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CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Looks like the Sport site is relaunching on Wednesday...

As far as I can see the article states "in February", which doesn't necessarily mean Wednesday 1st.
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16612342.stm
BA
baa
And I'm sure there will be a few still pining for the old look once it goes away with the most curmudgeonly leaving under the assumption that having things not look like they did means that it's another sign of dumbing down.

Poor sods, far too smart to be around these proles clearly.
KN
knack
Pete posted:
knack posted:
baa posted:
Feels very familiar, isn't this what What's On used to do before they mothballed it?


What's On was the TV and Radio listings. http://web.archive.org/web/20080325073455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/


no but they DID start doing other things near the end of whatson. I think it was more to do with trying to use it to push tickets for BBC shows rather than external things but it did seem to be getting bigger (and flakier) near the end.


Ah, I wasn't aware of that. I suppose it explains the 'tickets' and 'be on a show' links on the page above.
AN
andyface
Looks like the Sport site is relaunching on Wednesday...

As far as I can see the article states "in February", which doesn't necessarily mean Wednesday 1st.
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16612342.stm


Officially, but I've seen a couple of hints that an early February launch is likely. It was mentioned on both of the weekend live texts, and I've seen this tweet too...

@AlexHarris4Real posted:
Went to a talk on the new #BBC Sport website today. Will be launched on Wednesday and is very ambitious, especially for football. #bbcsport


Obviously could be bull, but I'm inclined/want to believe it!
RO
Ronant
I've seen another tweet last week saying Wednesday. From Caroline Chapman, BBC Sport online reporter based in Bristol.

Quote:
Spent the day in Salford learning how to use the new BBC Sport website, which launches on 1 Feb. I can reveal it's a bit fancy pants.
DV
DVB Cornwall
and now in the Sportsday Live section ....

1920 SPORT: Just a quick reminder - BBC Sport is to relaunch its website on Wednesday. The most popular sections will be updated first, with a new look for the UK and overseas homepage, football and other key pages at the centre of the initial launch in February.
:-(
A former member
Iplayer HAS crashed!
RO
Ronant
Relaunch news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/sport-online.html

My bugbear is why aren't they using the BBC Sport logo??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16772585.stm - video, the stats look VERY cool. Not sure about design of index pages though.
Last edited by Ronant on 31 January 2012 6:15pm
PA
pad
New Sport site looks pretty good, but seems to lack something the main News site has.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Relaunch news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/sport-online.html

My bugbear is why aren't they using the BBC Sport logo??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/16772585.stm - video, the stats look VERY cool. Not sure about design of index pages though.

Looks like it'll be using the GEL 3.5 black header which turns to white on rollover. I suspect it'll take me a few hours / day or so to get used to the new layout. Of course expect a flood of complains on the BBC blogs & PoV message board from people who don't like it/change.
BA
baa
Looks like it'll be using the GEL 3.5 black header which turns to white on rollover. I suspect it'll take me a few hours / day or so to get used to the new layout. Of course expect a flood of complains on the BBC blogs & PoV message board from people who don't like it/change.

Dumbing Down! TV Tax! Liberal Agenda!

But the GEL 3.5 header is very ugly when in full on rollover effect mode and mildly unappealing when it isn't, can't fault them for complaining about it.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Sport website refresh preview from Dan Walker ...

here ……..

NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/SPORT1
31-Jan-2012 @ 18:55

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