http://ryanberg.net/blog/Thoughts on web design, online media, and Django development from Ryan Bergen-usSun, 05 Jul 2009 17:22:42 -0000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanberg/blog/entries/~3/lXLtq8g_RV4/Earlier this week, the team at Scripps Interactive Newspaper Group launched a major newspaper website overhaul for the Evansville Courier & Press in Evansville, IN. This project has been brewing for almost a year, and has been a full-time responsibility for some of us for more than six months. Here are some of my favorite changes for readers http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/may/17/design-decisions-and-highlights-scripps-newest-loc/http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/may/17/design-decisions-and-highlights-scripps-newest-loc/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanberg/blog/entries/~3/0UUx3Lj6rbc/While attempting to find the optimal width for designs targeted at users with screens 1280px and greater, Cameron Moll recently asked, "Is it time to move beyond 960?" I sure hope not. Do we really need the extra space? http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/apr/29/caution-wide-load/http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/apr/29/caution-wide-load/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanberg/blog/entries/~3/ybeQ8dfes78/Djangofriendly celebrated its first birthday in March. In its first year, more than 16,000 visitors came by to find and share knowledge on hosting Django applications with various hosts. To celebrate Djangofriendly's birthday, I've gone into a bit of a code sprint, the first phase of which concluded this morning as the new code went live... http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/apr/6/finding-django-friendly-host-just-got-little-easie/http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/apr/6/finding-django-friendly-host-just-got-little-easie/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanberg/blog/entries/~3/8oHH1_h4oFs/Hey all you Djabgo devs roaming the halls of SXSW: let's do lunch... http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/mar/15/django-sxsw-lunch-meetup/http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/mar/15/django-sxsw-lunch-meetup/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanberg/blog/entries/~3/Rvjw7FIixC8/In my recent rant about news sites that link to content from inside Flash objects, effectively blocking users from opening links in background tabs, I called out ESPN.com as a prime example. Today, I congratulate ESPN.com for changing its ways... http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/jan/5/espncom-redesigns-ditches-flash/http://ryanberg.net/blog/2009/jan/5/espncom-redesigns-ditches-flash/