New Channels on The Escapist

[GabeZhul]

Call me a cynic, but the first thing that came to mind after seeing the new layout was: "Now you have to click five times to see all the categories. That also means five reloads. Ergo, they did it to quintuple the main page ad revenue."

Otherwise the overhaul doesn't seem that radical. There are a few aesthetic problems every here and there, but nothing major.

 

[Greg Tito]

You can still access all of the different channels' stuff from the homepage at the escapistmagazine.com URL or by clicking the logo itself. For those of you who like ALL of the stuff we cover, that will be unchanged. The channels will help other folks who want to dial down to more specific topics, as well as give us a chance to highlight important yet older articles and videos as one of you mentioned.

As for the news feed, that's been extended so more stories will be displayed on the main channel, as well as on the five other channels.

 

[Aerosteam]

I really like the change, though my favourite part is the logo in the corner changing colour depending on what channel you're on.

 

[Kinslayer7]

I must say I like the new design however when I am on a tab I find it very hard to get to the news tab (read 'impossible in one click') which is what I generally wish to get to.

 

[sharklion]

The new website doesn't work correctly with my Firefox browser. unsure if this is the same with other Firefox users. For me the formatting is all wrong so text is in the wrong place and the top bar of the new channels you've done also has broken placement. i think one of the dropdowns is blocked by the logo....

 

[omega 616]

You mean their is more to this site than gaming discussion, off topic, Yahtzee, Lisa Foiles and Bob's videos?

Whudda thunk!?

The drop down boxes are still fucking annoying, "Hey, I want to go on science and tech ... now I'm on my profile". The only problem with the site (besides the often complained about) and you leave it in? I'm no web designer but that shit is flawed!

Go look at giantbomb's home page on how to do drop down menu's correctly. mono layer that shit! One straight line of drop down menus, otherwise you have drop downs over lapping other links/drop downs and people end up going to the wrong place. Shit gets old quick!

Oh, and I want a new font choice! Comic Sans! Yeah, I said it!

 

[TehAardvark]

Give me my "News" button back, I like to see everything available in one place, not sorting through each category bit-by-bit. I've currently resorted to using a bookmark I accidentally made a while ago of the URL heading with the news in it.

 

[Poetic Nova]

AaaaaH Aaaaaaah! Everything is different! Where am I? Who am I? Who are YOU? *sobs profusely*

It's not too bad, in 6 months I probably wont even remember the old format. Plus, the existence of a science and tech section intrigues me.

Edit (because it's not worth almost double posting over) I find it slightly amusing that you have accidentally chosen the exact shades used by each of the main UK political parties.

Old format? Damn I already forgot the old one.

Got almost immidiatly used to it, and unlike YT it seems to work like it should.

 

[mister R]

yo momijirabbit there is a news thing http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/

see? xD

 

[isbjorn]

So far I'm not a fan. I come mainly for the videos, whether it's Zero Punctuation, Movie Defense Force, or LRR. Before I just moused over the Videos tab and clicked ALL and I could choose which series I wished, even ones that haven't uploaded to the Escapist in years like Unforgotten Realms. Now I only have access to the 12 most recently uploaded videos without doing some digging. Maybe under the Escapist VIDEO tab you could list all the video series, instead of just the most rec.......



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Oh, there I found it, well NM previous statement. No complaints here. The Science&Tech and Comics&Cosplay tabs have me curious, I will have to check those out.

 

[Hannabella Doe]

I like the new site design, it has a crisp clean look to it; but one feature I hope would show up is to favorite videos (I'm not demanding it mind you, it's just a suggestion I'm making.)

 

[Arakasi]

I am seriously missing the page that just listed off all the new video releases in order. That's all I want back.

 

[Alfador_VII]

I am seriously missing the page that just listed off all the new video releases in order. That's all I want back.

Yeah I'm definitely missing content from this site now. I only found out about the latest Big Picture, because it's forum thread appeared the top of the forum box earlier. I never saw it on the front page, or on the movies and TV page, or on Latest Videos on either category when I searched. I could only find it by going into all videos and reading through the list manually. This is also the only way I found the last 2 Fraught with Peril comics. The site is just fundamentally broken now.

Is there any way to find out what's being posted every day, or even within the past few days if I don't check for a day or two?

 

[Arakasi]

I am seriously missing the page that just listed off all the new video releases in order. That's all I want back.

Yeah I'm definitely missing content from this site now. I only found out about the latest Big Picture, because it's forum thread appeared the top of the forum box earlier. I never saw it on the front page, or on the movies and TV page, or on Latest Videos on either category when I searched. I could only find it by going into all videos and reading through the list manually. This is also the only way I found the last 2 Fraught with Peril comics. The site is just fundamentally broken now.

Is there any way to find out what's being posted every day, or even within the past few days if I don't check for a day or two?

Bookmark this: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/latest

The page is still there, there's just no link anymore.