad but i don't look at these two sites because of the looks. i'm a member of niners nation because of the great insight and information that is hard to find other places. great work fooch.

i still love TO!!! get your popcorn ready!!!

by diehardkingsfan5 on Apr 18, 2008 11:27 AM PDT reply actions

appearance v. applicability

I appreciate that...Aside from just the different look is the fact that you'll be able to access more information and make this a more relevant site. We'll have pages with continuously updated statistics as SBN is now paying for a stats service, which is actually one of my favorite additions.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by David Fucillo on Apr 18, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions

As a McCC member

I'll say that the change is a little jarring at first, only because it is such a complete overhaul, but all of the changes work really well and tend to be pretty darn intuitive.

And auto refresh is really, really awesome. I was a big auto-refresh skeptic to start out with, but now I'm on board like a play by the rules kind of passenger on a midnight train.

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over....

by howtheyscored on Apr 18, 2008 12:25 PM PDT reply actions

seconded

at fanshots is a good place to put photos, links, etc, without writing a whole diary.

which isn't really a problem here, at least not yet.

Bring back the classic Uni's!

by wjackalope on Apr 18, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been wondering...

Is it just me, or does the new layout take a lot more time to refresh/load/etc? It just seems kind of... clunky. I liked that the old sites were so "minimal."

by sfgfan on Apr 21, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

It's not just you

It takes much longer to load. I turned off the loading of avatars and that helped a bit, but it's still slower than it was. Too much shiny shiny for me, but oh well.

We are not who I thought we were.

by marcello on Apr 21, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions

I just wish SB had MLS blogs

I would LOVE to be able to keep track of the Earthquakes as long as they're still even in San Jose.

But I guess it's not that useful to have blogs for a league that continues to be in such general disarray.

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over....

by howtheyscored on Apr 18, 2008 12:30 PM PDT reply actions

Boo

Change sucks. Example: classic uni's, new uni's.

"To know clearly what pleases the world is but a brief dream." --Machivelli

by jfainsf49 on Apr 18, 2008 12:31 PM PDT reply actions

But this is actually going to be the

New, Classic SB!

Which probably really complicates things for you.

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over....

by howtheyscored on Apr 18, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes. It does.

"To know clearly what pleases the world is but a brief dream." --Machivelli

by jfainsf49 on Apr 18, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions

And then there's the whole username mess

When the switch happens there will be no more Braekneck.

Here's to hoping Albert Hanyesworth stomps on Alex Smith's head.

by methodrampage on Apr 18, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Why no Braekneck?

Does that apply to all usernames?

Really, that part I wouldn't mind, seeing is how jfainsf49 leaves a little to be desired.

"To know clearly what pleases the world is but a brief dream." --Machivelli

by jfainsf49 on Apr 18, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Universal Login

Basically I think the concept for the new SB sites is to have a univeral login/username for all the sites. I've already have one set up for AN so I'll probably just run with that one.

But it is possible to "claim" your old username for use on the new version of NN.

Fooch should run a "Guess Who" contest if a bunch of people change their usernames.

Here's to hoping Albert Hanyesworth stomps on Alex Smith's head.

by methodrampage on Apr 18, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

another example

look at the show The Dukes of Hazard. That show totally sucked when they brought in the cousin Dukes. Of course, some could argue that the show sucked before that, and that Daisy was the only good part, but that is neither here nor there.

"To know clearly what pleases the world is but a brief dream." --Machivelli

by jfainsf49 on Apr 18, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions