Astoria, Featured
Mar 04, 2013
Welcome to the New We Heart Astoria!
As you’ve surely noticed Astoria, our site has undergone some major changes and we are pleased to welcome you to the new and revamped We Heart Astoria interactive platform.
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Image by Astoria Haiku via We Heart Astoria Flickr
As you’ve surely noticed Astoria, our site has undergone some major changes and we are pleased to welcome you to the new and revamped We Heart Astoria interactive platform. We couldn’t be more excited for this major facelift of our site, and welcome your feedback. A huge thank you goes out to our fabulous, patient and incredibly talented designer and programmer, Nuno Faustino of Poplicate and Sitebreed. This major accomplishment couldn’t have been achieved without his hard work, professionalism and positive attitude.
Now…here’s what you can expect out of the new We Heart Astoria:
- Clean and user friendly navigation, within 6 major content categories of: News, Neighborhoods, Food & Drink, Arts & Culture, Living, Community, and Events
- New Events Calendar, which you can also populate. Try it here.
- Quick & easy way to scan through neighborhood happenings
- More Astoria guest contributors to lend their expertise about topics such as food, community, the arts and more
- New opportunities for ad sponsors with better ad visibility and rich, well-rounded ad packages for targeted exposure
We look forward to your feedback and thank you as always for your support. Please feel free to drop us a line to let us know what you think of the site. And stay tuned for more news about a big relaunch party we’re planning. Soon!
Oops! Not sure if you changed it yet. I’m on an older monitor today…
It actually looks a bit darker to me too (and we did ask our designer to change it)! We’re happy to take suggestions.
mackenzi,
The new link color on the newer entries looks great! Thanks for listening.
Great job on the new site, I would echo the sentiment about the light color tone being a bit difficult to see; besides that it look and navigates perfectly. As a returning Astorian after a decade on the road the town has changed SO much – I plan to come back often to your site and learn my town all over again! All the best, hope it’s a smashing success!!!!
We’re looking into changing the light blue. We agree, it’s a tad bit hard to read. Thanks for the feedback!
I Love Astoria! And the new website! Can’t wait for my next visit!!!! June I hope.
I love the new site, but the light blue hyperlinks are a bit hard to read. Just a few shades darker would help them stand out from the background. Keep up the good work!
LOVING the new layout, looks amazing and it suits you guys so well. Can’t wait to contribute!
It was such a great pleasure working with you and redesigning the website! As an Astoria resident, and somebody that loves it here, I’ve been following WHA since you guys started it, and it feels amazing to be a part of the team. I wish you the best and I hope the new website helps you achieve all the goals you have for WHA.
Many congratulations, We Heart Astoria team! The new website is beautiful, can’t wait to explore it further!
Xx, Maiah