Site redesign

Posted on March 25, 2009 by admin| 47 Comments

Hi there. Just trying out a few different options for site design. Feel free to leave any comments.

While I fiddle around with this wordpress stuff, you can visit the headline stories today HERE

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47 Responses to Site redesign

Palantíri | March 29, 2009 at 9:03 pm |

The design of this new improved site compared to the old one is much needed work finally been done.
This new one is more cleaned, better structured and looks much more professional.

I do want to ask if this is something to be considered: how about a little corner on the webpage where we can write in our own questions, which can be answered by you or anyone visiting the site (In the same way as the community on Hollywood stock exchange is operating). I bet there are smart people visiting here that can share their knowledge with others.
gold10k | March 29, 2009 at 7:28 pm |

I like the new site… one stop shopping for all things Max&Stacy, but I would appreciate it if the "comments" links on the front page indicated the number of underlying comments so that you might know if there were any new comments without having to go there.
Joe | March 26, 2009 at 1:42 pm |

i like the site with Max on the beach in black in white best.

thanks great site, visit it everyday!
Scott | March 26, 2009 at 11:52 am |

I am of the opinion that the new site makes it difficult to scan the headlines.

I always looked forward to MaxKeiser.com newslinks in bold at the top of the site, but now they are a bit harder to spot.

Perhaps I will switch to RSS…
Dennis Bauer | March 26, 2009 at 2:57 am |

Thanks Max and Stacey been following you for 8months you and Stacey are the Gandi of ecomonics, love your humor it dosn’t matter to me about the website as long as i can see and hear you I appreciate both of you love every thing you do cheers, Dennis far north Australia
Shaul Hanuka | March 26, 2009 at 1:44 am |

Looks wicked !
now it doesn’t look like drudge report.
joe | March 26, 2009 at 12:19 am |

much better. You are improving your web design. Keep it up
Jay Walker | March 25, 2009 at 11:47 pm |

I prefer the old version because I can find all of the news at a glance. The new version doesn’t seem to have that.
Lloyd | March 25, 2009 at 7:05 pm |

You should have “get laid in your hometown tonight” ads in the margin.
jim | March 25, 2009 at 7:03 pm |

Much better than the Drudge look alike site!
Shashi | March 25, 2009 at 6:40 pm |

Hi Guys,

Long time listener, first time caller….
Great website design and much better coherence that the old site.
Clean, clear and very articulate and keep up up the good work
Best wishes,
Shashi
JustMe | March 25, 2009 at 6:18 pm |

This is a great alternative design….just glad to see you are exploring options. The main thing to keep in mind when dealing with finances is to make it graphically interesting. Unfortunately the average peeps need illustrations and cartoons to ” GET IT”, So, to desiminate the complex financial information, you HAVE to illustrate it.
RUSSELL MCKENNA | March 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm |

MAX, YOUR ORIGINAL WEBSITE IS PERFECT, DONT CHANGE IT. IT HAS YOUR PERSONAL STYLE AND ITS EASY TO NAVIGATE, AND THE BOLD BLUE LETTERS ARE EASY TO READ. ITS JUST PERFECT DONT FUCK UP THE BEST SITE
ON THE INTERNET. THE NEW PAGE IS BLAND AND HARD TO READ/ PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STICK WITH THE
ORIGINAL
RUSSELL MCKENNA
Chris | March 25, 2009 at 3:53 pm |

Stacy,

I think you should retain links to your films, eg. Death of the Dollar & Iceland meltdown. Don’t be modest: you and Max predicted well in advance a lot of what is happening now, and there’s no reason not to flaunt a little. Also, these films are very educational…they helped me a lot…thanks!
Jean-Michel | March 25, 2009 at 1:08 pm |

Max and Stacey: I liked much better the old website that you had a few months ago – Drudge Report type of – It was quick to check all the updates and headlines on the top of the page.
Pi_314 | March 25, 2009 at 12:44 pm |

The old format had the feel of Drudge, and I like that, but that leaves you with something less than character, and I would think that is an indignity to your archetype senses.

Play the logic card on your site, and sprinkle the humor over that logic. That means a hierarchy of structure, with laughter as the mortar, thusly we can enjoy our fall from a hundred ten story building.

Heres an idea I thought of while typing . – Call it (The Bread Line). Just a sectional list of stories about feast to famine … they will eat it up.
martin | March 25, 2009 at 12:09 pm |

I like this format better,cleaner to the point.
Martijn | March 25, 2009 at 10:38 am |

This site is much better than the previous one! Great change.
JR | March 25, 2009 at 10:20 am |

Anything is better than the Drudge Report format. I won’t even go on that website – it gives me a headache every time I look at it. A facebook-esque format is more aesthetically appealing. I dig the current choice.
Chalcedonite | March 25, 2009 at 9:58 am |

This site shocked me at first… It didn’t feel right but then I thought about what you do. You try to make this world a better and more beautiful place. Then the site seemed right!
Anacova | March 25, 2009 at 9:55 am |

Nice website. Much better than the previous one.
deed | March 25, 2009 at 9:41 am |

oh…now i see the link they were almost biting me…sorry
Adam | March 25, 2009 at 9:37 am |

You can always tweak the css file to change the font back to Courier as it was before.

This theme is a little too cramped to fit all of your content. You might do better with a lightweight, 3-column theme such as neoclassical: http://pearsonified.com/theme/neoclassical

There’s a really useful wordpress plugin for making a post stay at the top of the list called WP-Sticky. Good for when you want to feature your latest videos. http://bit.ly/bZPL

Try bbPress for building your forum.
Demo: http://bbpress.org/forums/
Chris | March 25, 2009 at 9:21 am |

Great new look. I liked the “hand coded” look, but this look is more professional, and will appeal to new readers.
Raymondo | March 25, 2009 at 9:03 am |

Hello-

New website very clean and easy on the eye though lacking the comfy eccentricity of the old.

Can we have a links section?

Spend a lot of my time these days trying to get through the maze of complexity that is the financial world-thankyou for helping me in this quest-I don’t feel so bad at struggling to understand, as David Cameron said, by way of explanation, at Davos:

‘Our financial system boasts people so bright they’ve created financial instruments beyond even their own understanding.’
Guardian 31/01/09

You keep wondering why no one in Britain protests-the above quote appeared not to raise one media eyebrow which hints at the nonsense the mainstream media will tolerate. You are right though-it we don’t get off our backsides soon we’re going to have the BNP marching down the Strand.

G20 in London this Saturday:

http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk

Keep beating the drum-more power to your elbow.

Thanks
micerl | March 25, 2009 at 8:59 am |

The most hilarious/devastating/depressing/mind boggling/obscene news should be in Red like before!!!

Love the new look though!
admin | March 25, 2009 at 8:54 am |

thanks for all your comments; @ian, do you have any image ideas, post links;

@stephen mccann, scrolling ticker type bar sounds good . . . will look for such image, send me one/post link if you find one first

@all – part of the reason we took down the drudge style is that we couldn’t put rss feeds into it or create an rss feed with it and also, wanted comments from users re: the headlines . . .

am looking for a forum board that is good, so any suggestions for a wordpress board, please also send me details!

- stacy
Ian | March 25, 2009 at 8:47 am |

Really like it, but the picture should sync with money and business, and markets.

Don’t go over the edge with the markets Max, and remember to be nice to Stacey now.
Daniel Figur | March 25, 2009 at 8:43 am |

I was surprised this morning to see the website change. I personally don’t like having to scroll for news…my advice simple is always better. Though it wont stop me from visiting your site, your information is worth to much to care about what it looks like.
DojiSan | March 25, 2009 at 8:15 am |

WOW, much nicer site Max! Very professional
Steven | March 25, 2009 at 8:06 am |

It looks great!
Robert | March 25, 2009 at 7:27 am |

I like the contemporary look, (maye a bit too generic), but do miss the great links always a quick click away. You guys are always my 3rd or 4th website of the day, and will stay that. (would be number 1 if you updated the content a bit more regularly) Love the work , Viva la “Keiser blade”
deed | March 25, 2009 at 7:20 am |

YAYAYAYA great max….NOT…where are the headlines`????? how can i knbow whats goin on in the world if my favorite headlines are gone…….am i missin something here?
Danny | March 25, 2009 at 7:14 am |

speaking as a graphic designer, the navigation of a website is always the most important– this looks pretty sound. Aesthically, if you’re gonna do the black and white theme, i suggest a hint of colour somewhere, maybe red across the top navigation bar– it justs lifts the whole page better off the screen. Is karmabanqueradio.com going to be pulled now yes?

Otherwise im just delighted you now have a centralised website, yay!!!
rusty | March 25, 2009 at 7:02 am |

I liked the low-tech, hand-coded style of the old site too. It had character – a look and feel that matched Max’s independent persona.

This is pretty canned by comparison.

If you really must have a more robust publishing platform (and there are a million reasons to have one) maybe you want to try drupal.
Marty | March 25, 2009 at 6:41 am |

,,, actually a chat room would be awesome,,,
Marty | March 25, 2009 at 6:28 am |

Max,

How about adding a forum? Even Roseanne Barr has one,,, http://www.roseanneworld.com/forum/

more idea’s as they get propped into my head,,,
marcus | March 25, 2009 at 6:23 am |

max,..the wise ‘old’ cowboy of wall street and sly office fox of international finance…..
PDM | March 25, 2009 at 6:18 am |

Max,

I like the Drudge of Doom site style but as long as you link relevant articles I will read.
George Karski | March 25, 2009 at 6:17 am |

Loved the eccentricity of the old site – found it quite appropriate.

Nonetheless the brilliance and irreverence are a hoot.

Keep up the good work!

P.S. used to flee Brasil. Now I fleeing the Zimbabwe of the west – back to samba land….
DukeDaddee | March 25, 2009 at 6:11 am |

DOH! The Headers are on the right side! Not enough coffee this am! DD
DukeDaddee | March 25, 2009 at 6:09 am |

Stacey,

I really like the black and white look… Im a big fan of everything on one screen with links to other content on that one screen. Drop down boxes facilitate this. That way you have a tight single snapshot that doesnt require scrolling down/ left or right…

For instance on the left side of this screen you have the “Max Keiser Radio & TV” and “Archives” Headers; rather then listing the content below the header, it would be nice to just have the headline for each and upon dragging your mouse cursor over the headline, the listed content drops down and you select that way. That would allow you to put much more “up front”. Might be alot of work… Good luck and thanks for the hard work! DD
Darren Casella | March 25, 2009 at 5:58 am |

Wow – this is pretty damn cool !

Hi Stacey !
pj | March 25, 2009 at 5:52 am |

Excellent, I really like the black and white, simple, clean and cool!
Doug Bonestroo | March 25, 2009 at 5:50 am |

I like the old site much better!
Grant Lehmann | March 25, 2009 at 5:42 am |

A big improvement on the previous one. Has a kind of cool 50′s feel to it.
Congrates
Stephen McCann | March 25, 2009 at 5:41 am |

Max and Stacey…

How about setting up a scrolling ticker tape type bar on the top of the screen to put the best quotes of the day up; including some Max’ies (ie the bankers inhaling their own farts bit), of course the farcical politcal stuff, and the best of the web from journalists and your fans.
My two bits…