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Revamp Needed?? (October 2004)

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NW
NewsWatch
Does anyone else think that the BBC News website is despretly needing a new look?

They have used the same *Style* for years!! All they have changed is the BBC News Logo!
NE
Noelfirl
Shocked *Smash*

You're paying for that Ming!


So, in short, no.
NW
NewsWatch
What are you on about?
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Does CMS ever stay up long enough for them to do a whole revamp?
NE
Noelfirl
Never mind...

Anyway I don't think NOL needs to be revamped. It's clean, quick, and easy to get from sections to section with the world region and topics bar on the left hand side. No gripes with it from me!
PE
Pete Founding member
it would be nice if they could tart up the old pages and get rid of all the links to outdated video or at least put a notice on them saying they are there for reference only.

Apart from that it seems fine although it would be nice if they got rid of all the waste in the code. Is there really a need for about 10 carridge returns between each link on the left?
UB
Uncle Bruce
Nick Harvey posted:
Does CMS ever stay up long enough for them to do a whole revamp?


Now, now Mr Harvey. News Online is made with CPS, not M ... The News one is pretty funky, it has to be said.

45 days later

NW
NewsWatch
NewsWatch has had a new look so maybe BBC News will have a new look?

I thought they had when I saw the NewsWatch Promo.
PE
Pete Founding member
what is wrong with the look at the moment?
NW
NewsWatch
Nothing - Just that Newswatch has a comletley different to normal BBC NEws - Does this mean a new look for BBC News Online???
PE
Pete Founding member
at the start of this thread you said it needed a new look, now you say you only expected a new look because a website launched several days after your first post
NW
NewsWatch
No - Originally I wanted a new look but now I have changed my mind.
But because NewsWatch has had a website design totally different to the frontpage. Which I thought would mean a new look for BBC New Online - I was asking others for there opinion on whether it should be changed to match NewsWatch.

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