At present is the fourth main replace in Shoegazing’s historical past (not together with the discharge of the English model). One other step in the direction of changing into extra of an internet journal, which is extra vibrant than simply the same old put up feed, the place older posts will now be highlighted in a extra dynamic means.
Shoegazing was began in 2013, again then solely in Swedish, the English version was launched in 2015. It was simply over three years because the web site final acquired a serious facelift (extra about Shoegazing’s varied “eras” additional down), it’s in the identical spirit as then that I proceed now. As obvious, the theme and most of it’s actually the identical, some new issues occur on the prime, however the weblog put up feed then comes simply as normal and is up to date as earlier than with new posts a few occasions per week. Most of the information is about making issues work higher on cell, as a majority of the studying of the weblog now takes place on smartphones. Under I am going by the assorted modifications:
Prime banner. Clearly probably the most eye-catching change, because the touchdown web page will get a brand new look. The principle motive is clearly aesthetics, it seems nicer and extra inspiring with trying picture. The banner shall be rotated a bit between pushing for the most recent weblog put up, and tips about older posts, it relies upon a bit on how good photographs I’ve entry to.
Chosen posts-carousel. Beneath the highest banner is now a “carousel” that exhibits chosen articles, each relative latest ones to ones far again in time. These shall be changed frequently and fluctuate backwards and forwards. The principle motive for that is that I do know that right now I’ve plenty of new readers who’ve come lately, particularly on the English web site, and though there are methods to find these posts, this can assist considerably. There may be plenty of prime quality content material on the weblog that deserves to not find yourself unread simply because it was made a very long time in the past. Hopefully, even previous devoted Shoegazing readers will uncover or rediscover previous stuff that may be attention-grabbing. On mobiles you solely see one put up, however then the others scroll ahead, and you’ll browse each with the arrows on cell and desktop or swipe the carousel.
Extra advert banners within the article feed. Beforehand, a lot of the promoting banners have been have been within the web page sidebar, whereas two appeared in the course of the feed with articles on the touchdown web page. Nonetheless, this has meant that on mobiles these have ended up a bit hidden, because the aspect banner falls beneath the circulate on the cell. I’ve no paid articles, affiliate posts pr comparable on nor my weblog or on Instagram, regardless of fixed inquiries, which is why advert banners are my essential supply of earnings (that’s why you’re greater than welcome to make use of them, by visits and purchases that comes through Shoegazing you assist the weblog). Due to this fact, they have to be highlighted higher, which signifies that two banners will seem earlier within the feed now and one other two additional down. It additionally offers a extra even distribution of visibility, since all advertisers pay the identical and I rotate the location. Hope you assume it’s okay with how the adverts are situated now and that they don’t intrude an excessive amount of with the expertise, I personally know the way badly I can expertise many pages the place the adverts destroy a lot of the customer expertise, which I don’t need to be the case right here.
Search button within the menu. Now you will discover a magnifying glass within the menu, so you possibly can extra simply seek for content material. Not least on cell it has been awful earlier than, whenever you needed to scroll right down to the underside of the feed/article to seek out the search discipline.
Content material-wise quite a bit has occurred as properly. Major new factor is that the shoe library now isn’t positioned on the Swedish model of Shoegazing, it’s been moved to Shoegazing.com and has been up to date, so a lot of the pairs that I’ve or have owned, over 60 pairs from varied manufacturers and makers, is gathered with a great deal of footage and information on match and so forth. Additionally the pages gathering standard posts inside completely different matters and completely different article sorts have been up to date.
Along with this stuff, there was another minor fixes, comparable to barely smaller header brand, up to date information pages, and others factor. You’re all welcome to supply suggestions on the modifications, and different issues you concentrate on relating to each content material and look on the positioning.
When you’ve got the chance, you’re additionally greater than welcome to contribute to Shoegazing’s continued work to create good content material, by changing into a Patreon supporter. There you possibly can select to donate from $three a month, and is a pleasant further supply of earnings for me along with the banner adverts and the small cash I earn on the tremendous trunk occasions. Thanks prematurely!
As a small journey down reminiscence lane, I present beneath the completely different variations that Shoegazing has had since its inception (first ones in Swedish solely).
That is what the primary model of Shoegazing regarded like (besides that the emblem was clearly completely different). It was on the weblog platform blogspot, and the URL was at the moment shoegazingpunktse.blogspot.com.
This look was what the primary English version had (though Swedish one above), it was in 2013 after I moved to WordPress and used Shoegazing.se and Shoegazing.se/english (from 2015).
In the event you’d occurred to have forgotten what the web page regarded up till now, it was as above. The remake to this model was made in 2017, with a brand new theme and new design, and with an up to date web page construction for older content material.
