On PDF's new site design
By Micah L. Sifry, 01/19/2007 - 8:51am

Yes, it's true, the site does look a bit different! (Hey, all you RSS subscribers, come take a look!)

A big thanks to everyone who worked on the site redesign: Josh Levy, our associate editor, who has sweated every tweak; Katherine Dillon and Kate Thompson of the design firm DillonThompson, who gave us our template; and Adam Mordecai, Aaron Welch, Neil Drumm and the other good folks at Advomatic who got under the hood and made it work.

Our goal with this design was to make the most dynamic part of the site, the PDF blog, more visible, and to add a new section of premium content focused on company reviews. While we were at it, we cleaned up the top navigation bar, which was getting a bit busy, and added a right rail series of "bits" that will allow us to highlight various standing features of the site, including the premium section, books we like, and the PDF Newswire, which features feeds from a bunch of other great political technology blogs. You'll also be seeing more about the 2007 PDF conference, starting with a big announcement next week.

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